Response to Intervention: How Is It Practiced and Perceived?.

Abstract

This study is a descriptive study designed to examine how school personnel are implementing the Response to Intervention (RTI) process and how they perceive the process. Using an online survey, school personnel in rural and urban schools in South Eastern Texas were asked about the RTI process on their campus and their opinions of the process. Participants were general and special educators, school administrators and related personnel. The sample consisted of 99 people who completed the entire survey. The authors found strengths in the RTI process in terms of early identification of students for RTI and collaboration among school personnel. Areas that needed improvement included writing measurable goals and having a system of consistent progress monitoring and data collection. The act of teaching, re-teaching and working with struggling students is not a new concept for classroom teachers. Even in the 1900’s students who attended school did not always work on the same assignments or subjects at the same time. Teachers would alter assignments or order of instruction to help individual students (Ellis, 2005; Gwaltney, 2001). Interventions, formal and informal, have been common in schools for many years. More recently Response to Intervention (RTI) has been implemented to ensure that all students receive any needed instruction and interventions to achieve academic success. RTI is a formal process implemented by schools to provide direct instruction/intervention for all students experiencing academic and/or behavioral difficulties (GerzelShort & Wilkins, 2009). The primary goal of RTI is to provide the interventions a struggling student would need to become successful in the general education curriculum. If the interventions are successful, that student would continue in the general education setting. If interventions are not successful, the school district may decide to implement different interventions or may initiate a referral for special education eligibility testing.

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