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Universal Response to Intervention
When the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA, was rewritten in 2004, a newfound commitment to helping struggling students make progress in the core curriculum areas was born. Known as Response to Intervention (RTI), the model mandated a new way to determine if a student does not perform at grade level owing to a lack of instruction, and which students require special education as the result of a disability. With IDEA set to receive nearly $25 billion under the 2009 spending bill and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, many districts will find that the funds come not a moment too soon.