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The Strongest Early Warning System (EWS) in MTSS Management

Identify student risk early with a powerful early warning system for MTSS, synchronized nightly, standardized, and built for real-time action.

Early Warning System

Trusted by Districts Nationwide

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Most Early Warning Systems in MTSS Fall Short, Ours Doesn’t

Other systems rely on fragmented, outdated, or inflexible data. Branching Minds ensures nightly-synced student data from your SIS, standardized behavior inputs, and risk thresholds that reflect your district’s real-world needs.

Track Key Student Risk Factors with an Early Warning System for MTSS

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Attendance Risk Indicators

Flag attendance concerns the moment they appear using district-defined thresholds tied to days missed, percentage benchmarks, and partial day nuances.

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Course Performance That Signals Risk

Receive early alerts tied to course performance, built on synced, up-to-date data.

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Behavior that Finally Makes Sense

Messy behavior data is auto-categorized and standardized, turning scattered inputs into clear, trusted risk signals.

Why This Early Warning System Outperforms the Rest

Branching Minds transforms risk detection from a checkbox feature to a core decision-driving tool by delivering clean data, real-time alerts, and total configurability.

Comprehensive

Comprehensive

Connects attendance, behavior, and academics in one MTSS-aligned early warning system.

Reliable

Reliable

Uses nightly-synced student data from SIS and key platforms.

Customizable

Customizable

Set thresholds that reflect your MTSS tiers, state policy, and local practice.

Real Schools. Real MTSS Impact.

Success Story

How Creekside Elementary Improved Attendance with Branching Minds

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"We started with 98 students marked for chronic absenteeism. By October, that number dropped to 55; now we’re down to 18."

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 How Creekside Elementary Improved Attendance

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How Orange County Schools Found the Missing Piece of MTSS

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"Branching Minds made it clear for our science and social studies teams just how deeply reading and math risk was impacting their classrooms, seeing that data changed the conversation."

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How Orange County Schools Found the Missing Piece of MTSS

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How a New Hampshire District is Closing Gaps

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"Thanks to Branching Minds, we’ve seen tremendous growth—our second graders made a year to a year and a half of progress, closing key gaps through strong intervention plans and teacher collaboration."

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How a New Hampshire District is Closing Gaps

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How Waco ISD Transformed Their MTSS Practice & Saved Time While Supporting Students

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"Branching Minds completely transformed our MTSS. We wouldn’t be where we are today without it."

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Waco ISD boosted collaboration and saved time while strengthening student support through smarter MTSS practices.

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How Middletown Public Schools Moved From Skepticism to MTSS Success

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"Branching Minds helped us reflect on where we are, where we need to be, and what we were missing—like time to plan and talk about kids."

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How Middletown Public Schools Moved From Skepticism to MTSS Success

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How a School Utilized MTSS to Build Trust & Positive Communication With Families

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"I can pull up [a student’s] SEL/ behavior health. I can look at the charts the teachers are filling out for their Check-ins/Check-outs, and I can tell parents what we're working on with them."

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How a School Utilized MTSS to Build Trust & Positive Communication With Families

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How Waverly School District Transformed Tier 2 Interventions

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"Branching Minds has helped us have clear conversations—even with younger students—about their goals and progress. We can point to the benchmark and say, ‘Here’s where you are, and here’s where you’re headed.’"

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How Waverly School District Transformed Tier 2 Interventions

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How Libby School District Refreshed Their MTSS Practice

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"The success we’ve seen is a true sense of collective efficacy. Branching Minds gives everyone supporting a child access to the information they need to take action."

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How Libby School District Refreshed Their MTSS Practice

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How a Florida School Streamlined MTSS 

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"Branching Minds makes it easier for teachers by streamlining what can often feel like an overwhelming MTSS process, helping them quickly find the right interventions and group students effectively."

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Streamline MTSS in Florida

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How Wyoming's Crook County Schools Built a Connected MTSS Practice

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"Branching Minds allows our teachers to input, create, and monitor literacy intervention plans, ensuring compliance with state standards."

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How Wyoming's Crook County Schools Built a Connected MTSS Practice

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How a NY District Supports High School ELL Students with Branching Minds

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"We’re shifting the narrative—teachers can see their impact, track progress, and feel confident their hard work is making a difference."

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New York District Supports High School ELL Students with Branching Minds

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How Beaumont ISD Improved Alternative School Collaboration with Branching Minds

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"Bringing all departments together through Branching Minds showed how each role fits into supporting students and why everyone’s expertise matters."

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How Beaumont ISD Improved Alternative School Collaboration with Branching Minds

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How Duneland Increased Consistency and Communication for Student Interventions

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"Every decision we make is made because of the data that Branching Minds helps us collect and analyze."

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How Duneland Increased Consistency and Communication for Student Interventions

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How Lincoln County Schools Improved Student Outcomes with Data-Focused MTSS

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"We’ve made our monthly MTSS meetings more focused and data-driven, and we’re spending less time in them."

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How Lincoln County Schools Improved Student Outcomes with Data-Focused MTSS

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How Roanoke Rapids Made Literacy Gains with MTSS

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"Using Branching Minds to manage Read to Achieve individual reading plans, the district achieved 100% creation and monitoring of these plans, ensuring all identified students received targeted support."

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How Roanoke Rapids Made Literacy Gains with MTSS

"Branching Minds helps us catch issues early and keep students on track with grade-level content—so support is based on data, not just labels."

Dr. Julie Thompson

Superintendent, Roanoke Rapids Graded School District, NC

"The Early Warning Indicator in Branching Minds is great for high school, tracking attendance, behavior, and failures to identify at-risk students. Our district is proud of our 90%+ graduation rate, and this tool helps us spot students with chronic absenteeism, multiple failures, or behavior issues early, allowing us to provide support before it's too late."

Shannon Thornton

Director of Curriculum & Assessment, Warrensville Heights City School District, OH

"We needed full staff buy-in and a way to make MTSS doable. We needed to look at the whole child, including attendance and behavior, not just focus on progress monitoring data. And Branching Minds was just that."

Emily Myers

Director of MTSS, Orange County School District, NC

"The communication and documentation tools make everything easy to find and keep us transparent and aligned, especially for students with behavior plans."

Jeanine Kidwell

Libby School District 4, MT

Award-winning MTSS Technology & Support

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See How Our Early Warning System Supports MTSS Success

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Using Early Warning Systems to Flag and Prevent School Failure: A Practical Guide

Use this guide to help your school improve educational outcomes for all students, especially those in danger of not graduating, using an Early Warning System.

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Early Warning Systems and MTSS: The Essential Components

A robust reporting platform coupled with a well-designed early warning system for an MTSS)can help educators and leaders quickly identify the students who need interventions.

How Leaders Can Mitigate Drop-Out Risk Using Early Warning Indicators

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How Leaders Can Mitigate Student Failure Using an Early Warning System

Learn how Early Warning Systems can help school leaders identify at-risk students early and implement effective interventions to ensure student success.

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