Education Policy, Business and Technology

What Are Multitiered Systems of Supports?

Education Week: Response to intervention, multitiered systems of supports, positive behavioral supports and interventions.

Proponents of an educational framework aimed at systematically supporting struggling students throw around those terms all the time, but what do they really mean? This glossary helps cut through the fog.

What is response to intervention?

Response to intervention is an instructional framework that focuses on addressing problems early with students who show signs of academic weakness. Among its essential components: high-quality education for all students; universal screening so that teachers can spot children who are struggling; targeted, research-based "interventions" of increasing intensity designed to help students improve ...

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