Response to Intervention (RtI) is a framework designed to bring together general, special, compensatory and gifted education with the goal of providing a comprehensive, proactive and unified system of education to meet the needs of, and improve results for, all students. Essential components of an integrated three-tier framework of RtI include: leadership and teaming at all levels, use of a collaborative problem-solving method, integrated assessment and data collection systems to inform all decisions, positive school climate, family/parent and community engagement and scientifically based instructional practices. It is critical for leadership teams to ensure that culturally responsive practices are embedded, and that positive behavior supports are implemented, within a comprehensive response to intervention framework.  For more information, see the Resources pages: Culturally Responsive Practices and Positive Behavior Supports.