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Voices From the Field

"As a principal, my quest for providing meaningful reading instruction for students was shared by my teaching staff. While we felt we were doing great things for students in the area of reading, our state assessment showed that, in some cases, 50% of our students were not at grade level in reading..." [read full story]
- Bob Heimbaugh, K-5 Principal, Wyoming

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Why should we undertake Response to Intervention (RTI) when we already have several other initiatives going on in our district?

Response from Ann Casey, Ph.D .: RTI is a framework that could be used as an organizing tool for all of our work in education. The main intent of RTI is to ensure students receive targeted instruction early so all students can be successful. In RTI, we integrate measurement/data systems to focus instruction by using a problem solving process...[read full response ]

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Founding Partners

The RTI Action Network Founding Partners are a select group of national associations representing key stakeholders in the effective implementation of RTI. These partners have demonstrated strong leadership and commitment to the adoption and implementation of RTI and are positioned to reach large numbers of educators and parents nationwide. The Founding Partners play a key role in facilitating communication to and from implementers in the field, and serve on the Advisory Council.

American Federation of Teachers (www.aft.org)
International Reading Association (www.reading.org)
National Association of Elementary School Principals (www.naesp.org}
National Association of School Psychologists (www.nasponline.org)
National Association of Secondary School Principals (www.nassp.org)
National Association of State Directors of Special Education (www.nasdse.org)
National Education Association (www.nea.org)

Implementation Partners

The Implementation Partners support the RTI Action Network through dissemination and promotion of relevant information to multiple constituencies nationwide. Their involvement is critical for expanding the reach of the RTI Action Network and bringing to scale effective and responsible RTI implementation.

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