RTI

Question 1

Purposes of RTI

Answer 1

1. to provide an instructional framework that accommodates the needs of all students and results in the improved achievement for all students
2. to offer a means for appropriately identifying/selecting students for continued services through and IEP based on their demonstrated responses to scientific research based instruction

Question 2

Core Principles of RTI

Answer 2

1. Use all available resources to teach all students
2. Use scientific resources to teach all students
3. Monitor classroom performance
4. Conduct universal screening/benchmarking
5. Use a multitier model of service delivery
6. Make data-based decisions
7. Monitor progress frequently

Question 3

4 Major Issues of the Ability-Achievement Discrepancy Model

Answer 3

1. Discrepancy models fail to differentiate between children who have LD and those who have academic achievement problems related to poor instruction, lack of experience, or other problems.
2. Discrepancy models discriminate against students outside of “mainstream” culture and students who are in the upper and lower ranges of IQ.
3. Discrepancy models do not effectively predict which students will benefit from or respond differentially to instruction.
4. The use of discrepancy models requires children to fail for a substantial pe- riod of time—usually years—before they are far enough behind to exhibit a discrepancy.

Question 4

Role RTI should play in the Diagnosis of Learning Disabilities

Answer 4

RTI emphasizes this shift of focus through documentation of a student’s persistent failure to progress even after receiving intense and sound scientifically research-based interventions in the general education curriculum.