This session focused on recent developments in measuring two educational innovations: Integrated MTSS (I-MTSS) and systems coaching. As I-MTSS research continues to grow, schools across the country have become more aware of this evolution of MTSS. Dr. Pierce shared implementation bright spots and common challenges schools have faced in implementing I-MTSS with fidelity.
This document outlines the purpose and uses of the Inclusive MTSS Implementation Scale (IMIS). It includes validity and reliability evidences and the items incorporated into each domain of the survey.
The Inclusive MTSS Implementation Scale (IMIS) is an online tool that surveys instructional staff and administrators and is designed measure a school's implementation of key MTSS components in the areas of reading, math, behavior/social-emotional learning, and empowering culture.
Here are a few highlights to date:
The District Implementation Team (DIT) is an essential component of the district’s
implementation infrastructure that assists in the selection and successful use of
effective innovations. To ensure effective innovations are used with fidelity, scaled-up
across the district, and sustained, communication to and from the DIT must occur on a
regular basis. Supporting the use of effective innovations also means the DIT needs to
know about the barriers schools and staff face when working to use the effective
