Tier 2 Interventions (5th Grade)
Section outline
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Tier 2 refers to the 20–30 percent of students who need focused supplemental instruction. This instruction is aimed at remediating the specific skill deficits of students who fail to meet Tier 1 benchmarks in one or more areas. These students require supplemental instruction in addition to the standard classroom instruction. Tier 2 instruction is systematic, explicit and aligned with Tier 1 instruction. Instructional interventions are differentiated, scaffolded, and targeted, based on the needs of individual students as determined by assessment data. For example, Tier 2 instruction might be provided to a small group of students (1:3, 1:5, 1:7) for 30-40 minutes each instructional day. With fewer students in a group, an individual student has more opportunities to respond, and the teacher has more opportunities to give immediate and appropriate feedback to the student.