Tier 2: The Strategic Level

Tier 2 provides targeted, specific prevention or remediation interventions for students whose academic performance or behavior lag behind the norm for their grade and educational setting.

The Problem Solving Team uses achievement data, teacher records, behavior information, plus information from parent and student interviews to identify why the student is not achieving.  The Problem Solving Team creates an action plan for specific interventions and regular progress monitoring or standardized mini-tests.

The action plan states:

• Which specific, targeted intervention/s will be used

• Who will provide the intervention/s and where (small group, tutoring)

• The frequency, duration and intensity of the intervention/s (greater than at Tier 1)

• The frequency of progress monitoring

The results of the progress monitoring tests are graphed. Interventions are changed or adjusted until the student is learning at a rate and level equal to his or her peers.

Only 5% - 15% of all students will need targeted interventions.

When several interventions have been tried and a student still is not successful, the Problem Solving Team will move the student to Tier 3.

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