An MTSS Solution
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North Carolina Educators
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Meeting the Moment for MTSS in North Carolina
We’re proud to support North Carolina’s vision for achieving educational excellence through a unified MTSS approach.
With Read to Achieve at the center of North Carolina’s literacy priorities, Branching Minds helps districts align early literacy monitoring, intervention tracking, and MTSS documentation in one unified system.
One Cohesive MTSS Platform
Unify academic, behavior, and social skill supports in one cohesive MTSS platform.
AI-Driven and Data Insights
Empower educators with AI-driven tools and data-informed insights.
Better Collaboration
Strengthen collaboration among teams and families to support every student’s success.
Aligned with North Carolina’s NCStar Requirements
Branching Minds helps schools meet NCStar continuous improvement goals through data-driven MTSS practices.
Teams can track progress, document implementation, and align daily MTSS work to state indicators - without extra spreadsheets or systems.
How Branching Minds Support NCStar Alignment:
Proudly Partnering with Districts Across North Carolina
"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 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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Orange County Schools
Data-Driven Literacy Growth
In partnership with Branching Minds, Orange County Elementary Schools built the infrastructure to truly see their data, empowering teachers and literacy coaches to collaborate and target support where it mattered most.
Measurable results:
- Students scoring above the benchmark increased significantly from Fall to Spring.
- The number of students scoring well below benchmark dropped sharply, reflecting stronger intervention impact and reading growth district-wide.
Roanoke Rapids Graded School District
Outstanding Reading Growth
Roanoke Rapids Graded School District saw remarkable literacy gains through data-driven early intervention.
Using Branching Minds, they were able to:
- Track and monitor Read to Achieve plans.
- Achieve 100% completion and monitoring.
- Outpace state growth in K–3 DIBELS-8 scores across every grade and subgroup.
A System-Level MTSS Platform
Branching Minds isn’t new to MTSS or North Carolina.
We’re a team of educators, learning scientists, and technologists who’ve helped hundreds of districts make MTSS actually work. Our unified platform connects academic, behavioral, and social-emotional supports, turning complex data into clear, research-grounded decisions.

Identify Who Needs Support and Why
- Proactively identify which students need support by automatically applying cut points to assessment data.
- Examine why students may struggle using reading and math Insight Surveys.
- Understand where and for whom the core needs strengthening, with access to targeted instructional resources.
What NC Educators Are Saying
"Excellent communication and clear lists to complete before and after our meetings."
Stefanie Clarke
Executive Director of Accountability, Planning and Performance, Lee County Schools, NC
"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
"We considered a whole lot of products, but we could see that with Branching Minds, there was a whole other level of insight and commitment."
Dr. Ann White
Associate Superintendent for Student Services (retired), Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, NC
"Branching Minds is a wonderful platform that is helping to facilitate the MTSS process in my school. I like how Branching Minds streamlines and organizes information about students in one place where everyone who works with the student has access."
Eva Dover
School Psychologist, Orange County Schools, NC
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MTSS Resources for North Carolina School & District Leaders
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