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Rti Model

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Lauren is a 10-year-old Caucasian girl who has not been retained and is in third grade. No previous history, notes from teachers or input from parents have been included in this report. It is also not clear if there any language or economic barriers for this student that might be hindering learning. From the information contained in this report, the student might benefit from RTI and observed to see if further measures such as special education are warranted.
While reducing the number of special education recommendations, RTI has increased student achievement. It uses research-based instructional strategies to identify learning problems and create adjustments to curricula for students in the general education setting (Cummings et al., 2008). …show more content…

(Brown-Chidsey, 2007).(Johnson & Smith, 2008) speculated that differentiated teaching should be utilized in Tier One. They added that schools need to advance a system of information collection that information can be easily collected and evaluated. Information from the testing should also be required from all educational areas that the student participates in. Even with differentiated instruction, the interventions are more general and can help all students. No mention is made of Lauren receiving any differentiated instruction in her Tier One classroom setting and no information was gained from other academic areas. In the RTI model, there are two diverse problem-solving approaches: standard-treatment and problem-solving and most schools practice a combination to make decisions within the RTI model (Duffy, 2007).
The standard-treatment method consists of phases of assessment, problem classification, intervention, and efficiency testing of the strategies (Duffy, 2007). In the standard-treatment protocol, a standard research-based process is tracked to deliver interventions that have the reliability of treatment and employs research-based instructional methods (Duffy,

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