MTSS wraparound services with adequate counseling ratios and continuous improvement monitoring¶

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Evidence · 2 claims (1 for, 1 mixed) · 2 studies (1 associational, 1 design), q2 · 0 of 2 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description¶

The brief describes multi-tiered or integrated systems of support (MTSS), also known as wraparound services, as frameworks that connect students to resources to overcome academic and non-academic barriers to success. Recommendations include guidance and funding for evidence-based MTSS, authorizing districts to bill Medicaid for all enrolled students without IEP or IFSP documentation, expanding school meals and anti-bullying policy, and mandating school counseling at no greater than the 250:1 student-to-school counselor ratio recommended by the American School Counselor Association.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Districts monitor the progress and impacts of multi-tiered or integrated support systems for continuous improvement, using student data to inform decisions
• Clear equity-centered goals prioritizing students with the highest needs

Constraints¶

• Tennessee's current goals encourage but do not explicitly prioritize MTSS development for students with the highest needs

Target Learners¶

• P-12 students needing targeted social-emotional, physical and mental health, or family supports

Target Learning Goals¶

• Removing academic and non-academic barriers so students can engage in school

Claims¶

• Staff agreement that schools provide adequate counseling and support services rose from 59 percent in 2021 to 70 percent in 2023 [+W]
• Nearly half of Kansas public schools and two-thirds of districts have participated in formal MTSS training, with no state mandate [~W]

Related Strategies¶

• Federal policy should fund wraparound supports and community schools integrating health, mental health, social services, and extended learning time
• Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS)
• Sustain statewide MTSS by staying the course: invest in district-level capacity and an integrated three-tier model
• Invest state discretionary dollars in early intervention systems such as MTSS to reduce later intensive supports
• Implement multi-tiered supports focused on acceleration, not remediation
• Organize integrated support systems as universal, supplemental, and intensive tiers
• Response To Intervention
• Use the integrative framework and non-cognitive predictor set as a road map for counseling, assessment and interventions with students at academic risk

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• The Education Trust. (2023). How Does Tennessee Support Students' Social, Emotional, and Academic Development (SEAD)?. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED630070