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\nDESCRIPTORS  \nIDENTIFIERS  \nABSTRACT  \nDOCUMENT RESUME  \nKovaleski,Joseph F.;Tucker,James A.;Duffy,Daniel J.,Jr.;Lowery,Paul E.;Gickling,Edward E.School Reform through Instructional Support:The  \nPennsylvania Initiative.Part I:The Instructional SupportTeam(IST)[and]Part II:Instructional Evaluation.Pennsylvania State Dept.of Education,Harrisburg.IST-400;IST-4-11995-00-00  \n24p.;For related IST documents,see SP 037535-545.Journal Articles(080)--Reports -Descriptive(141)Communique;V23 n8 Jun 1995 v24 n2 Oct 1995MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.  \nEducational Change;Elementary Education;Elementary SchoolTeachers;Inclusive Schools;*Instructional Improvement;Models;*Partnerships in Education;Special Education;*Special Needs Students;State Programs;Team Training;*Teamwork*Instructional Support;Pennsylvania  \nThe document features two articles on school reform inPennsylvania.Part one discusses the Instruction Support Team(IST)(Kovaleski,Tucker,and Duffy).The IST process is an intensivebuilding-based pre-referral intervention program to assist elementary  \nstudents experiencing difficulty in the classroom.The IST is a working groupof teachers and other school professionals that helps teachers find solutionsto instructional challenges through classroom-based assessment andcollaborative problem-solving.Over a 5-year phase-in period,all 501Pennsylvania school districts have initiated the IST program.Training isprovided at the school level by IST Project consultants who assist teammembers in the design,planning,and implementation of the program.Thecomponents of the training are:collaboration and team building,  \ninstructional assessment,instructional adaptation,student discipline,andstudent assistance for at-risk issues.Each school's implementation of theIST process is evaluated by validation teams.In the initial phases of theproject,an average of 50,000 elementary school students have been assistedby the IST process annually.Referrals for multidisciplinary evaluation andplacements in special education have been reduced substantially in schoolsenrolled in the IST process.Part two discusses instructional evaluation(Kovaleski,Lowery,and Gickling).Instructional evaluation is a procedure inwhich a student's need for special education is systematically examinedthrough an analysis of the student's responses to classroom-basedinterventions.The multidisciplinary team(MDT)uses the instructionalevaluation process to analyze the level and intensity of the intervention(s)needed in order for the student to succeed in the regular education setting,or whether special education may be required.The MDT gathers the datanecessary for making eligibility decisions and for design of an IEP foreligible students'.A re-evaluation process reviews the student's IEP,determines which instructional approaches and techniques have beensuccessful,and recommends changes to the IEP.(Contains 22 references.)(ND)  \nReproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be madefrom the original document.  \nED 461 619  \n\n| School Reform through Instructional Support:  \u003Cbr>The Pennsylvania Initiative.  \u003Cbr>Part I:The Instructional Support Team(I ST)  \u003Cbr>[and]  \u003Cbr>Part II:Instructional Evaluation   |\n| --- |\n\n\n| PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND  \u003Cbr>DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS  \u003Cbr>BEEN GRANTED BY  \u003Cbr>J.Kovaleski  \u003Cbr>TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES  \u003Cbr>INFORMATION CENTER(ERIC)   |\n| --- |\n\n\n| U.S.DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION  \u003Cbr>Office of Educational Research and Improvement  \u003Cbr>EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION  \u003Cbr>CENTER(ERIC)  \u003Cbr>口This document has been reproduced as  \u003Cbr>received from the person or organization  \u003Cbr>originating it.  \u003Cbr>口Mnor changes have been made to improve  \u003Cbr>reproduction quality   |\n| --- |\n| Points of view or opinions stated in this  \u003Cbr>document do not necessaily represent official  \u003Cbr>OERI position or policy.   |\n\nSP 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