Response to Intervention (RtI) is a prevention and intervention system that is applied to any student if she/he starts to fall behind in school.  Intensity of intervention increases as a student continues to struggle. It is a general education system that should be employed prior to a special education referral. Click on the links below to learn more.

Regulatory Information about RtI

• State Ed Guidance (November 2010)
• What do the regs say (presentation)?
• SETRC's RtI presentation
• Read the April 2008 memo from James P. DeLorenzo and Jean Stevens "...encourage[s] all school districts in New York State (NYS) to take timely actions to implement response to intervention (RtI) programs in its schools.
• Part 100 includes regulatory language about RtI. CR 100.2 ii is the section that describes RtI. Minimum requirements are described, as well as a requirement that districts ensure implementation.
• CR 200.2 (b) (7) has a requirement that Boards of Education have a written policy.
• A presentation describes some of the implications of the regulations. It's from VESID.
• Another, longer presentation includes information about the revised LD determination requirements as well as the RtI implications.
• Implementing RTI Using Title I, Title III, and CEIS Funds: Key Issues for Decision-makers
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Using ARRA Funds Provided Through Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to Drive School Reform and Improvement

• School-Wide Positive Behavior Support and Response to Intervention makes the connection between tiered RtI interventions and the school-wide behavior supports model.
• International Reading Association Commission on RTI
• K-3 RtI Exemplars

• Pennsylvania's Framework for Secondary Schools
  The National High School Center published "Meeting the Needs of Significantly Struggling Learners in High School: A Look at Approaches to Tiered Intervention."   The article provides an overview of RtI, describes current research on RtI and secondary education, and provides a specific example of successful implementation.
• Schools Moving Up includes a description of Riverbank High School's successful, research-based implementation of RtI.
• Response to Intervention in Secondary Schools: Is It on Your Radar Screen? poses some good questions to secondary educators.
• This article, "Doing Discipline Differently," connects discipline, PBIS, and RtI.
• This Education Week article, "High Schools Try Out RtI," describes a high school approach
• Tiered Intervention for Significantly Struggling Learners in High School