Response to Intervention (RTI) is an early intervention model used to help teachers and schools like yours, prevent long-term academic failure. The following outlines how you could use the Reading Horizons Discovery® reading intervention program in all 3 RTI tiers to help your school accomplish this goal:

How Does Reading Horizons Discovery® Meet the Requirements of Tier I?

• Research-based reading program
• Materials for teaching explicit, systematic phonics (builds phonemic awareness, letter-sound association, recognition and understanding of word patterns and formations)
• Works well in a classroom setting
• Multi-sensory activities appeal to many learning styles
• Direct assessments identify proficiency & monitor progress
• Supplements most major core curriculums
• Computer software is aligned with classroom instruction 
• Software supplement helps students internalize skills

How Does Reading Horizons Discovery® Meet the Requirements of Tier II?

• Works well for small-group instruction
• Students receive guided practice
• Additional activities & instruction available for struggling readers
• Resource materials for reinforcing & internalizing skills
• Multi-sensory direct instruction
• Assessments given on a weekly basis
• Errors receive immediate corrective feedback

How Does Reading Horizons Discovery® Meet the Requirements of Tier III?

• Found effective in special education settings (especially for students displaying dyslexia, ADD, & other learning disabilities)
• Instruction adjusts well for very small groups or one-on-one instruction
• Works well for any age group
• Multi-sensory involvement (essential when working with special-needs students)
• Computer software allows collaboration between all teachers & tiers
• Instruction & reading interventions can easily tailored to individual student needs
• Continuous progress monitoring
• Instruction addresses specific skill deficits 
• The methodology allows students to progress rapidly to more-mature reading passages

Learn more about using Reading Horizons Discovery® elementary reading program in each of the RTI tiers.