Enhancing RTI

How to Ensure Success with Effective Classroom Instruction and Intervention

Response to Intervention (RTI) programs offer opportunities for educators to reach out to students at a young age and shape a proper education plan for them. Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey's new book, Enhancing RTI: How to Ensure Success with Effective Classroom Instruction and Intervention, examines how RTI works and how educators can apply this practice in their classrooms.

The authors argue that, without the right resources and conditions, an RTI program will not succeed. In this chapter, Fisher and Frey talk about the roles expert teachers play in assessing students, why a strong core curriculum is necessary, and why reading and writing play key roles in the program's success. Learn about the strategies needed for an RTI program to be effective in this exclusive sample chapter from Enhancing RTI.

Read Chapter 5: Intensive Interventions for High-Risk Learners: Mobilizing Experts and Resources.

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