The MTSS framework is comprised of four essential components: screening, progress monitoring, multi-level prevention system, and data-based decision making. This collection of infographics provide an overview of key features of each of the essential components of MTSS.
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Progress monitoring is the repeated measurement of student performance over time. It requires reliable and valid tools and a clear process to monitor the necessary students with fidelity.
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Universal screening uses a systematic process for identifying students who may be at risk for poor learning outcomes, including academic, behavioral,
social, emotional, school completion, and college and career readiness outcomes. Within this infographic, we illustrate key features of universal screening.
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MTSS requires the use of data-based decision making to evaluate systems, match students to supports, and ensure effective implementation. This infographic summarizes the key pieces of data-based decision making.
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A multi-level prevention system provides increasingly intense levels of instruction and support to address student need. Students may need more or less intensive levels of support across different subject areas and points in time. This infographic highlights the key features and differences among the tiers.
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Tier 3 is individualized and intensive intervention designed to help students with severe and persistent academic, social, emotional, and/or behavioral needs, including students with disabilities. It is a data-driven process characterized by increased intensity and individualization of supports.
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High-quality core math instruction is the foundation of a successful multilevel prevention system within a multi-tiered system of supports framework.
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To be successful in mathematics across grade levels, students must establish foundational mathematics skills because most newly acquired mathematics skills require the use and understanding of prerequisite skills. Longitudinal studies show that students who fall behind in as early as Grade 4 are likely to remain behind their peers as measured in Grade 8 (New Classrooms, 2019).
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Sites implementing MTSS use different sources of data to answer a variety of questions. This infographics highlights four types of data and the specific questions teams can answer with each data type.
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This infographic illustrates the major steps of MTSS implementation within schools. Each benchmark period, schools will screen all students to evaluate their level of risk and respond to that data to ensure each student receives the level of support they need.
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At Tier 2, schools provide small group, standardized academic, social, emotional, and behavioral supports using validated intervention programs. This infographic highlights 10 essential features of an effective Tier 2 intervention system.
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This infographic illustrates the MTSS Center’s formula for successful implementation of MTSS. Implementation is more than just the design of a site’s components, as sites will want to consider the infrastructure needed to support that design. Further, sites will need to monitor their implementation progress to celebrate success and make course corrections.
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A well-designed MTSS schedule ensures that schools can provide students sufficient time and access to core programming as well as additional interventions and supports. Find tips for creating a schedule that can meet the needs of your school within this resource.
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Communication with and involvement of all staff is important for implementation of MTSS not only to ensure fidelity to identified procedures but also to ensure sufficient buy-in and support for MTSS.
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Evaluation of MTSS requires attention to the effectiveness and efficiency of the implementation of specific practices (e.g., interventions, assessment tools, teaming processes, documentation procedures), as well to the systemwide implementation of the four essential components of an MTSS. This tip sheet outlines tips and questions to guide schools use of evaluation.
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