Response to Intervention (RtI) is the practice of providing high-quality instruction and intervention matched to student need, monitoring progress frequently to make decisions about change in instruction or goals, and applying child response data to important educational decisions. (NASDE, 2005)

Core Principles for Successful Implementation of RtI:

• RtI is for ALL children and ALL educators
• RtI must support and provide value to effective practices
• Success for RtI lies within the classroom through collaboration
• RtI applies to both academics and behavior
• RtI supports and provides value to the use of multiple assessments to inform instructional practices
• RtI is something you do and not necessarily something you buy
• RtI emerges from and supports research and evidence based practice

Essential Components of RtI:

• High Quality Instructional Practice
• Continuous Review of Student Progress (multiple measures through balanced assessments)
• Collaboration

System Change Imperative:

If outcomes for children are going to change, the system has to change.