This first part of the Implementation series emphasizes that RTI is a systems change, a cultural change that will affect all facets of an educational system. There is a field of research, called Implementation Science, that studies how such large scale changes occur and its evidence base can contribute greatly to effective change process.
The mission of NIRN is to contribute to the best practices and science of implementation, organization change, and system reinvention to improve outcomes across the spectrum of human services.
This tool follow implementation science and it is also the process that the pilot schools in this series go through. It can be used to assess current stages (baseline) or to problem solve around areas that haven't been completed, as well as to guide next steps.
Source: http://nirn.fpg.unc.edu/
**Please note that IDM means RTI in this document***
