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A middle school intervention team reviews a graph showing a student's reading scores improving slowly each
week. The team focuses on how steep the improvement line is compared to expected growth.
Rate of growth
A school counselor works with students on self-management, emotional awareness, and responsible decision-
making as part of schoolwide supports.
Social emotional learning
A teacher administers brief weekly reading probes aligned to classroom instruction to decide whether to
adjust an intervention.
Curriculum-based measurement
A school's support framework addresses academics, behavior, attendance, and emotional well-being using
tiered interventions.
MTSS addresses the whole child
, An intervention team compares a student's math scores to grade-level expectations and finds a large gap
between expected and actual performance.
Discrepancy approach
A teacher explains a student's recent drop in test scores by sharing classroom notes describing fatigue and
disengagement.
Qualitative data
An intervention team combines assessment scores with teacher observations and parent input before making
referral decisions.
Provides a more complete understanding of the student
A behavioral checklist is administered by different staff members, resulting in significantly different scores.
Reliability
A middle school intervention team reviews a graph showing a student's reading scores improving slowly each
week. The team focuses on how steep the improvement line is compared to expected growth.
Rate of growth
A school counselor works with students on self-management, emotional awareness, and responsible decision-
making as part of schoolwide supports.
Social emotional learning
A teacher administers brief weekly reading probes aligned to classroom instruction to decide whether to
adjust an intervention.
Curriculum-based measurement
A school's support framework addresses academics, behavior, attendance, and emotional well-being using
tiered interventions.
MTSS addresses the whole child
, An intervention team compares a student's math scores to grade-level expectations and finds a large gap
between expected and actual performance.
Discrepancy approach
A teacher explains a student's recent drop in test scores by sharing classroom notes describing fatigue and
disengagement.
Qualitative data
An intervention team combines assessment scores with teacher observations and parent input before making
referral decisions.
Provides a more complete understanding of the student
A behavioral checklist is administered by different staff members, resulting in significantly different scores.
Reliability
