Teaching · Related Services

Move between tiers with the evidence on paper.

Record the decision and what it rests on: weeks of intervention, minutes, how faithfully it was delivered, the data points and the rule. The organizer writes the statement and flags anything thin before you act.

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The tier decision record

One record per decision, under a student code. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · Related Services$12 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
For each tier decision, a written statement with the evidence behind it, flags for thin evidence, the evaluation reminder and the next date to look at the data.
Who it is for
MTSS teams, intervention teachers, school psychologists and administrators who make and document tier decisions.
Format
Browser record completed at the team meeting. One saved record per decision; printed with the summary or as a blank form; CSV; export and import a file.
Access
$12 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Related Services toolkit ($99) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Related Services space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
each step up needs its reasons on paper
Drawn for this page. A move between tiers rests on weeks of intervention and the data from them; the record keeps both.

How to use it

  1. Start a record with the student code and the decision date.
  2. Choose the current tier and the decision.
  3. Enter the intervention, weeks, minutes, delivery and data points.
  4. Record parent notice and whether a disability is suspected.
  5. Print the record for the student’s intervention file.

Record a decision

What the record is for

What a sound decision rests on

Enough time in a well-delivered intervention, enough data points to see a pattern, and a decision rule the team applies the same way each time. Many teams look for six to ten weeks and six or more points before calling an intervention unsuccessful.

Evaluation is never on hold

Under IDEA, a school cannot use MTSS or response to intervention to delay or deny an evaluation for a student suspected of having a disability. Parents may ask for an evaluation at any point.

What this is not

A record of the team’s decision. Thresholds here are common practice, not federal rules; your district’s decision rules govern.

Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Memo 11-07 (2011): a response to intervention process cannot be used to delay or deny an evaluation.
  2. Center on Multi-Tiered System of Supports (American Institutes for Research), Essential Components of MTSS and data-based decision making.
  3. National Center on Intensive Intervention, data-based individualization and decision rules for progress monitoring.
  4. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act regulations, 34 CFR 300.301(b) and 300.309(c) (timelines when a child does not make adequate progress).

The example student is made up. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.