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title: "Keeping Focus on Improved Student Outcomes: MTSS as an Interdependent System with Special Education Eligibility Determination"
description: "This paper focuses on how state education agencies can meet special education eligibility determination requirements using their multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) as an interdependent system."
url: "https://swiftschools.org/docs/keeping-focus-on-improved-student-outcomes-mtss-as-an-interdependent-system-with-special-education-eligibility-determination/"
updated: "2025-07-03"
category: MTSS Framework / Fully Integrated Structure
tags:
  - "Research & Issue Briefs"
  - Research Page
---

# Keeping Focus on Improved Student Outcomes: MTSS as an Interdependent System with Special Education Eligibility Determination

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## What is this resource?

This paper focuses on how state education agencies can reconsider how they meet the IDEA special education eligibility determination requirements. Specifically, the paper describes how districts can use their multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) as an interdependent system for meeting these requirements while maintaining a coherent, steadfast focus on improved student outcomes. 

   [Keeping Focus on Improved Student Outcomes](https://swiftschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Keeping-Focus-on-Improved-Student-Outcomes_Final.pdf)

**Authors:**SWIFT Education Center

**Ideal audience:** State Education Agencies, Administrators

    [Keeping Focus on Improved Student Outcomes](https://swiftschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Keeping-Focus-on-Improved-Student-Outcomes_Final.pdf)[Download](https://swiftschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Keeping-Focus-on-Improved-Student-Outcomes_Final.pdf)