Tamara Fisher has an update on RTI & Gifted at Unwrapping the Gifted:
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/unwrapping_the_gifted/2010/03/rti_and_gifted_-_revisited.html I'd missed her original post but the update got my attention from hearing RTI discussed at some general school meetings. I'd assumed it was just about struggling learners but was surprised to read:
Essentially, RTI is the practice of: (a) providing high-quality instruction/intervention matched to all students� needs and (b) using assessment to determine learning rate and level of performance to (c) make important educational decisions to guide instruction."
Have any of you seen a school implementing RTI with the intention to meet all student's needs? A quick Google of "RTI and Gifted" showed some states have addressed this on paper at least.
