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Discover how Branching Minds can help teachers simplify and enhance your school's MTSS process for math, literacy, and behavior.

  • Identify students’ learning challenges and strengths using established research in cognitive science.
  • Recommend evidence-based learning supports and interventions tailored to each student’s individual needs.
  • Monitor and report student progress to support collaboration and communication with teachers and families.

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Trusted by Districts Nationwide

Simplify the Complex Work of MTSS

Built for busy educators, Branching Minds brings all your MTSS work into one place—so you know who needs help, what to do, and whether it's working, across your entire district.

MTSS Software
MTSS Software

MTSS Software

Integrates with your SIS, benchmarks, behavior logs, and screeners.

AI-Powered Tools

AI-Powered Tools

Save time and surface trends.

Data Visibility Across Schools

Data Visibility Across Schools

Spot gaps, prioritize focus areas, and track what’s working.

Built-in Collaboration Tools

Built-in Collaboration Tools

Reduce silos and help teachers build collective efficacy.

Don't Take Our Word for It

"I've been doing this work for 36 years, and I've never come across a tool that encompasses so many things districts truly need and that my staff actually use daily."

Dr. William Crankshaw

Superintendent , Greater Johnstown School District , NY

"The streamlined workflows, intuitive menus, and ability to select interventions and assign tasks simplifies the creation of support plans, ensuring educators can efficiently tailor strategies."

Dr. Laura Blessing

Superintendent, Miamisburg City Schools, OH

"Branching Minds fostered better communication and collaboration across grade levels, teams, and between schools and the central office by providing a shared view of student data, making the entire district more aligned in supporting student success."

Dr. Julie Thompson

Superintendent, Roanoke Rapids Graded School District, NC

"Branching Minds has been instrumental to our success because it forces us to examine our practices at every level, deep dive into what's working, what's not working, and what pieces are missing."

Jenna Blank

RTI Coordinator, Livonia Central School District, NY

"With Branching Minds, the support never goes away. And sometimes I feel like I am the only client because whoever I'm reaching out to gets back to me like that."

Leslie Wright

Coordinator of Instructional Supports and Enrichment, Encinitas Union School District, CA

Trusted MTSS Technology & Support

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How Branching Minds Makes Your MTSS Vision a Reality

Branching Minds was built with one purpose: to make MTSS work. Not just check a box. Not just surface data. Educators get guided next steps. Leaders gain full visibility. IT teams are freed from daily maintenance. And unlike platforms that tack MTSS on as an afterthought, we go an inch wide and a mile deep—because MTSS isn’t an add-on for us. It’s the foundation.

Most MTSS platforms get stuck in setup mode—manual uploads, shaky integrations, and never-ending data issues.

Branching Minds is different.

Districts that come ready can go fully live in a couple weeks, not months, with expert-led onboarding, automatic nightly syncs of key systems, and the kind of long-term infrastructure that lets educators focus on students, not data maintenance.

Branching Minds brings together everything needed to run a strong MTSS system—organized into three pillars: Core MTSS Functionality, an Integrated Support Suite, and an AI-Powered Collaborator Suite.

Whether you’re focused on building a foundation or scaling advanced supports, the platform can flex to meet your priorities. From intervention planning and automated tiering to behavior screening, safety case management, and AI-driven insights, Branching Minds adapts to your team’s needs and your district’s strategy.

Branching Minds helps teams move from information to action—without the guesswork. Our dashboards surface tier movement, identify students showing early signs of risk, and reveal where supports are making a difference across academics, behavior, and SEL.

You’ll see which students need what kind of help, how interventions are performing, and where your system is thriving—or slipping—so your next move is always grounded in insight, not instinct.

Branching Minds helps you work smarter—not harder—and we have the results to prove it. Independent research shows districts see a 4X return on investment in just three years, cut documentation time nearly in half, and significantly reduce unnecessary special education referrals.

When MTSS becomes easier to do well, teachers stay longer, students grow faster, and every decision starts to feel like it matters again.