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Primary Levels of Intervention: Interventions that are preventive and proactive; implementation is school-wide or by whole classroom; often connected to broadest tier (core or foundational tier) of a tiered inter... 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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Middle School Resources

Middle School ResourcesAcross the country, educators are beginning to expand RTI to secondary schools. Middle, junior, and high schools are very different places from elementary schools and, in fact, different from each other. Whether or not your school is presently implementing RTI, you will want to be prepared to ask and answer key questions regarding the opportunities RTI presents in middle school settings.  

  

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RTI Overview
Approaches to RTI »
Field Studies of RTI Programs »
Myths About Response to Intervention Implementation »
Response to Intervention in Reading for English Language Learners »
Response to Intervention in Secondary Schools: Is It on Your Radar Screen? »
Response to Intervention: A Research Review »
School-Wide Positive Behavior Support and Response to Intervention »
Selecting a Scientifically Based Core Curriculum for Tier 1 »
What is RTI? »
Why Adopt an RTI Model? »
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Create Your RTI Plan
Building Support »
Create Your Implementation Blueprint Stage 1: Exploration »
Create Your Implementation Blueprint Stage 2: Installation »
Create Your Implementation Blueprint Stage 3: Initial Implementation »
Create Your Implementation Blueprint Stage 4: Full Implementation »
Create Your Implementation Blueprint Stage 5: Innovation »
Create Your Implementation Blueprint Stage 6: Sustainability »
Create Your Implementation Blueprint: Avoiding Implementation Pitfalls »
Create Your Implementation Blueprint: Introduction »
Developing a Plan »
Evaluating and Refining Implementation »
Implementing Your Plan »
Moving From Good Intentions to Good Outcomes: Implementation of Educational Programs »


(pdf) Response to Intervention at the Secondary Level: Two Districts’ Models of Implementation »
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Tiered Instruction/Intervention
Classroom Reading Instruction That Supports Struggling Readers-Key Components for Effective Teaching »
Considering Tier 3 Within a Response-to-Intervention Model »
Tiered Instruction and Intervention in a Response-to-Intervention Model »
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Ongoing Student Assessment
Ongoing Student Assessment »
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Data-Based Decision Making
Data Analysis Teaming Process »
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Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
Response to Intervention in Reading for English Language Learners »
RTI and the Disproportionate Representation of Diverse Students in Special Education »
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LD Identification
Identifying Learning Disabilities in the Context of Response to Intervention: A Hybrid Model »
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Family Involvement
A Parent Leader’s Perspective on Response to Intervention »
Schools, Families, and Response to Intervention »
Working With Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families »
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Behavior
School-Wide Positive Behavior Support and Response to Intervention »
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Literacy
Classroom Reading Instruction That Supports Struggling Readers »
Classroom Reading Instruction That Supports Struggling Readers-Key Components for Effective Teaching »
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Mathematics
RTI and Math Instruction »
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RTI Talks
Response to Intervention and IDEA - LD Identification in the RTI Instruction Model »
RTI Gets Promoted to Secondary Schools »
Reading and Response to Intervention (RTI): How Students Benefit from Multi-Tiered Instruction and Intervention » Top of Page
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Professional Development
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