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What
is Response to Intervention?
Although there is no single, widely-used "model" for
Response to Intervention, it is generally defined as a three-tier
model that uses research-based interventions designed to help
a student become more successful, rather than focusing on his
lack of success.
The whole idea of RTI is to PREVENT students from developing more
serious academic and behavior problems. The earlier we catch potential
problems, the better chance of students being successful.
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What
does this mean for my child?
Tier 1
of the RTI model is the benchmark level. Approximately
80% of students in a school will respond to a good core curriculum
and will fall in Tier 1. All students will receive: |
- Instruction
in a research-based core curriculum that has been proven successful
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- Monitoring
of their progress at three times during the year called benchmarks
- fall, winter and spring
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Tier
2 of
the RTI model is the strategic level. Approximately 15% of students
in a school will fall in Tier 2. If your child fails to make adequate
progress in the core curriculum, he or she will receive the following
in addition to the core curriculum: |
- Supplemental
instruction about 2 or 3 times per week in small groups (about
6 - 8 students) with other students who need similar skill
development
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- Instruction
that is from scientifically, research based instructional
programs
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- Monitoring
of his or her progress about once every two to four weeks
to show the rate of improvement given this strategic instruction
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Tier
3 of
the RTI model is the intensive level. Approximately 5% of students
in a school typically will fall in Tier 3. If your child fails
to make adequate progress in Tier 2, he or she will be moved to
Tier 3 where the following will be provided in addition to the
core curriculum: |
- Intensive
interventions in small groups (about 3 or 4 students) about
4 or 5 times per week
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- Instructional
interventions from scientifically, research based instructional
programs that are targeted on his or her individual problems
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- Monitoring
of your child's progress about once per week to show the rate
of improvement given this intensive instruction
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Who
will provide instruction to my child if he needs support?
Age-appropriate and research-based interventions
will be provided to your child either through a push-in (supports
in the classroom) or pull-out (instruction provided in another
classroom in the building) model, depending on the type of support
they require. Instruction will be delivered by trained teachers.
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