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IDEA 2004 now allows Local Education Agencies (LEAs) to use Response to Intervention (RTI) as part of the process to determine eligibility for special education under the category of learning disabilities. Although legally specified only for learning disabilities, the concepts and practices employed in RTI are, and have been, applicable to all students in needs-based, problem-solving service delivery systems.

AIMSweb Response to Intervention (RTI) is designed to provide a "best practices in problem-solving approach" to the RTI process including scientifically based progress monitoring of students' educational need through Benchmark data and educational benefit through progress monitoring data. This dual discrepancy approach allows for decision making based on measurable performance discrepancies and rates of improvement (ROI). In addition to data-based decision making, AIMSweb RTI provides a standard protocol-based approach to case management.

For each phase of RTI, a default set of commonly used standard problem-solving tasks are specified (e.g., Notify Parents, Interview Teacher, Observe Fidelity of Intervention, Collect Progress Monitoring Data) that can be customized into a step-by-step standard RTI protocol at the state, district, or school level. Each RTI task is assigned to a team member(s) with a due date and ability to report notes of the task’s outcomes. This task listing and assignment, including completion date ensures high quality implementation and provides a documented summary of RTI activities of who did what, when, and with what outcome. A set of standard outcome decisions at each RTI phase is also provided, allowing a full evaluation of the RTI process by NCLB risk group. AIMSweb RTI is directive without being dictatorial and provides documentation without excess paper.

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