Recognition & Response (R&R) is a tiered model for providing high quality instruction and targeted interventions that are matched to the learning needs of children ages three through five. The idea behind R&R is that education programs for young children should provide core, strategic, and sometimes intensive supports to help them learn, and that decisions about what supports to provide are based on children’s rate and level of progress. R&R is designed to help early childhood teachers recognize children who show signs of early learning difficulty and respond in ways that help them experience early school success. This process of early intervening reflects a broader movement within education called Response to Intervention (RTI). The R&R model is based on the principles of RTI, but adapted for younger children in pre-k settings.

The recognition component involves screening all children and periodically monitoring the progress of those who require targeted interventions. The response component organizes various content-specific interventions, embedded learning activities, and scaffolding strategies from least to most intensive across three levels or tiers. By indicating how directive or involved a teacher must be to help children learn, these tiers create a framework that can guide teachers as they decide how to gather and organize information and deliver interventions.

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