RtII is an early intervening strategy and carries dual meaning in Pennsylvania. It is a comprehensive, multi-tiered, standards aligned strategy to enable early identification and intervention for students at academic or behavioral risk.

RtII allows educators to identify and address academic and behavioral difficulties prior to student failure. Monitoring student response to a series of increasingly intense inter-ventions assists in preventing failure and provides data that may guide eligibility decisions for learning disabilities. The goal of RtII is to improve student achievement using research-based interventions matched to the instructional need and level of the student.

The Pennsylvania Department of Education strongly endorses the RtII model as the assessment and instructional framework to organize and implement Pennsylvania’s Standards Aligned System (SAS) to improve student achievement. RtII in PA is not viewed as a stand-alone strategy, product or program; rather it is a part of the state’s comprehensive system of continuous school improvement and provides a structure for schools to arrange and implement standards aligned instruction, core strategies, and interventions in the building to meet the academic and relational support needs of all students.  (Pennsylvania Department of Education Bureau of Teaching and Learning, Bureau of Special Education)

A Fact Sheet for Parents  http://www.pattan.net/category/Resources/PaTTAN%
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RtII: An Introduction  http://www.pattan.net/category/Resources/PaTTAN%
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RtII:  A Glossary  http://www.pattan.net/category/Resources/PaTTAN%
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Special Education Department
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Canonsburg PA 15317
Phone: 724.746.9414
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