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Response to Intervention (RTI):
also Response to Instruction / Responsiveness to Intervention
Practice of providing high-quality instruction and interventions matched to
student need, monitori... More »
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"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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 When families and schools work together, student outcomes are enhanced. RTI is an opportunity to bring about meaningful change in family–school relationships, allowing for the creation of engaged partnerships between educators and families through collaborative, structured problem-solving efforts. Read "Schools, Families, and Response to Intervention" by Amy Reschly.
Additional Articles
Engaging Families in Early Childhood Education
Collaborative problem-solving will require that parents, educators, specialists, and administrators work together to determine appropriate resources and supports as well as specific information-sharing practices that facilitate parental engagement.
A Parent Leader's Perspective on Response to Intervention
by Debra Jennings
In 2005, I attended a meeting where this "new" process known as Response to Intervention (RTI) was the subject of a 2-day long discussion. This was a national level meeting of principals, teachers, superintendents, special education directors, school psychologists, speech-language pathologists, other education professionals, and two parents...
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