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What is Response to Intervention?  A method of academic intervention used in the United States which is designed to provide early and effective assistance to children who are having difficulty learning. Response to Intervention integrates assessment and intervention within a multi-leveled system to maximize student's achievement. This method is also a tremendous factor in diagnosing learning disabilities. With RTI, schools identify students who are at risk for poor learning outcomes, monitor student's progress, provide evidence-based interventions and adjust the intensity of those interventions depending on the student's responsiveness to the assessments. RTI seeks to prevent academic failure through early intervention, frequent progress measurements, and intensive research-based instructional interventions for children who continue having difficulty in the classroom setting. Teachers will look at the student's progress overtime and if the child does not show a response to the intervention, it is quite possible that this student may have a biologically-based learning disability.

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