After reading this article, my perspective changed on the purpose of RTI. I believed that RTI was a system in place to identify students with learning gaps who need instructional supports to be successful in the general education classroom. However, this article posed the idea of using the RTI model to identify twice-exceptional learners. Often these students and their learning needs go unidentified and therefore they are not able to reach their potential. As an educator, I believe that this integrated model would be beneficial to both teachers and high achieving students. Once students are identified, the teacher can implement data based instructional supports to help our high achieving students reach their full learning potential. These students
