MTSS has been defined by the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) as “the practice of providing high-quality instruction and interventions matched to student need, monitoring progress frequently to make decisions about changes in instruction or goals and applying child response data to important educational decisions.”
Essential Elements of MTSS:
Shared Leadership
Communication, Collaboration, and Partnerships
Evidence-Based Practices: Curriculum, Instruction, Intervention and
Assessment
Building Capacity/Infrastructure for Implementation
Layered Continuum of Supports
Data-Based Problem Solving and Decision Making