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After more than 20+ years of MTSS implementation, schools are no longer asking whether MTSS works, but why results vary so widely. Join Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden for this webinar which examines what research and practice have taught us about MTSS, how the framework has evolved, and which persistent barriers continue to limit impact. Amanda will explore how misalignment among people, processes and purpose undermines effectiveness, particularly when data, instruction and decision-making are disconnected. The session reframes MTSS as a system for improving instruction rather than simply assigning tiers, and highlights the importance of instructional alignment, efficient use of data, and intentional system design.
Amanda VanDerHeyden
Dr. VanDerHeyden is a policy adviser and thought leader who actively conducts research focused on improving learning outcomes for students. She is credited with developing models of academic screening that are widely used in schools, conducting innovative research in mathematics screening and progress monitoring using mastery measurement, and the creation of patented SpringMath.
In addition to publishing ten books and over 100 scholarly articles and chapters, she regularly delivers webinar, panel and keynote sessions, including addresses to school psychology associations and state departments of education in 36 states, Canada, Singapore, China, Portugal, and Australia.
She has also served as a panel member for NIH, standing panel member for IES at the U.S. Department of Education, an adviser and reviewer for NCII, USAID, the IRIS center, the Dyslexia Foundation, and numerous U.S. state departments of education. Dr. VanDerHeyden has served on a number of boards, including the RTI Advisory Board for the National Center for Learning Disabilities and SEDL, one of 10 regional laboratories funded by the U.S. Department of Education (since merged with the American Institutes for Research).
Dr. VanDerHeyden has authored a number of policy guides and position statements and delivered testimony on the use of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) and Response to Intervention (RTI) to identify students for special education. In addition to being founder and Chief Product Officer at SpringMath Accelerate, she is President of Education Research & Consulting, and has a faculty affiliation with the Wheelock College of Education at Boston University.