MTSS Guide

Vision

California’s vast and complex PreK-12 educational system requires a multi-faceted approach that is scalable and sustainable. The national transition from the No Child Left Behind legislation to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) provides the context for weaving together multiple resources and supports to enhance student learning into a comprehensive Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) framework to improve student outcomes based on the California Way. This unification effort addresses barriers to learning and engages students by creating a culture of collaboration among marginalized and fragmented support systems. The road to every child succeeding involves a statewide transformation that:

1) enhances equitable access to opportunity

2) develops the whole child

3) closes the achievement gap for all students

Mission

California’s Multi-Tiered System of Support (CA MTSS) framework promotes the maxim "All Means All", which ensures LEAs and schools successfully implement efforts to meet the needs of each and every student allowing all students to participate in the general education curriculum, instruction and activities of their grade level peers. The Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) and Local Control Accountability Plans (LCAP) aligned to California’s Eight State Priorities provide the infrastructure for building a statewide system of support--California’s Multi-Tiered System of Support Framework is the driver for implementation