Tier 1
Tier I is the highly effective, evidence-based core or universal instruction, provided to all students in the general education classroom. General education teachers must implement evidence-based curriculum and/or strategies with fidelity for both academic and behavioral instruction. About eighty percent of students will succeed with evidence-based curriculum, appropriate instructional practices and differentiation to teach academic and behavioral content.
TIER 2
Tier 2 provides Tier 1 core/universal instruction in addition to academic and behavior interventions for students not making adequate progress or who have exceeded the standards. Students in Tier 2 receive increasingly targeted academic or behavior instruction matched to their needs based on results of continuous progress monitoring. Instruction in Tier 2 can involve small groups of students or simple individualized intervention strategies focused on the targeted area/s.
TIER 3
Tier 3 provides Tier 1 core instruction in addition to interventions for students not making adequate progress in the core curriculum and Tier 2. Tier 3 interventions are more intensive to the student’s individual academic or behavioral needs and the student’s progress is monitored more frequently.
For students with learning/behavioral difficulties or other instructional needs, Tier 3 is intended to provide more intense, individualized instruction based on student needs and remediate deficiencies that have continued even with the support of Tier 1 and 2 instruction.
For students with high abilities and others exceeding advanced expectations, Tier 3 is designed to provide intensive instruction and/or highly individualized challenges. Frequent progress monitoring provides data that drives customized strategies to assure that the needs of these students are met. The customized strategies are recorded on the GSSP.
