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.
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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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Comprehensive
Connects attendance, behavior, and academics in one MTSS-aligned early warning system.
Reliable
Uses nightly-synced student data from SIS and key platforms.
Customizable
Set thresholds that reflect your MTSS tiers, state policy, and local practice.
"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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"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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"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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Success Story
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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"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 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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"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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"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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"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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"Branching Minds allows our teachers to input, create, and monitor literacy intervention plans, ensuring compliance with state standards."
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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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Success Story
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 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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"We’ve made our monthly MTSS meetings more focused and data-driven, and we’re spending less time in them."
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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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"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
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Guide
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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