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District outlines MTSS framework, new diagnostics and unfunded test cost concerns
Summary
MTSS coordinator Zach Erickson told the board the district screens all students three times a year, uses EduCLIMBER for placement, and will implement a new diagnostic (CAPTI) for grades 4–12 as required by state guidance; board members raised concerns that CAPTI appears unfunded (transcript reports $7–$8 per student).
Zach Erickson, the district—s MTSS and GATE coordinator, told the Grand Rapids Public School District board that universal screening and targeted intervention remain central to district plans and that several new diagnostic requirements and pilots are in progress.
Erickson said the district conducts universal screening three times a year: K–3 students through FastBridge and grades 4–12 via STAR. Students below a norm-referenced threshold receive a diagnostic—UFLY for early grades and a CAPTI diagnostic for grades 4–12 required by the Read Act—and then placement in six-week Tier 2 interventions with progress monitoring.
"If they're not screened, none of…
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