Response to Intervention (RTI)

True or False: RTI ensures that struggling readers have received high-quality instruction after referrals to special education are made.

• True

• False

True or False: RTI typically addresses student needs through multiple tiers of increasingly intensive instructional interventions.

• True

• False

True or False: In the three-tier model of RTI, a district will administer a universal screening tool to identify students' strengths and weaknesses at the beginning of the year.

• True

• False

Tier 1 is ___________________

• Small Group Interventions

• The Whole Class

• Intensive Intervention

Tier 3 is __________________

• The Whole Class

• Small Group Intervention

• Intensive Intervention

Tier 2 is _________________

• The Whole Class

• Small Group Intervention

• Intensive Intervention

Are English Language Learners (ELL) eligible to participate in RTI?

• No; the difference in language is too much of an barrier/issue.

• Yes; RTI is beneficial to all students (gen. ed., ELL, sped.).

True or False: RTI is mandated by federal law.

• True, RTI is mandated by federal law or federal regulation; it appears under IDEA regulations

• False, RTI is not mandated; it does not appear in either federal law or regulation

True or False: RTI does not replace early childhood special education.

• True

• False

True or False: RTI is an instructional approach that provides early intervening services to struggling students to improve their skills and is an option that can be used to identify students who may have learning disabilities.

• True

• False