User:AGorski28/Response to Intervention/Degenag Peer Review

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The lead of this article is very well written. It defines RTI right away and gives information about what that means. The last two sentences also link the reasoning for RTI having an additional name. The link that explains the change is a reliable source that serves as a toolkit for parents looking into this type of intervention. The only downside of using that source is it may be biased to RTI treatment only.

In description...this sentence "The RTI intervention framework involves research-based instruction and interventions, regular monitoring of student progress, and the subsequent use of data to make a variety of educational decisions, including, but not limited to SLD eligibility". If I was not an educator or had background knowledge of this topic I would not know exactly what this was talking about. This may need to be scaled into the "non educator" vernacular in order to be followed clearly.

The description had excellent links and did a good job of representation of the tiers that exist in RTI. The links provided gave good additional information about these tiers. In this area it was a large amount of information getting into the tiers that may be better served in a tighter summary. Again, caution to use common vernacular that a person outside of psychology or education can follow.

Once the transition is made into the MTSS framework I did get a bit lost. The tiers of RTI were clearly defined just above - and then the article pushes into a large description of MTSS framework that does not seem to flow into how they are related. The article in these two paragraphs is very informational but doesn't seem to hone in on a general description that would help a reader without doing pretty far down a rabbit hole of information. I also lost the connection between the RTI tier and MTSS utilization - and it also jumped into how an educator uses that specifically.

The implementation section was concise and easy to read/understand with a good link to information that supports this without bias. This was informative and very sharp.

The challenges of implementation was well written, but does appear to bias toward schools not having enough to institute the practice and appears to push for additional investment in the section. The links here are good and support the claims that are made.

The support section is very good. It is biased toward how this program will help but they are well supported points. The information in the links and articles are recent and the last section flows well with a concise break down of each way this will support students/schools. The only quote that leans in bias is "However, for such intensive intervention to improve students’ reading outcomes, it is essential that schools invest in the resources, personnel, and structures needed to promote the development of MTSS initiatives." - which suggests that the only way that these interventions can be successful is with an investment in the school - but there may be internal programs that can accomplish this without additional investment (may show bias).