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A Multi-Tier System of Supports (MTSS) is an education system designed to help all students with their academic, behavioral, and social-emotional needs through constant assessment and targeted interventions. MTSS includes Response to Instruction and Intervention (RTII) and Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports (PBIS) and has been shown to increase attendance, lower dropout rates, improve school climate, and boost academic performance. The main elements of MTSS are collaboration, data use, differentiated instruction, and proactive interventions.

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Mtss Project Paper

A Multi-Tier System of Supports (MTSS) is an education system designed to help all students with their academic, behavioral, and social-emotional needs through constant assessment and targeted interventions. MTSS includes Response to Instruction and Intervention (RTII) and Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports (PBIS) and has been shown to increase attendance, lower dropout rates, improve school climate, and boost academic performance. The main elements of MTSS are collaboration, data use, differentiated instruction, and proactive interventions.

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Multi-Tier System of Supports (MTSS)

A Multi-Tier System of Supports (MTSS) is a system in education designed to help each

and every student with their academic, behavioral, and social-emotional needs. This system can

help California educators be better able to work together to provide equitable access and

opportunities for all students in order to achieve the Common Core State Standards! Teachers

constantly assess students, beginning early on in the school year, to intervene as early as possible

and help get students on track with their peers. Sustainable systematic changes based on

standards-aligned classroom instruction occur in schools through intentional design with MTSS

and is flexible to what each student requires. Implementing MTSS has been proven to increase

attendance, lower the rates of dropouts and disciplinary action, improve school climate, and

boost academic performance! MTSS is applicable to all students, and ensures that students are

both challenged and motivated in their coursework, and that they are given inclusive and

equitable learning environments. Schools and school districts work with local educational

agencies to promote participation to align an encompassing system of initiatives, supports, and

resources for students.

MTSS is an umbrella term for two aligned supports that help serve the whole child,

which are Response to Instruction and Intervention (RTII) and Positive Behavioral Intervention

and Supports (PBIS). RTII is a 3-tier intervention system that benefits every students and is data-

driven. Tier 1 references class-wide instruction and support, Tier 2 references scheduled

interventions so that students don’t miss core instruction, and Tier 3 references intensive,

individualized support with longer sessions that are more narrowly-focused. PBIS focuses more

on the emotional and behavioral learning of students, leading to an increase in academic


engagement and decreased problematic behavior over time through evidence-based behavioral

interventions.

The main elements of MTSS include collaboration, the use of data, differentiated

instruction, and proactive targeted interventions. The essential components of MTSS are: a

multi-level prevention system; universal screening for all students early in each school year;

progress motoring; data-based decision making; and parental involvement. An example for

multi-level prevention systems is a school-wide approach to teaching expectations, and supports.

These intervention levels/tiers can be amplified in response to the level of need for students.

There is universal support for all students, then there is supplemental support for some students

who need additional supports, and there is intensified support for students who aren’t achieving

through those supplemental supports. An example of universal screening is the constant

assessment of students in the classroom. Progress monitoring examples include ongoing data

collection. An example of data-based decision making is a team working together to analyze data

collected from students using evidence-based strategies in the classroom. Parent involvement in

MTSS includes examples of building teacher-parent relationships in order to best support their

students in the classroom and how they can further student learning at home/outside of the

classroom.

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