Response to Intervention (RtI)
Why is this topic important?
Response to Intervention (RtI) is a decision making process intended to provide early and more systematic intervention an monitoring in the general education setting. It involves good instruction in the classroom, followed by screening of students to identify those in need of more support. Students who don't respond well in the general education curriculum are then provided with increasingly intensive interventions matched to their needs. The idea was articulated in IDEA and other federal funding as a way to ensure the educational system is responsive to the needs of all learners.
What resources can we suggest?
What states are doing with RtI
State Policies and Procedures and Selected Local Implementation Practices in
Response to Intervention in the Six Southeast Region States
Using Research to Strengthen Response to Intervention in Georgia webinar series
Leading for Learning presentation by Alexa Posny, Kansas Commissioner of Education
Response to Intervention: The Mississippi Experience presentation by Kris Kaase,
Deputy State Superintendent, Mississippi
Connecting Research to Practice: Response to Intervention and English Language Learners web page.
A summary of research-based suggestions for RtI processes in reading
IES Practice Guide: Assisting Students Struggling with Reading: Response to Intervention
(RtI) and Multi-Tier Intervention in the Primary Grades A summary of research-based suggestions for RtI processes in math IES Practice Guide: Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Response to Intervention
(RtI) for Elementary and Middle SchoolsResearcher perspective: Issues in implementing RtI RtI: The Possibilities and Questions presentation by Professor, Rollando O'Conner,
University of California-Riverside
What do We Know about Assessing and Improving Intervention Fidelity presentation by
Senior Scientist, Joseph Witt, Isteep Learning
Additional research on RtI Interventions Secondary Level Intervention presentation by Michael Hock, Center for Research
on Learning, University of Kansas
Response to Intervention: What the research tells us about the effective interventions
for English Language Learners presentation by Cara Richards,
California State University, Long Beach
Links
Center on Instruction
Education Commission of States
National Association of State Directors of Special Education
National Center on Response to Intervention
National Association of School Psychologists: List of State and District RTI Initiatives,
Models, and Resources
Learning Point Associates/Great Lakes West Comprehensive Assistance Center RTI
Resource Guide (includes list of various state RtI websites)