Multi-tiered System of Supports (MTSS)
Multi-tiered System of Supports (MTSS) - a framework to increase student achievement and social and emotional competencies through prevention and intervention in general education.
NEW RESOURCE: Rhode Island MTSS District Practice Profile
Please visit our new home for MTSS in RI: BRIDGE-RI (MTSSRI.ORG)
Visit the NCII state story page for RI to see how Data-based Individualization fits into MTSS in RI.
Tier 1 Core Instruction should be fully aligned to RIDE-adopted content standards and implemented using high-quality curriculum materials:
- RI Social and Emotional Learning Standards: Competencies for School and Life Success
- RI Content Standards for ELA/Literacy, Mathematics and Social Studies
- World Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA)
MTSS, (formerly known as RTI) is a component of the Rhode Island Comprehensive Literacy Guidance which supports educators in better understanding the components of literacy and implementation of best practices in daily instruction. Included are strategies, methods, and resources for assessment, intervention, and literacy in the content-areas.
National Center on Intensive Intervention
- Sample lessons, activities, and standards relevant instruction for MTSS behavior, math, and literacy
- Data meeting tools for Intensive Intervention
- Data-Based Individualization Training Series
MTSS for All: Including Students with the Most Significant Cognitive Disabilities This brief provides suggestions for ways in which MTSS can include students with the most significant cognitive disabilities and make MTSS fully inclusive of all students.
Mathematics Institute for Learning Disabilities and Difficulties (tools related to lessons, scaffolding, vocab, assessment, misconceptions)
New! Is MTSS/RTI Really that Complicated? Let's get Back to Basics Sometimes in education a simple concept turns into an overly complex system of forms and processes. Get back to the basic processes for an effective prevention model to support all students.
- New! MTSS and Special Education - Students with different abilities benefit from school-wide implementation of a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS). See resources from the Center on Multi-Tiered System of Supports on MTSS and Special Education.
Be Informed!
Check out these resources:
- The role of RTI in the Learning Disabilities Identification process
- Rhode Island’s Basic Education Plan (BEP): RI's Basic Education Program (BEP) Regulations outline expectations for districts on the implementation of academic and social emotional interventions. Specifically, sections G-13-1.1, G-13-2, G-13-3.1, and G-14-1 speak to RTI.
- Some portion of a district's RTI framework may be funded by Early Intervening Services under IDEA, also known as CEIS.
CEIS/CCEIS Reporting Resource
Please see the new CEIS/CCEIS reporting instructions here.
For further information on Significant Disproportionality, CEIS, and CCEIS, see Special Education Regulations | RI Department of Education.