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ERIC Number: ED671942
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 24
Abstractor: ERIC
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Available Date: 0000-00-00
Building on MTSS to Enhance How Schools Address Barriers to Learning
Howard Adelman; Linda Taylor
Center for MH in Schools and Student/Learning Supports at UCLA
An increasing number of districts and schools have adopted/adapted a multi-tiered support system (MTSS). The investments in some states have been in the millions. Over the last five years, a variety of concerns have arisen across the country about how well MTSS is meeting teachers' needs for student/learning supports. Some concerns have emphasized implementation problems. The authors have stressed that MTSS is not doing much to end the fragmentation and marginalization that has long characterized the ways that schools address barriers to learning and teaching and reengage disconnected students. They suggest that it is essential to realize that more is involved in building a truly comprehensive system of student/learning supports than the emphasis on a continuum of interventions. That is, while a full continuum is essential, it is just one facet of a comprehensive intervention system. Given this, they view schools using MTSS as their intervention framework continue to limit understanding of why school improvement policy marginalizes student/learning supports. This report highlights MTSS' concerns and limitations with respect to addressing barriers to learning. This analysis is followed by discussion of (1) ending the marginalization of student/learning supports and (2) evolving MTSS. It ends by outlining steps for moving forward.
Center for MH in Schools and Student/Learning Supports at UCLA. Department of Psychology at UCLA. Web site: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Center for MH in Schools and Student/Learning Supports at UCLA
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