A Multi-tiered System of Support (MTSS) is a framework with a tiered infrastructure that uses data to help match academic and social-emotional behavior assessment and instructional resources to each and every student’s needs.
In Nebraska, MTSS is defined as an educational framework for continuous improvement, problem-solving and decision-making. It offers a meaningful and effective way to organize instruction and intervention to help improve outcomes for all students in the state.
In this tiered, data-informed framework, educators work to ensure that the majority of students respond to core instruction. Students who need additional supports for enrichment or remediation are identified by data and provided that support with the right focus and intensity.
WHAT IS MTSS?
Framework used to provide support to all learners
Promotes an integrated system of general education and special education
Provides early intervention for students who need support to reach their academic or behavioral goals
Uses high-quality, standards-based instruction and interventions backed by research
Addresses students’ academic, social-emotional and behavioral needs
Helps identify students who may need special education
MTSS ENCOMPASSES:
High-quality CORE classroom instruction meeting the needs of 80-85% of students without additional intervention
Response‐to‐intervention (RTI)
Positive behavioral interventions and support (PBIS)
Special education eligibility determination
MTSS EMPHASIZES:
Integrated academic, social-emotional and behavioral core instruction and supports
Early prevention and intervention
Capacity building for all educators
Examining systems-level data to identify variables that are producing current results
Primary MTSS Pyramid of Interventions
Intermediate MTSS Pyramid of Interventions
CMS MTSS Pyramid of Interventions
CHS MTSS Pyramid of Interventions
*ALL DOCUMENTS LISTED ABOVE ARE COPIES OF ORIGINALS AND DO NOT CONTAIN ANY LINKS TO MAINTAIN SECURITY AND PRIVACY OF STAFF AND STUDENTS. 12.8.22