Michigan Multi-Tiered System of Supports

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Evidence · 3 claims (2 for, 1 mixed) · 1 study (1 quant-synthesis), q3 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 3 claims rest on one study

Description

A framework developed and supported by the Michigan Multi-Tiered System of Supports Technical Assistance Center for designing and implementing Tier 2 academic and behavioral supports, including reading interventions.

Components

• Seven key elements of Tier 2 reading interventions (MiMTSS framework): The report adopts the Michigan Multi-Tiered System of Supports Technical Assistance Center's framework of seven key elements of Tier 2 reading interventions: "explicit instruction, small group instruction, matching instruction to student needs, opportunities to practice, frequent feedback, progress monitoring, and fading supports". Each element is defined in box 3—for example, small group instruction typically involves groups of three to four students meeting three to five times a week for 20–40 minutes. The study team validated these elements by reviewing literature including a WWC practice guide, and used them as the organizing framework for coding discrete intervention strategies in the s (Porowski et al. (2024))

Claims

• Common strategies across reviewed Tier 2 interventions include structured curriculum, small group instruction, and progress-monitoring assessment tools [+W]
• Of 18 reviewed Tier 2 literacy interventions, three had at most promising evidence and 12 had uncertain evidence of effects [+W]
• None of the WWC-standards-meeting studies of Tier 2 literacy interventions were conducted in CNMI or other Pacific islands, limiting generalizability [~W]

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Key Sources

• Porowski, A., Tamang, S., Westall, J., Brown, K., & Bogia, M. (2024). Evidence and gap map of Tier 2 literacy interventions for grades K–3 in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (REL 2025–007). U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific. https://ies.ed.gov/use-work/resource-library/reports/

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description	A framework developed and supported by the Michigan Multi-Tiered System of Supports Technical Assistance Center for designing and implementing Tier 2 academic and behavioral supports, including reading interventions.
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