Progress monitoring in MTSS is used to do what?

• A. Track student growth over time to determine whether interventions are effective.
• B. Set teacher performance reviews.
• C. Replace initial assessments.
• D. Determine school funding.

Answer: (A)

Progress monitoring is about regularly tracking how a student is growing over time to see if the supports and interventions are helping. In MTSS, you use brief, targeted assessments on a set schedule and graph the results to observe the rate of improvement. The key idea is to use that data to decide what to do next—continue with the current intervention if progress looks on track, intensify or change strategies if it doesn’t, or adjust goals. This ongoing data-driven process helps ensure instruction is effective for each student.

It's not used to evaluate teacher performance, nor to replace initial assessments, nor to determine school funding.