Response to Intervention (RTI) is a multi-tiered approach to help struggling learners. Students' progress is closely monitored at each stage of intervention to determine the need for further research-based instruction and/or intervention in general education, in special education, or both.
Information taken directly off the following website:
http://www.rtinetwork.org/LearnI can see the good of this program. It's having teachers and principals actually implement it that I worry about. I believe it can be done right.
So here's information about it in a nutshell along with what you should ask your school:
1. Intervention Hierarchy- this is where screening and assessment takes place to move a child from Tier 1 to a level 2 or 3 Tier. A parent should find out what type of screening is going to be done and how long the screening will take place. A parent needs to be aggressive with time.
2. Screening, assessment, and progress monitoring- this is where curriculum based assessments are given to see if a child is making progress with new methods tried and implemented for a change in success for the child. It is to decide if a child is making adequate progress. As a parent is important to note the time this is taking and if progress is being made.
3. Research based curriculum-The ideal is to have a "toolkit" for teachers to use to have material on hand to use that has been researched based. As a parent some of your concerns would be if a program is a supplement more than concept. How much time is a child getting of this program and is the program nationally researched based?
4. Collaborative problem solving process for decision making-is basically to refer to to see if progress is being made with whatever is being implemented. Parents need to ask how much progress is being made for my child? Is there a noticeable amount of progress. Watch out, and don't play the game of let's wait and see if progress comes later. True, effective programs should help a child make progress with in a months time for sure.
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