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The Professional Counselor /Volume 6, Issue 3 236 Method Participants Members of ASCA participated in this study by completing a survey. Participants were randomly selected from each of the 15 states that were reported as implementing RTI fully or partly at the time of this study’s construction (Zirkel, 2014). Specifically, participants were targeted in the following states: Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island, West Virginia and Wisconsin. In looking at the characteristics of survey respondents, 99% indicated they were currently practic- ing, with 96% employed full-time. Eighty-two percent were between 31 and 60 years old, and 85% were female. Ninety-two percent reported working in public school settings. Twenty-seven percent indicated working in an elementary setting, 14% in an elementary-middle school, 19% in a middle school, and 35% in a high school. A total of 81% indicated six years or more of practice as a school counselor, with 73% indicating six years or more since their last degree conferral (see Table 1 for de- mographic information). Table 1 Participant Demographics Percent Currently Practicing 99 Full-time employment 96 Age 25 or under 1 26–30 8 31–40 33 41–60 49 Over 60 9 Sex Female 85 Male 15 School Setting Public 92 Charter 3 Private 5 School Population Elementary 27 Elementary/Middle 14 Middle School 19 Middle/High School 4 High School 35 K–12 1