MTSS Tiers & Teams
This tier provides universal core instruction and prevention supports to all students, with the expectation that 80% of students will meet expectations.
What is Tier 1?
In Step 1 (PMP Determination), students automatically require a PMP if they score at this level on the FAST PM3, unless a teacher determination is made.
What is Level 1?
This type of assessment answers the question "Which students are at risk?" and is administered to all students as needed.
What is a Screening Assessment?
This is the recommended total number of minutes per week for all K-5 Tier 3 ELA Bulk PMP intervention plans.
What is 150 minutes?
Florida law specifies that to be promoted to 4th grade, a student must score at least this level on the grade 3 statewide standardized ELA assessment.
What is Level 2?
This school team meets weekly (or more) to design and lead Tier 3 interventions and remediation for universal skills.
What is the School Intervention Team (SIT)?
This is the specific module inside myStudent where teachers create ELA or Math Tier 3 Intervention Plans and monitor academic progress.
What is the SSS (Student Support Services) module?
Common Formative Assessments, like ELA and Mathematics module or unit assessments, are appropriate for monitoring the progress of students receiving this tier of intervention.
Question: What is Tier 2?
For grades 4 and 5, this is the district-adopted structured literacy resource used for Tier 3 ELA interventions focused on phonics, fluency, and comprehension.
What is Lexia Core5?
English Language Learner (ELL) students are eligible for a Good Cause Exemption if they have received instruction in an ESOL program for less than this amount of time.
What is 2 years?
This is the recommended amount of time and frequency for Tier 2 supplemental academic interventions.
What is 20-45 minutes, 2-3 times per week?
There are three types of parent communications for PMPs: the Notification, the Follow-Up, and this form, which requires parental input to create the actual plan.
What is the Initial PMP Parent Conference?
Pasco County Schools administers this assessment three times a year as a screener and benchmark to evaluate K-10 student performance in reading and math.
What is the FAST (Florida Assessment of Student Thinking)?
For grades K-2, this system is utilized as the intervention tool for Tier 3 Math Bulk PMP Intervention Plans to target number sense and operations.
What is the Math Diagnosis and Intervention System (MDIS)?
Pasco County uses the Star Reading K12 and Star Reading 3rd Grade Proficiency assessments to fulfill this specific Good Cause Exemption.
What is Exemption 3 (Alternative Assessment)?
Students who do not respond to Tier 3 remediation are referred to this specific team for individualized problem-solving and deeper diagnostic assessment.
What is the Student-Based Intervention Team (SBIT)?
Found under Florida Reports -> EWS, this feature allows you to select multiple students in a grade level to generate Tier 3 Intervention plans all at once.
What are Bulk PMPs (or Bulk PMP Intervention Plans)?
For K-5 students with a substantial reading deficiency, these specific probes will be used to progress monitor between the major benchmark assessments.
What are STARCBM Progress Monitoring probes?
If a 3rd-grade student has skill gaps in phonemic awareness, phonics, and sight words, this specific placement test should be administered to begin instruction.
What is the K-3 SIPPS Placement Test?
To meet the Good Cause Exemption portfolio criteria using HMH Module Assessments alongside Lexia Core5 or Star CBM, a student must score 60% or higher on at least this many HMH assessments.
What is 5 (HMH Module Assessments)?
Acting as the school's guiding coalition, this team is responsible for creating Tier 1 and 2 academic and behavioral systems and monitoring the overall "health" of the school community.
What is the School Leadership Team (SLT)?
For both new students transferring into Pasco County and first-time kindergarteners, this is the exact timeframe in which an initial PMP determination must be made for ELA and Math.
What is within the first 30 days of enrollment?
Administered to students who have been flagged by a screener or prior data, this specific type of assessment is used to identify exact areas of academic or behavioral need.
What is a Diagnostic Assessment?
While MDIS is used for K-2 math, this specific program is utilized as the intervention tool for Tier 3 Math Bulk PMP Intervention Plans for students in grades 3 through 5.
What is Success Maker Mathematics (Savaas)?
If a retained 3rd grader earns a score of 978 SS on this specific alternative assessment, they will successfully meet the criteria for a mid-year promotion to 4th grade.
What is the Star Reading K12 Assessment?