Response to Intervention (RtI) is a mandatory program to provide multi-tiered support to students who exhibit a deficit of academic skills. At Axtell ISD, w begin this process in the elementary grades in the areas of reading and math. Teachers, students, parents, work with administration and specialized instructors to determine if and when addition supports are needed for a students. Our goal is to identify and remedy academic deficits early in a student's school career, but there are times when supports carried over to a student's secondary school setting. A rigor mentoring and monitoring process is employed through three tiers of instruction.

Tier 1 Instruction- all students receive tier one instruction in a whole class environment.

Tier 2 Instruction- students who are identified as struggling with certain academic standards and/or skills received small group instruction either in class or with one of our trained teachers to improved performance on these standards.

Tier 3 Instruction- when a student is not successful with tier two strategies, he or she may receive individualize instruction out of the classroom. These students get a much narrower scope of standards and instruction to pinpoint specific causes of academic deficiences.

Each student is placed in a time-sensitive program that monitored weekly for appropriate decision making. A student can exit RtI services, remain in a 2nd or 3rd tier level, or be recommended for further examination throughout the duration of being in RtI.