Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)

What is Multi-Tiered Systems of Support ?

Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) is a framework that focuses on intervention best practices within the areas of academics, behavior, and social/emotional supports for the whole child. Tiers are based on student need and increase the level of support provided as a student moves from classroom-wide, to targeted and intensive interventions.

Purpose of MTSS

The purpose of the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support is to provide guidance and resources for providing timely identification of and assistance to students who have difficulty meeting the standards of the core curriculum.

MTSS provides a framework for ensuring that ALL students’ needs are addressed through:

  • Scientific Research-based Curriculum

  • Documented assessment

  • Progress monitoring

  • Appropriate instruction

  • Additional services as indicated

Multi-Tiered Systems of Support is not a program and it's more than a checklist to be completed. It is truly a means for ensuring that student success occurs on a daily basis.

Major Components of MTSS

  • Data-based decision making -- Critical educational decisions are based on assessment results.  Data is carefully analyzed to determine why academic or behavioral problems exist.
     

  • Universal screening -- Universal screeners are assessments administered to all students to determine as early as possible which students are at risk of not meeting academic benchmarks.  These screenings are administered three times per year in order to meet early intervention needs of all students.
     

  • Tiered model of delivery -- The MTSS process incorporates a tiered model of delivery of instruction.  The tiers reflect increasing intensification of interventions to meet the individual needs of students. Click here for more info on Tiered Model of Delivery.
     

  • Progress monitoring -- The monitoring of student progress is a research-based practice that produces data about student growth over time.  Progress monitoring is used to determine the effectiveness of instruction and/or interventions.
     

  • Fidelity of Implementation -- Fidelity of implementation is achieved when the delivery of instruction, assessments, and progress monitoring is carried out as it was designed to be.

A diagram illustrating a multi-tiered system of support in education, showing three levels: Universal, Targeted, and Intensive, with corresponding percentages of students served at each level.

Department Staff

Debbie Brown
Director of Academic Support
Email Debbie Brown
(512) 268-2141 x45030

LaShun Gaines
Coordinator - Early Intervention
Email LaShun Gaines
(512) 268-2141 x46038

VACANT
ESSER MTSS Specialist
(512) 268-2141 x45159

Debbie Lognion
Secretary - C&I
Email Debbie Lognion
(512) 268-2141 x45041

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