Twenty questions, four domains, one honest look at whether your Tier 1 system is holding. Take it on screen with live scoring, or download the PDF for a team walkthrough.
In 30 years of schools, I've watched the same pattern play out again and again: a Tier 2 caseload starts feeling unmanageable, the team triages, and the real cause — a Tier 1 system that's quietly stopped holding — goes unnamed for another year.
The frustrating part is that Tier 1 problems are knowable. Not by expensive consultants, not by six-month audits. By the people who work in the building every day, if someone gives them the right questions and twenty honest minutes to answer them.
That's what this assessment is. Twenty questions across four domains — Core Instruction, Behavior & Culture, Data & Screening, Team Systems. Each one names a specific practice, not a vague state. You rate each one Not Yet / Emerging / Established / Distinguished. The scores tell you where your Tier 1 is holding and where it's leaking. The pattern across domains tells you what to do next.
Each domain has five questions, a score of 5–20, and three band interpretations (Needs Work / Developing / Strong) so you know what your score actually means for your building.
The quality, consistency, and reach of classroom teaching itself.
Schoolwide expectations and the systems that reinforce them.
Universal data collection and how it drives Tier 1 decisions.
Structured time, roles, and processes that sustain Tier 1 work.
Use it as a personal diagnostic. Be honest, especially where you know you're being generous. 30–45 minutes.
Best for: building leaders doing a quiet self-check before sharing results with a team.
Each team member rates independently first. Then gather, compare ratings, and discuss every item where the team disagrees. 75–90 minutes including discussion.
The disagreement is the diagnostic — not the average. Where leadership rates an 18 and teachers rate an 8, that's where the real data lives.
Take the interactive version for live scoring, or download the PDF for team printing. Both are free. Both are yours.
This is the starter version of ScholarPath's full Tier 1 Assessment. It's real, usable, and built from 30 years in schools — not a watered-down sample. For most buildings, the first pass will surface the biggest leak.
The version that lives inside ScholarPath Intervention Management goes further in ways a static tool can't — multi-role scoring (so you see leadership's rating next to teachers' ratings side-by-side), quarterly re-takes with longitudinal tracking across school years, and assessment results that link directly to intervention planning for the kids your Tier 1 isn't catching.
But use this one first. You'll get most of the value from the first pass, and you'll know a lot more about what your system actually needs before you talk to any vendor — including me. Learn more about Intervention Management →