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MTSS Teacher's Guide

Essential Assessment supports an effective Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework, providing schools with curriculum-aligned, instructionally useful evidence that strengthens universal practice, enables targeted intervention, and supports intentional extension and enrichment.

📚 Overview

By providing instructionally valuable, curriculum-aligned assessment evidence, EA supports a robust Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework. This Teacher’s Guide provides a framework to enhance universal teaching practice and offer the right support for every learner.

✅ In this guide, you will discover:
1. The four pillars of MTSS: Tiered instruction; screening; progress monitoring, and evidence-informed decisions.
2. The Six-step Problem-Solving Cycle—from data to instruction, step-by-step.
3. How EA supports the academic component of MTSS with curriculum-aligned evidence.
4. Using the EA MTSS view: accessing, reading and acting on the MTSS screen.

🧑‍🏫 Teacher Notes
✍️ Use this guide to help you strengthen universal practice, deliver precise support for targeted intervention and intentional extension and enrichment.
🧩 Share this resource during a team or faculty meeting to develop a shared language and professional, consistent approach to assessment.

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