How to Retrieve data from Response to Intervention
Response to Intervention (RTI) is a method used by educators to gather data after monitoring the development and progress of their students. This data is then used to prioritize the students’ instructional needs and decide whether they may have to move between intervention tiers of the program.
Response to intervention can be used by teachers and any other type of educators to make data-based decisions regarding the education development of the students. In this way, the teachers can monitor the learning progress of the students, and if need be, the learning method will be improvised. For instance, test scores can be used by the teachers to select a researched and proven intervention that will enable the child to learn in an improved environment.
Well trained teachers can use Response to Intervention (RTI) methods to get data regarding the readiness of the students to learn, their education progress, and also the students’ learning profiles. These indicate how the students can react to the intervention set out by the teacher. This data is then used to make adjustments on the learning program to give the students challenging learning experience and also enable them to achieve an improved and successful learning experience. If the teacher realizes that the interventions applied do not work for the student, then they may go for a more focused response to ensure that the child can master the skill more quickly.
Response to Intervention provides educators with behavioral progress monitoring data that helps them improve their approach towards students that might need special attention. This enables the teachers to intensify their teaching programs or even lower the intensity depending on the data they receive from their experiments. Response to Intervention, unlike the traditional reactive approach, is quite a proactive intervention that mainly focuses on prevention and early intervention in the academic life of the student.
References
Brown-Chidsey, R., Bronaugh, L., & McGraw, K. (2012). RTI in the Classroom: Guideline and Recipes for Success. Guilford Press.
Johnson, E. S., Smith, L., & Harris, M. L. (2009). How RTI Works in Secondary schools. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.