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Schedule a diagnostic screener

A step-by-step guide for MTSS team members to schedule and log a diagnostic screener.

Once a referral is open, a diagnostic screener narrows down why a student is struggling. Scheduling it books a follow-up meeting to look at the results together.

1. Open the MTSS plan

Every referral becomes an MTSS plan. The tabs follow the MTSS process: Identify what is happening, Analyze why, Design what to do about it, Measure whether it worked.

Open the MTSS plan

2. Add a screener from the Analyze tab

The Analyze tab is where diagnostic data lives. Choose Add Screener to schedule one for this student.

Add a screener from the Analyze tab

3. Choose the assessment

Pick which screener to run and who will administer it. These come from your school's assessment list, managed by school admins in Settings.

Choose the assessment

4. Book the results review

Set the date the team will come back and look at what the screener found. Booking it now is what turns a scheduled screener into an entry on the team's calendar.

Book the results review

5. The screener is on the calendar

It now shows as Scheduled on the plan's Analyze tab, alongside any other diagnostic data collected for this student.

The screener is on the calendar

6. Log the results

Once the review happens, record what the screener showed. This is what the team references when deciding on an intervention plan.

Log the results

7. Results are saved

The screener now shows its findings directly on the plan, ready to inform the intervention plan.

Results are saved

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