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Data-Driven MTSS Insights that Power Decisions

Transform student data into clear, actionable MTSS insights—so district and school leaders can identify trends, target support, and improve outcomes confidently.

MTSS Data Driven Decisions

Trusted by Districts Nationwide

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Data Driven Insights

From MTSS Data Overload to Clear, Actionable Insights

Every year brings more data. But for most teams, the signal only gets harder to find.

We change that.

Branching Minds ingests data from nearly anywhere, then finishes the job by translating it into insight that drives decisions, aligns teams, and actually improves support.

Core MTSS Data Tools That Power Your Insights

Systemwide Reporting

Systemwide Reporting That Tells a Story

Track tier movement, benchmark trends, and behavior patterns with visual reports. Use plain-language AI to generate custom reports on demand, and get daily insights with the Leadership Dashboard’s narrative summaries.

See the Whole Student

See the Whole Student, Not Just the Scores

The Insights Survey captures what others miss—staff perspectives that reveal the data's emotional, behavioral, and academic context, leading to more informed decisions.

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Dottie AI + MTSS Meeting Assistant

Your data has answers, and now it has a voice. Dottie AI answers your data and MTSS practice questions instantly. The Meeting Assistant automatically generates student-level meeting agendas based on recent data and insights.

MTSS Support that Understands Your District

When the data finally makes sense, decisions feel different. Branching Minds turns chaos into clarity, so teams act with focus.

Clear

Clear

Visuals and narratives that cut through noise, not add to it.

Focused

Focused

Insights that highlight what matters so you act where it counts.

Ready

Ready

Next steps surfaced, aligned, and built into your workflow.

Real Schools. Real MTSS Impact.

Success Story

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 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 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

Success Story

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

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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

"Branching Minds is the tool that allows you to sustain that MTSS process. When talking about kids, they're not bouncing into different platforms to get data on kids. There's efficiency."

Christine Downing

Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessments, Plainfield School District, NH

"Branching Minds is giving us a way to streamline looking at data that's important for decision-making from the student level to the class level to the grade level to the school level."

Mandy Couturier

Director of MTSS, Harwood Unified School District, VT

"Branching Minds stood out above the rest, providing the features we were searching for and a multi-tiered system of support with interventions. Their team is knowledgeable, efficient, and a pleasure to work with."

Susan Willimas

Director, Information Management Division, State of Wyoming, WY

"In the last year, we’ve grown significantly in our ability to be more responsive to students' needs. We can make every decision we make because of the data that Branching Minds helps us collect and analyze."

Jenn Bognar

Director of Exceptional Learning, Duneland School, IN

"I can easily log in and see how many students have moved between tiers. This streamlined process has made data collection and report preparation more efficient, with everything in one central place."

Dr. Christine Baldwin

Dir. Curriculum & Instruction, Indian Springs School District #109, IL

"We pull up the Branching Minds, we pull up their chart, we can see what progress is being made, and then we can also go to last year's data really easily and see all the history of students and be able to know the next steps."

Jodee Nelson

Title 1 Coordinator and K-3 Reading Interventionist, Lincoln County School District #2, WY

"My staff love the visual aspect of Branching Minds. They love that all the data we need is fed through ClassLink, that we can connect the data, and that they only have to go to one place for all the information they need to support students."

Laurel Dickson

Director of MTSS, Richardson ISD, TX

"We came across Branching Minds and this does much more than house data. It actually gives a platform that's interactive and can address the challenges that are coming up."

Mandy Couturier

Director of MTSS, Harwood Unified Union School District, VT

"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

"We tier all of our students in Branching Minds using SELweb data - it's a game changer! The process for progress monitoring and communicating is very clear and systematic. And we're all speaking the same language."

Jennifer Maichin

District Instructional Leader, Mineola UFSD, NY

Award-winning MTSS Technology & Support

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Resources to Support Your Success

Universal Social-Emotional and Behavioral Screening Guide

Guide

Universal Social-Emotional and Behavioral Screening: Using Data to Guide Decision-Making

Implement universal screening for social, emotional, and behavioral needs and take action to improve support for all students.

Data Webinar MTSS

Webinar

Big Bad Data: Addressing Common Myths and Teacher Concerns About MTSS Data

In this webinar, we will address common concerns about MTSS data and provide practical strategies to help educators embrace data as an essential part of teaching and learning.

Beyond the Numbers: Why Qualitative Data Matters in MTSS

Article

Beyond the Numbers: Why Qualitative Data Matters in MTSS

What is quantitative vs qualitative data, and why does it matter in MTSS? Read this blog to learn more.

Ready to Make Student Support Simpler and Stronger?

See how Branching Minds can help your district streamline MTSS, empower educators, and improve student outcomes—starting today.

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