Students in MTSS-coached schools were significantly less likely to have at least one behavior incident¶
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Currency · newest study 2024 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person
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q3 i2 Treatment-school students were significantly less likely than matched comparison students to have at least one behavior incident by the end of 2022/23 (OR = 0.32; g = -0.63). → Gage 2024
Evidence¶
Gage 2024¶
Gage, N. A., Salomonson, K., Ballew, T., Clavenna-Deane, B., & Grasley-Boy, N. (2024). The Impact of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) on Student Attendance and Behavior. WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED655758
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Multilevel logistic regression on 942 students in 111 homerooms with a dichotomous outcome (any behavior incident), controlling for prior-year incidents and demographics. The report states students in treatment schools "were significantly less likely to have a behavior incident" (Treatment log-OR = -1.15, p = 0.004; OR = 0.32, converted g = -0.63).
"Again, we found that there was a significant treatment effect, which suggests that students in treatment schools were significantly less likely to have a behavior incident"
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- SWPBIS reduces the odds of receiving an office discipline referral — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it
- Students in MTSS-coached schools had significantly fewer days absent in both implementation years — related
- Propensity score matching produced baseline-equivalent treatment and comparison groups on all measured variables — related
- Implementing PBIS with at least Tier 1 fidelity showed no statistically significant effect on school disciplinary exclusions during the 2020–21 pandemic year — related
- Schools implementing all three PBIS tiers with fidelity had significantly fewer students with OSS, fewer days missed from OSS, and fewer OSS incidents than matched non-PBIS schools during 2020–21 — related
- Schools implementing MTSS with higher fidelity show less absenteeism — related
- A home visit before the school year reduced the likelihood of a disciplinary incident (effect size = +0.10) — related
- Most implementing schools report MTSS positively affecting benchmark scores, state assessment proficiency, discipline referrals, and special education referrals — related
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claim |
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mtss-coaching-lower-likelihood-behavior-incident |
title |
Students in MTSS-coached schools were significantly less likely to have at least one behavior incident |
description |
Students in MTSS-coached schools were significantly less likely to have at least one behavior incident |
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review |
evidence_strength |
moderate |
newest_evidence |
2024 |
source_checked |
2026-10-20 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-09 |
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1 — gage-2024 |
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