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    The MTSS System Behind Your System

    Branching Minds connects real-time data across academics, behavior, attendance, and well-being.

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    Trusted by Districts Nationwide

    MTSS Management Platform
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    Built for the Daily Reality of MTSS

    Branching Minds is the system schools use to run MTSS. It brings all your student data into one place, helps you see who needs support, guides your team through what to do, and shows if it’s working.

    MTSS Shouldn’t Be So Hard

    Confidence MTSS Decisions

    Transform Data Chaos into Confident Decisions

    Too many teams are working from fragmented systems, outdated spreadsheets, and incomplete pictures making it nearly impossible to see what students really need.

    Targeted Support

    Shift Manual Tiering into Early, Targeted Support

    Most districts rely on manual reviews or subjective judgment to flag students for support, meaning kids fall through the cracks or wait too long for help.

    Aligned MTSS Action

    Turn Inconsistent Plans into Aligned Action

    Support plans are often inconsistent, unclear, or disconnected from real student data, leaving teams guessing what’s been tried and whether it’s working.

    Drive Real Impact

    Unlock Insight to Drive Real Impact

    Without actionable reporting, districts are stuck reacting to problems instead of preventing them and can’t show the impact of their work when it matters most.

    Meet Branching Minds

    Streamline Your Student Support System

    Whether you’re one school or fifty, the Branching Minds MTSS platform makes MTSS work with shared systems, scalable tools, and practical workflows that teams can follow, no matter their size or structure.

    Purpose-built MTSS Software

    Your Data Working Together

    We integrate with more systems and ingest more data types than anyone else in MTSS, so your teams work from one complete, current view.

    • Clarity for MTSS implementation and oversight
    • Expert support for sustainable MTSS implementation
    • Proven MTSS results across districts
    • MTSS technology with built-in support
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    From Data to Tiering

    Automated Tier Identification

    Branching Minds is the only platform with true tier automation, helping you spot and support students quickly and consistently.

    • Drive early intervention
    • Smarter tiering, less manual work
    • Consistency across schools and teams
    • Proactive support, powered by data
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    Automated Tier Identification

    True Teamwork

    Collaborative Support & Monitoring

    Every plan is guided by real MTSS best practices, designed to help teams take the right actions, not just check boxes.

    • Fast MTSS implementation
    • Low-lift data maintenance
    • Award-winning support
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    Your MTSS Partner

    Expert Help, Every Step of the Way

    Deepen educator practice and build lasting MTSS infrastructure with scalable, sustainable professional development—delivered onsite or remotely. Our expert services support learning, coaching, and implementation.

    • Drive MTSS success
    • Tailored professional development
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    MTSS Insights

    Student & System Reporting

    Powerful reporting that surfaces what’s working, what’s not, and what to do next, providing insight that fuels real improvement.

    • Track student progress and intervention outcomes
    • Identify student risk levels
    • Uncover patterns and gaps
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    MTSS Intervention Library

    Deliver the Right Support, When It’s Needed

    The Branching Minds Intervention Library delivers hundreds of research-backed strategies for literacy, math, behavior, and SEL; so educators can find the right support for every student, faster.

    • Filter by tier, topic, grade, or student needs
    • Add strategies directly to plans with built-in guidance
    • Tailor recommendations
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    Real Schools. Real MTSS Impact.

    Success Story

    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.’"

    Products / Features Used

    How Waverly School District Transformed Tier 2 Interventions

    Success Story

    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."

    Products / Features Used

    How Duneland Increased Consistency and Communication for Student Interventions

    "Our MTSS team chose Branching Minds because of the ingestion from the different testing sites. That alone would save us a lot of work of going back and forth and finding those scores."

    Jodee Nelson

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

    "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

    "Branching Minds has given classroom teachers more in-depth knowledge regarding areas in which a student struggles and the intervention tools to help meet their needs."

    Kristen Beesaw

    Assistant Director of Interventions and 504, Bryan Independent School District, TX

    "This is why I was so excited to work with Branching Minds—it gives teachers the tools they need and presents data in a clear, parent-friendly way."

    Jennifer Ocana

    Head of School, Island Village Montessori, FL

    "Just in comparison with all the other programs on the market, Branching Minds is honestly the complete package. You have all of the intervention support and guidance."

    Emma McBride

    Multi-Tiered Systems Specialist, Beaumont ISD, TX

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

    Dr. Laura Blessing

    Superintendent, Miamisburg City Schools, OH

    "Branching Minds can do things like track parent communication, which gets totally lost when a kid transfers grades or buildings. We call it our one-stop shop for all your multi-tiered needs."

    Ronda French

    Assistant Director of Pupil Services, Medina City School District, OH

    "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

    "The visual dashboards are highly effective in showing needs for differentiated instructional approaches."

    Angela Plugge

    Director of Learning, Waverly School District, NE

    "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

    "We found that a lot of the vendors that we were talking with were trying to use their data warehouse platform in an MTSS way, but it wasn't built for MTSS processes, and that's why we ended up going with Branching Minds, because it was built from the ground up for MTSS."

    Deana Moss

    Director of MTSS, Lakota Public Schools, OH

    "Branching Minds has streamlined our intervention process,making it more efficient."

    Marie Stapleton

    Lead Title Teacher

    "It's a useful tool for staff development, school planning, and parent meetings, providing solid evidence for changes and decisions."

    Takiba Thompson

    Principal, Warrensville Heights City School District, OH

    FAQs

    Making MTSS Work: Your Questions Answered

    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.

    Award-winning MTSS Technology & Support

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    Learner Variability Certification by Digital Promise - Branching Minds
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    Project unicorn certification
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    Learner Variability Certification by Digital Promise - Branching Minds
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    Codie Awards
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    Resources to Support Your Success

    MTSS Buyers Guide

    Guide

    The Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) Buyer's Guide

    How to choose and fund an MTSS software platform.

    How to Build an MTSS Handbook for Your School or District

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    Building a Strong MTSS Handbook to Support Successful Implementation

    This blog will guide you through creating an MTSS handbook that works for your campus or district.

     Insights on the current trends, challenges, and methodologies shaping MTSS

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    What it Takes for MTSS to Work: Advice from the Experts

    Get a special peek into insights on the current trends, challenges, and methodologies shaping MTSS with the top experts in the field.

    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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