Response to Instruction and Intervention (RtII)

Program Description

RtII is a comprehensive, multi-tiered, standards-aligned strategy that provides instruction and interventions to match the needs of students.  The goal is to proactively improve student achievement for all learners. Training and technical assistance is available to school-based teams to increase their capacity to provide meaningful educational services and programs for all children in academic areas outlined in the Pennsylvania academic standards. Educational specialists can assist district personnel conduct program assessments, analyze student data, and develop a plan of action addressing curricular, instructional, and student variables.

Getting Started

If you are considering moving to a RtII framework, these documents will be helpful:

• Early Intervening/Response to Intervention Factsheet 
• Response to Intervention Overview 
• RtII Implementation Guide
• What Administrators Say About RtII
• Secondary RtII Implementation Guide 
• Elementary Readiness & Implementation: Self Assessment Tool 
• Secondary RtII Framework: Self-Assessment Tool 

Already Using RtII?

If you have been implementing RtII, have all the components in place and are ready to use RtII to identify students with specific learning disabilities, you will need the following documents:

• Special Education Plan Requirement 
• SLD Application for Approval 
• SLD Scoring Rubric

Useful Websites

www.pattan.net

www.rti4success.org

http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/resources.html (Star Legacy Modules)

www.fcrr.org