RTI Checklist for Teachers
This is what RCSD wants us to do…
First and foremost, have a clear, narrow, measureable goal for the student to accomplish as a result of
the intervention. All of your data should then correspond to this goal. (For instance: Student will read 50
1st grade sight words on-demand with 100% accuracy by November.) Once you set the goal, here’s what
you need to document:
WHAT TO DO
Calculate student baseline
Description of intervention/student
response
Use both “off-level” (PLEP) and
grade-level benchmarks and
progress-monitoring measures to
assess student skill and growth.
Conduct regular progressmonitoring
Analyze the data – is the student a
“non-responder”?
HOW TO DOCUMENT
Administer initial academic screening measure (this should
include research-based norms for the developmental level and
benchmarks – even if they are local norms)
Frequency and length of intervention, verification that the
intervention was carried out with integrity (if it’s something like
FUNdations, you followed “the program”), and description of
student attentiveness/effort during the intervention
Include data from grade-level assessments as well as data that
monitors student progress at their present level of performance.
Basically, show student individual growth from where they
started to where they are as well as how they do on assessments
at grade-level (in comparison with peers).
“Regular” means: For tier 2 intervention, at least 1-2 times per
month. For tier 3, at least 1-2 times per week. (If the goal can
be assessed using one of the aimsweb assessments, use that to
monitor progress.)
The student’s skill continues to be “discrepant” from peers (falls
below grade-level benchmarks) AND the student’s rate of
improvement is discrepant from peers (no or slow progress
despite the intervention).
IF BOTH OF THESE ARE TRUE: Change your intervention (if it’s
tier 2 you can either switch what you’re doing or move to tier 3)
and start back at “calculating baseline.” Go through the entire
checklist again. If the student is non-responsive to this
additional intervention, it’s probably time to make a referral to
CSE.
Tier 2 intervention looks like:
*No more than 7 students, all with a shared
intervention need
*Minimum of 3-5 times per week
*30 minutes or more
Tier 3 intervention looks like:
*3 or fewer students
*Daily
*30 minutes or more
Please let Kate know if you have questions/concerns or would like to see this information in more detail.  You are
all amazing teachers and I know you work hard. Hopefully, this will answer questions and help you organize your
work with our struggling students. I’m here if you need support!