Response to Intervention (RtI) Resources

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

General Information about RtI

• John McCook's November 15th Presentation to "A K-12 Look at Response to Intervention"
  The NYS RtI Technical Assistance Center
• RtI At a Glance (a concise summary and display of RtI principles)
• Ten Tough Realities about RtI (presentation)
• Response to Intervention: What and Why? is a good overview article from The School Administrator.
• Composite list of RtI websites from Buffalo State.
• The National Center on Response to Intervention is a collection of technical advice about RtI. It is a clearinghouse of information from across the country.
•  This presentation presents a national rather than state interpretation of "What is RtI?"
• The RTI Action Network is collaboration of a number of professional education associations and organizations. It provides guidance about implementation.
• The Center on Instruction is a collection of research-based approaches to K-12 instruction. A number of resources related to RtI are featured.
• Here is the RtI Practice Guide from the What Works Clearinghouse.
• RtI Goes Mainstream is a themed issue of a journal that describes several efforts. It includes a Q&A from Dean Dixson.
• The Office of Special Education Programs has a RTI blueprint
• Schools Moving Up is a collection of successful actions from schools closing their achievement gap. There are a variety of resources available there about RtI. Free registration is required to view some of the resources.
• From Schools Attuned comes the program: The Neurodevelopmental Framework and Response to Intervention (RtI).
• The IRIS Center has a self-paced on-line module that explains the rationale for RtI as well as some research-based suggestions.
• IDEA Partnership's Collaborative Work on Response to Intervention has a collection of resources.
• Why Adopt an RtI Model? considers the RtI issue from legal, historical, professional, and political angles.
• Jim Wright has a couple of helpful document: Implementing RTI: Top 10 Expectations for Teachers, Building Administrators, and School Districts and the RTI Implementation Planning Sheet.
• Tigard-Tualatin Standard Behavior Protocol Chart
• Blank Behavior Protocol Chart

Elementary Level RtI

• 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

Secondary Level RtI

• 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

English Language Learners and RtI

• RtI/ELL Questions and Answers  aren't always easy to find. Here are some.
• RtI/ELL Models take into account the different needs and perspectives of English Language learners.
• RtI and Diverse Children reminds us that one size fits all doesn't fit all.
• RtI/ELL Assessment Validity describes some potential misinterpretation of data.
• RtI/ELL and Reading
• Cultural, Linguistic & Ecological Framework for RtI.