Implementation science has demonstrated that to get lasting, school-wide change, selecting the right initiative (think MTSS, Science of Reading, or Science of Math) alone won’t be successful! We need to also empower educators and support change in order to see lasting success.

Should we focus on Tier 1 of my MTSS? If you regularly find that you run out of intervention capacity before you serve all students, you should shine a spotlight on Tier 1. The good news is that when you focus on Tier 1 improvements, all students benefit!