www.ixl.com Thorp Elementary is nestled in a rural community of 1,000 residents in northern Wisconsin. Thorp serves 40 students per grade level, and many of these students are high-need, with 60 percent of students qualifying for free and reduced lunch and a wide range of ability levels in each grade. The school implemented IXL in 2013 to support their Response to Intervention (RTI) program. Third grade teacher Alyece West was one of the first to embrace IXL for both regular classroom instruction and RTI. Responding to the RTI Challenge Thorp Elementary uses an RTI model to support students who are behind grade level in reading and language arts. The school receives extra funding from the state in addition to Title I funding to help them keep class sizes low and provide their s

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