Education has taken a major swing in the last five years with its new focus on the Response to Intervention movement. Through the RtI program, students that are in the bottom 20% of their class are to receive Tier I interventions in their regular education classroom. While many resources define this as differentiated instruction, many others define it as direct, small group instruction. This all sounds like a great plan to help those that may be struggling or need additional support to succeed, however, there are some students in which this may actually have a negative impact on...the gifted students.