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Board hears MTSS plan aimed at lowering special-education identifications and expanding targeted supports
Summary
District staff presented a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework intended to strengthen universal instruction, expand targeted Tier 2 interventions, and reduce the district's special-education identification rate (currently about 20%) through better data, guidance and staff training.
The North Syracuse Central School District board on Monday heard a detailed presentation on the district's Multi-Tiered System of Supports, including specific steps intended to strengthen universal instruction and expand targeted interventions to help students meet grade-level expectations.
Dr. Mandevale, the district's director of elementary education in ELA, told the board the district is continuing a recertification and alignment effort for MTSS that emphasizes academic and social-emotional learning across three tiers. "MTSS is really trying to meet the needs of all students and the whole child," Dr. Mandevale said, explaining that Tier 1 provides high-quality instruction for all learners, Tier 2 offers targeted interventions for students not making expected progress, and Tier 3 brings intensive, individualized supports.
The presentatio…
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