RTI

Question 1

Purposes of RTI

Answer 1

Can be used to help reduce the incidence of instructional casualties by insuring that students are provided with high quality instruction with fidelity. Districts can provide interventions to students as soon as a need arises.

Question 2

Principles of RTI

Answer 2

1. Use all available resources to teach all students
2. Use scientific, research based interventions/instruction
3. Monitor classroom performance
4. Conduct universal screening/bench marking
5. Use a multi tier model of service delivery
6. Make data-bases decisions
7. Monitor progress frequently

Question 3

4 major issues of the ability-achievement model

Answer 3

1. Fail to differentiate between students who have LD and those who have academic achievement problems related to poor instruction or other problems.
2. Discriminate against students who are outside of mainstream culture and students who are in the upper and lower ranges of the IQ. Under identify students at the lower end and over identify students at the higher end.
3. Do not effectively predict which students will Benefit from or respond differently to instruction.
4. They require students to fail for a substantial period of time.

Question 4

The role RTI should play in identifying students with specific learning disabilities.

Answer 4

It is a tool but it should not be used as the only form of identification. IDEIA gives schools the ability to determine that a student has a specific learning disability with RTI data.

Question 5

3 tiers of RTI and what happens at each

Answer 5

Tier 1: whole class instruction. They are with the general education classroom. 
Tier 2: small group intervention. The students will get small group help a few times a week. 
Tier 3. Intensive interventions. The most intensive level of RTI. This includes small group work or individual lessons one-on-one. They may spend more of their day in a resource room. These are the most at-risk students.