Prologue: Response to Intervention with Secondary Students: Why the Issues Are Different Than with Elementary Students, Sharon Vaughn and Jack M. FletcherIntroduction1. RTI in Reading: An Overview2. Step 1: Implementing Effective Tier 1 Instruction3. Step 2: Establishing Interventions in Reading4. Step 3: Guidelines for Tiers 2 and 35. Step 4: Refining Implementation of RTIEpilogue. Appendix A. Sample Middle School Schedules: Grades 6-8Appendix B. Sample Junior High Schedules: Grades 7-8Appendix C. Sample High School ScheduleAppendix D. Examples of Vocabulary and Comprehension Strategies for Content-Area InstructionAppendix E. Examples of Reading Intervention StrategiesAppendix F. Resources for Implementing RTI at the Secondary Level