This study explored how U.S. educators perceived Response to Intervention (RTI) through literature
review. In addition, the characteristics of subjects, purposes, and journals of each study were
reviewed. A total of 14 studies related to U.S. educators’ perceptions on RTI were selected and
analyzed. The literature review showed that educators could be categorized into groups such as
directors, teachers, and school psychologists. The educators had similar opinions about the advantages
and roles of RTI. In particular, educators commonly emphasized that directors, such as administrators
or principals, have to lead RTI implementations. However, differences among educators related to the
difficulties in the practice of RTI were found. In addition, findings showed that studies related to
RTI were published in various journals such as psychology, general education, leadership, and policy.
The results of this study suggests that the future research should include various stakeholders and
examine their perceptions on the advantages, disadvantages, areas that needs to be improved for
South Korea’s RTI improvement. The findings also illustrate that future studies regarding RTI should
be published in various academic journal areas such as psychology and policy as well as a learning
disabilities field.