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Guides & resources (10+)

MTSS at Reece High School (Tas)

Staff from Reece High School explain why they implemented MTSS, what the different tiers of intervention look like and what impact they have seen. Reece High School is a low-SES government school, located in Devonport on the northern coast of Tasmania.

Practice resource

Multi-tiered system of supports: User guide

This user guide explains AERO’s MTSS resources, provides suggestions for their use and recommends the most relevant resources for teachers and leaders depending on their responsibilities.

Using assessments to support an MTSS framework

This practice guide draws on evidence to help secondary school leaders understand assessments and strategies used to support students in an MTSS framework.

Research (5)

Research report

Supporting secondary student reading: Screening, monitoring and intervention

This publication combines AERO’s practice guides, practice resources and explainer on delivering reading interventions in a secondary school MTSS, with details of the methodology used to create these resources.

Research report

Designing an intervention approach: Making staffing and timetabling decisions

This research report uses evidence to provide guidance for secondary school leaders in making decisions about staffing, timetabling and intensity when delivering interventions in schools.

Research report

Implementing effective tiered interventions in secondary schools: Survey of school and support staff

The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) conducted an online survey and a series of interviews as part of a project commissioned by the AERO. The survey and interviews were focused on students in Years 7 to 9 who lack the foundational literacy and numeracy skills that are required to engage with a secondary curriculum.

Summaries & explainers (2)

Why some secondary students struggle with reading

This explainer outlines the evidence about why some secondary students struggle with reading. It’s the first part of a series of guidance created in partnership with DSF.

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Introduction to a multi-tiered system of supports

This explainer provides an introduction to the multi-tiered system of supports framework (MTSS) for secondary school leaders and teachers looking to support students in improving their literacy and numeracy skills.

Other (4)

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MTSS to support secondary students: New resources for leaders and teachers

In this article, Adam Inder discusses a new suite of resources to help school leaders and teachers use a multi-tiered system of supports with students in Years 7 to 9 who are struggling with foundational literacy and numeracy skills.

Tiered literacy and numeracy interventions

In this article, Adam Inder shares findings from AERO’s Implementing Effective Tiered Interventions in Secondary Schools' project.

One in five secondary students has not mastered basic skills: How do schools help them to catch up?

New research from the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) and Monash University has identified a potential solution that could dramatically improve learning for those students who are significantly behind their peers.