General Education Pre-Service Teachers’ Levels of Concern on Response to Intervention (RTI) Implementation

Source: Teacher Education and Special Education, 38(2), May 2015, p. 121-137.

This article used a mixed-methods design to explore general education pre-service teachers’ concerns regarding the implementation of Response to Intervention (RTI) based on the Concerns-Based Adoption Model.

Results suggest pre-service teachers focused their concerns on feeling unprepared and not understanding how to effectively implement RTI.
These implications may guide teacher preparation programs as they assess the readiness of their pre-service teachers to effectively implement RTI.