Children's needs differ so vastly that a single program designed to support numerous students can only do so much. More than anything else, students need to use professional expertise to unravel their needs and to plan instruction that is directly responsive. This book makes exemplary RTI possible in every reading classroom. The author gives you clear-cut directions and specific tools and strategies for RTI that are sensible and developmentally sensitive. She breaks the process down to its essentials: (1) Collecting & Assessing Reading Data; and (2) Targeted Follow-Up Instruction. The author's authentic reading assessments give you the truest-possible sense of your readers' abilities and open up opportunities for differentiation. She follows these with suggestions for planning and organizing Tier 1 and Tier 2 instruction to meet all readers' needs during the day. Following an introduction, the book is organized into two sections: (1) Assessment Practices and Tools; and (2) Instructional Practices and Tools. Appended are: (1) Recommended Literature for Assessment and Instruction; and (2) Tracking Forms for the Reading Assessments, Levels K-6.