Response to Intervention

(RTI)




Created by Jennifer Cady

Response to Intervention






RTI is an educational framework that supports
educational law; IDEA (2004).
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The overall goal of RTI is to reduce referrals to
special education through early identification
and prevention of learning and behavior
problems for students struggling in schools.

Response to Intervention




RTI provides immediate support instead of
waiting for students to fail; however, some
argue that RTI data does not provide sufficient
data to rule out or identify a disability.
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RTI has reduced special education placement in
K-3, for minority children, by 45%.
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prevention/early
intervention
limited or no use of
IQ discrepancy model
actual achievement
results/rate of
progress
curriculum-based
measurement rather
than standardized
tests
universal screening
for early identification
of at-risk struggling
learners
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RTI is a systematic and rigorous tiered pre-
referral process.
Tier 1
universal screening


Tier 2
evidence-based
interventions
Tier 3
intensive
interventions and
possible referral to
special education
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Reference
Hoover, J. J. (2010). Special education eligibility
decision making in response to intervention
models. Theory Into Practice, 49, 289-296.