I am reading about RTI just to keep up to speed for I hope my
return to the classroom. Based on what I am seeing there is
no clear cut answer for RTI. There is no specific way of
knowing what this is supposed to look like. There are two
models. I don't know about you but I received no training
when I was in the classroom. I do believe that it is a period
of 9-12 weeks at each tier. If RTI is to prevent a child
from experiencing failure before he is tested then a child
with LD will go through 18 weeks(minimally) of not improving
before he is tested by the psychologist, which will take even
more time. I am also wondering about how differentiated
instruction in the form of Guided Reading plays into the
tiers as well. If the ALL children are being instructed
using small flexible reading groups based on need, then when
do you do even more small group instruction and what about
those kids who are not having any difficulty who are on grade
level or above? What do they do when everyone is focused on
the ones that are struggling? If the low group is together
for 20-30 minutes per day with one teacher working on letter
identification, letter sounds and sight words, what are the
other kids doing? How are they being challenged and
progressed? How many of them are in a classroom? If the
struggling students are 20 or more (and in some schools it
will be much more)and only have one teacher in a room how can
it be "small group" instruction, which would count as Tier 2
as I understand it. Also there is how the students are
identified and monitoring of progress to consider.

On 10/26/09, RTI question wrote:
> How many weeks is data collected for each RTI tier? Does
> anyone know if this is a system by system decision or is
> the length of data collection a state wide mandate?

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