MTSS

CCSD Student Success Framework

A major concern for parents, as well as teachers, is how to help children who are experiencing difficulty learning in school. Effective leadership, collaboration, high-quality curriculum and instruction, professional learning, and community and family support are just a few of the critical elements that support a strong infrastructure for student success. Children who receive the necessary intervention and support are more likely to be safe, healthy, supported, challenged, and engaged.

A Multi-tiered System of Supports, also known as MTSS, is a data-driven prevention framework that uses assessment to identify students who may be at risk for poor learning outcomes or who have behavioral concerns that impact learning. This framework integrates instruction and intervention delivered in levels of prevention, through interventions that vary in intensity based on individual student need.

MTSS includes three tiers of intensity for instruction, intervention, and supports as a prevention model to establish a continuum of supports. The green Tier represents Tier I. Tier I is the primary level of prevention and includes high quality instruction through the CCSD Academic Curriculum for Excellence, known as ACE, and PBIS support for behavior at the Tier I level for all students. The yellow tier represents Tier II which is referred to as Strategic. Tier II-Strategic is the secondary level of prevention where schools provide students with research-based academic and behavioral interventions to support students who are in need of more Strategic support. The red tier is Tier III which is referred to as Intensive. Tier III-Intensive includes more intensive intervention for students who do not respond to the Tier I and Tier II supports. Tier III-Intensive supports are more intensified and based on individual student need.

The essential components of MTSS are universal screening, progress monitoring, multi-level prevention system, and data-based decision making. Georgia recently added infrastructure as a fifth essential component for MTSS to ensure school systems develop a systemic and preventive educational system to support each student.

MTSS relies on academic and/or behavior data to inform decision making. Effective data-based decision making begins with a system to gather the necessary data such as screening, progress monitoring, and student outcomes. By analyzing data using a consistent problem-solving approach, schools can accurately identify areas for improvement.

In CCSD, the following components are in place to improve outcomes for students:

Students are screened to identify those who may be at risk for poor learning outcomes.
All students are provided high quality instruction through the CCSD Academic Curriculum for Excellence (ACE) delivered through the utilization of evidence-based instructional practices.
Students in need of more support academically and/or behaviorally are provided interventions through the multi-tiered system of support and progress is monitored closely to better support student needs.
School MTSS teams are focused on making data-based decisions that ensure all students are continuing to improve.
Educators and families work together to prevent poor learning outcomes for all students and ensure students have the tools to find success.