2.8 Access to Tier I Supports

Resource: Tiered Fidelity Inventory Version 2.1

2.8 Access to Tier I Supports

Tier II supports are explicitly linked to Tier I supports, and students receiving Tier II supports have access to, and are included in, Tier I supports.

Date Sources

• Universal lesson plans & teaching schedule
• Tier II lesson plans
• Acknowledgement system
• Student of the month documentation
• Family communication

Scoring Criteria

0 = No evidence that students receiving Tier II interventions have access to Tier I supports

1 = Tier II supports are not explicitly linked to Tier I supports and/or students receiving Tier II interventions have some, but not full access to Tier I supports

2 = Tier II supports are explicitly linked to Tier I supports, and students receiving Tier II interventions have full access to all Tier I supports

Main Idea

Tier II supports are more effective when layered within Tier I.

Surface Level to meet criteria

• Are the school’s Tier II supports linked/layered/aligned with the school-wide, universal system?
• Do students receiving Tier II supports still receive full access to Tier I systems?