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This chapter addresses key elements in secondary-level (i.e., middle and high school) implementation of response to intervention (RTI), more suitably labeled multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS). This chapter provides a specification of what features and actions of secondary MTSS are similar to elementary-level practices and, most importantly, what features and actions are different and require special attention for implementation success. This chapter proposes that the appropriate purpose of secondary MTSS is to advance college and career readiness in two important ways: (a) to increase the quality and quantity of evidence-based instructional and behavior support practices in core content-area instruction, and (b) to enable basic academic and behavioral skills interventions of suitable intensity to be provided to those students who remain discrepant.

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    See Germann (2010) for a history of the former and Gresham, Reschly, and Shinn, (2010) for a chronology of the latter.

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    Mark R. Shinn PhD

  2. Hope Network, Michigan Education Corps, Grand Rapids, USA

    Holly S. Windram PhD

  3. TIES, Cleveland Heights, USA

    Kerry A. Bollman

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Shinn, M., Windram, H., Bollman, K. (2016). Implementing Response to Intervention in Secondary Schools. In: Jimerson, S., Burns, M., VanDerHeyden, A. (eds) Handbook of Response to Intervention. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7568-3_32

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