Technology for Every Learner: An MTSS Lens

Examine how technology can support universal provision, targeted and intensive supports, progress monitoring and data-based decisions within MTSS.

• Put technology inside the system — Distinguish MTSS processes from the tools that collect, deliver or display information.
• Strengthen universal provision first — Use technology to improve access, feedback and responsiveness in core learning before defaulting to additional tiers.
• Match intensity to need — Use technology to increase frequency, specificity or accessibility of support without assuming the tool determines the tier.
• Use technology for progress monitoring — Collect evidence frequently enough to judge response while protecting validity and interpretability.
• Turn data into decisions — Use multiple evidence sources, shared rules and implementation information to choose a responsive next step.
• Use screening to start a question, not finish it — Use technology to make universal screening efficient while protecting validity, context and follow-up.
• Monitor the support as well as the learner — Connect learner response with evidence about whether the planned support was delivered as intended.