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"We started Response to Intervention (RTI) as a way to meet the many needs of our students." [Read full story »]

— Linda Dittmer
retired principal, IA

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Are there lists of research-based interventions for secondary and tertiary levels of both RTI and Positive Behavior Support (PBS)?

Response from George Sugai, Ph.D.: RTI is a larger problem solving framework for improving decision making based on student responsiveness to intervention for both academic and social behavior. On the behavior side of RTI, positive behavior support provides an organizational structure for establishing a continuum of behavioral interventions for all students...[read full response]

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Posted by Graham Seiki, on August 03, 2008

Great article! Working together to improve student achievement is the responsibility of everyone in the school. Great things can happen if schools unit as a team to identify the current level of student achievement, establish goals to improve the current level of achievement, work together to achieve those goals, and provide periodic evidence of progress.

Posted by Rory Sato, on August 03, 2008

After reading this article I felt like taking it to my school to show to admin. We are starting a schoolwide vocabulary initiative but the idea seems to be lacking. As teachers we know that not every student brings their materials to class everyday. Still, we are distributing folders for the students to carry to each class to receive a word a week. Although we have just started this and no one knows what to expect as far as the students bringing their folders everyday, perhaps we could have added a reward component to our initiative to positively influence the student compliance rate.

Posted by Zachary Anguay, on August 06, 2008

The article covers a couple of valid points. One is that collaboration of RTI implementation is crucial. There has to be "buy in" by everyone in the secondary level. The value of such a system must be emphasized to show the benefit of what's best for the student. Without the support from everyone it becomes less effective. The second point is the simplicity of the issue. Tackling something as straightforward as student’s turning in their homework makes it easier to record for empirical data.

Posted by Kai Sawyer, on August 06, 2008

These articles always make things sound so easy. Implementing an intervention strategy at a school is accomplished by EVERYONE BEING CONSISTENT TOWARD A COMMON GOAL. This is the hardest thing to do. Too often people have their own agendas and feel that certain things are "not their job" or "not their responsibility" and it puts a damper on things that a school is trying to accomplish.

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