Praxis 5547 Practice Test 2026 – Education of Students with Severe Disabilities Complete Prep

Response to Intervention is a framework that uses regular data on a student’s reading progress to see how they’re responding to instruction and to adjust supports accordingly. In reading, the idea is to start with strong, high-quality instruction for all students, then collect ongoing progress data through brief, frequent assessments. If the data show a student isn’t making expected gains, the instruction is intensified or altered, and supports are adjusted within a tiered system—from universal supports for everyone, to targeted small-group interventions, to intensive one-on-one help. This continuous cycle of screening, progress monitoring, data-based decision making, and tiered instruction is what makes RTI the approach that underpins how we monitor response and change supports.

Progress monitoring is a vital tool inside RTI for tracking growth over time, but it functions within the larger RTI framework that guides when and how to modify instruction. In contrast, summative assessment measures end-of-instruction knowledge, and positive behavioral interventions focus on behavior rather than reading progress.