This article focuses on the lack of emphasis on the flexible nature of RTI and the changing descriptions of it may lead to confusion among school professionals. It explains that there are 5 key principles and 4 features of RTI, they are extensively outlined in this article. RTI is described as a set of principles that do not change, but vary in their presentation.
Cheney, D., Flower, A., & Templeton, T. (2008, August 1). Applying Response to Intervention. Metrics in the Social Domain for Students at Risk of Developing Emotional or Behavioral Disorders. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
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(2010, June 1). Teachers’ Perceptions of a Response to Intervention (RTI) Reform Effort in an Urban Elementary School: A Consensual Qualitative Analysis. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
This focuses on after the first year of implementation, more specific, a study. Eight elementary teachers were interviewed about how they viewed RTI reform effort. Questions that were in this study were questions like; after the first year how do educators view the RTI change process? The results were then analyzed and showed that teachers positively viewed RTI. However, many teachers expressed concerns about the implementation of RTI that are further discussed in the article.
Klotz, M. (n.d.). Response to Intervention (RTI): A Primer for Parents. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
This article focuses on the “wait to fail” situation RTI brings. Students get help faster within the education setting. This Article is in favor of RTI since RTI helps separate between students whose achievement problems are caused by a learning disability versus students whose achievement problems are caused by different reasons. Parents and schools find that the RTI approach provides more progress information as opposed to an assessment. This specific article also points out that each school has a different way of executing RTI into their school …show more content…
In this study, students at jeopardy for reading difficulties were assigned to control groups. Students received reading intervention daily for 50 minutes in small groups from October to April. Students in the comparison condition received the school's existing instructional program for struggling readers. The effects showed that more students who contributed in the intervention in either Spanish or English met the RTI standards than students who did not.
Reschly, D. (2014, March 1). Response to Intervention and the Identification of Specific: Topics in Language Disorders. Retrieved October 5, 2015
This article focuses on the use of RTI to identify children learning disabilities. While also going in depth with the essential components of the RTI and goals in general education, early identification. Advantages of RTI-based SLD identification are also discussed.
Reynolds, C., & Shaywitz, S. (2015). Response to Intervention: Ready or not? Retrieved October 5, 2015.
This article focuses on the fact that RTI models are being implemented quickly throughout the schools. The purposes of invoking an RTI model for disabilities in the schools are clear. Students are being put into RTI without satisfactory research and are neglecting the potential negative long-term impact on students with disabilities. The possible benefits to some children with disabilities remain an unproven hypothesis while a very real