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The inputs in the calculator represent real moments happening in schools every day. Before you adjust the numbers, it helps to see what they actually look like, from the classroom to the district office.
A director of curriculum reviews fall benchmark data in early November. Three buildings with near-identical demographics show significantly different proficiency rates. The same materials. The same training. The same teachers on paper.
She pulls instructional minutes data and behavior referral logs. The pattern is unmistakable: the buildings with the lowest proficiency also show the highest rates of classroom disruption and unmet Tier 2 student need.
The instruction is not the variable. The time available for instruction is. The solution is not a new curriculum. The system for protecting instructional time does not exist yet.
"The data kept pointing to the same thing. It was not the instruction, it was everything competing with it."
When instructional time varies significantly across buildings, curriculum fidelity gaps compound and widen every year without a structural response.
This is exactly what the calculator helps you quantify for your district.
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Enter a few numbers about your school or district and the calculator will model what a structured MTSS system could recover across 1, 3, and 5 years.
The calculator produces planning estimates, not financial guarantees. All assumptions are drawn from published MTSS and PBIS research. You can adjust every input to reflect your district's actual context.