Building connections between a Growth Model that tracks students’ achievement over time, Response to Intervention, and Academic Acceleration provide an effective opportunity to meet the educational needs of highly able children. This session helps parents and teachers look beyond the goals of catching up and keeping up to a focus on moving up. Let’s create collaborative RtI interventions that connect differentiated instruction and flexible grouping to support academic acceleration, challenge, and fit. Based on current research including the critical advocacy role of parents during early childhood, participants will learn ways to collaborate to develop responsive academic plans.