Evaluation of a School’s RtI2 System

Schools have a responsibility to ensure that the academic needs of our students are met with a highly qualified teacher who is methodical in his/her approach to teaching and assessing academics and behavior. In addition, the school needs to consider the challenging behaviors that students may present and be prepared with a research-bases system to address and combat the issue. One such system, Response to Instruction and Interventions (RtI²), is a multi-tiered system set up to identify both the academic and behavioral needs present within the school in order to address students who are at-risk with both academics and social, emotional, and behavioral progress (Knoff, 2011). 

Tier 1 -  All students receive high-quality, scientifically based instruction from a classroom teacher.

Tier 2 - Students not making adequate progress in Tier 1 receive increasingly intensive instruction based on their needs.

Tier 3 - Students receive individualized, intensive interventions based on their deficit. ("rtinetwork.org," 2014)

Don’t be afraid to reach out to your school and community to assure that the needs of the students are being met with this type of data-driven, scientifically-based intervention.

References

Knoff, H. M. (2011). Integrating the School Prevention, Review, and Intervention Team (SPRINT) and Response-to-Instruction/Intervention (RtI²) process: A model implementation guidebook for schools and districts. Little Rock, AR: Project ACHIEVE Press.

What is RtI? (2014). Retrieved from http://www.rtinetwork.org/learn/what/whatisrti