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Teachers, parents and board spar over future of RTI intervention program
Summary
Dozens of teachers, parents and board members urged the Tehachapi Unified School District to preserve teacher‑led Response to Intervention (RTI) programs, citing student gains and concern that a proposed push‑in model would reduce program fidelity.
Dozens of teachers, parents and board members urged the Tehachapi Unified School District on March 15 to preserve teacher‑led Response to Intervention (RTI) programs at elementary schools, saying the pull‑out model produces measurable literacy gains for struggling students.
Educators and parents described RTI as a core academic intervention that has helped students make sustained gains. Becky Sasha, an RTI teacher at Tompkins Elementary, told the board she and her team have worked with 261 students this year at Tompkins — about 40% of the school's enrollment — and that "across the board, every single child has improved when looking at our data." Other presenters from Golden Hills and Tompkins said RTI teachers track fluency, iReady and other progress measures and that many students who receive RTI avoid qualification for special…
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