What is Response to Intervention (RTI)?
RTI is a problem-solving model for early identification of struggling learners and targeted instruction focused on individual skill deficits. Click here to learn more.

What is the Role of Assessment in RTI?
Assessment is an integral part of RTI. Successful models utilize a number of different assessments because multiple measures increase the confidence needed for decisions such as moving students between tiers. For eligibility decisions, IDEA requires the use of a variety of assessment tools and strategies to gather relevant functional, developmental, and academic information. Used in concert, each type of assessment helps ensure program fidelity and success.

Measure Basic Psychological Processes Measures of cognitive ability can be used to determine the relative contribution of deficits in the basic psychological processes on the academic skill deficits observed during interventions. Diagnostics Diagnostic assessments help target specific skill deficits that will be the focus of intervention curriculum. Progress Monitoring Progress Monitoring assessments help measure how well students are responding to their interventions and help determine which students need more intensive interventions. Universal Screening Universal screening assessments help identify students who need intervention. This includes students who are achieving below grade-level expectations and may be in danger of not making Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) and those who may have a Specific Learning Disability (SLD).

What Intervention and Curriculum Solutions are Available? As the measurement division of Houghton Mifflin, Riverside can provide the high quality assessments your district will need to successfully implement RTI. Other Houghton Mifflin divisions, like School Division, Great Source, McDougal Littell, and Houghton Mifflin Learning Technologies can provide your district with scientifically-based intervention activities that make up the core of RTI Models. Note: Riverside Publishing offers many additional assessments to use in your district’s RTI model. Only several of our premier brands are featured here. Contact your local Assessment Consultant to learn about Riverside’s other RTI solutions.

Universal Screening | Diagnostics | Progress Monitoring | Psych Processes