THE CHALLENGE
The Investment Is There.
The Infrastructure Is Not.
Districts across the country invest heavily in MTSS and Special Populations training, intervention platforms, and coordinator positions. Yet implementation remains inconsistent, and the systems meant to catch students early break down at the points where they matter most. The research tells us why.
Only 35%
"of districts report having a well-established MTSS, despite over 70% reporting they use the framework."
MTSS Center, American Institutes for Research
#1 Gap
"Progress monitoring is consistently rated the lowest-implemented component of MTSS across districts nationally. Without it, teams cannot determine whether interventions are working, and students move through tiers based on perception rather than data."
MTSS Center, American Institutes for Research
3x
"more students are identified for special education than the MTSS framework when Tier 1 and Tier 2 systems are not implemented with fidelity."
Center on PBIS; NCES, 2024
The problem is not effort, funding, or intent. It is systems architecture. When MTSS and Special Populations operate as separate systems, neither one works the way it should.
OUR APPROACH
One Integrated System. Four Frameworks. A Clear Progression.
CSI's four proprietary frameworks function as a single, sequential intervention architecture. Districts move from diagnosing where their systems actually are, to scaling what works across campuses, to coaching the people who run the work, to sustaining it over time.
Purchased together, the full system produces coordinated MTSS and Special Populations infrastructure that holds year over year. Purchased individually, each framework delivers only the outcomes within its specific phase, which is the right choice when a campus or district has a targeted gap rather than a whole-system need.
ProgressMonitorED — Diagnose and Build
Data and Assessment Systems
The entry point to the CSI system. ProgressMonitorED begins with a structured analysis of the district or campus's current state across MTSS and Special Populations, then builds the data and assessment infrastructure the rest of the system depends on. This includes the protocols, decision rules, and progress monitoring cadence that turn intervention from activity into evidence.
CultivatED and EquippED — Coach
Coaching and Development
Develops the people responsible for the work. CultivatED provides ongoing coaching to leaders and interventionists. EquippED delivers the professional development that builds technical knowledge across the system. This is the framework that prevents systems from collapsing the moment the consultant leaves.
Four frameworks. One progression. Built to be purchased individually for a targeted gap, or together for the full scope of results.
AdoptED & ScalED
Scale the Network
Once the diagnostic is complete and the data infrastructure is built, AdoptED and ScalED moves the work into implementation across multiple sites. AdoptED brings systems into a campus with fidelity. ScalED moves the work from one site operating well to a network operating consistently.
SupportED — Sustain
Sustainability & Tools
The sustainability layer. SupportED holds the long-term tools, infrastructure, and ongoing support that keep MTSS and Special Populations coordination functioning across years and leadership changes. InformED, the behavior documentation and analysis system now in beta, is the first product built under SupportED.
Diagnose and Plan
4-6 Weeks
The ProgressMonitorED diagnostic, delivered as a standalone engagement. Districts receive a scored analysis across six domains of MTSS and Special Populations infrastructure, a written gap analysis, and a prioritized roadmap. This is where every CSI engagement begins, and for some districts it is the entire scope of work.
Three Ways to Engage the Framework System.
The four CSI frameworks are the same in every engagement. What changes is how deep the work goes. Districts and charter networks engage CSI at one of three levels, depending on where their systems are today and what they have the capacity to build.
Design and Launch
12 Months
ProgressMonitorED, AdoptED and ScalED, and CultivatED and EquippED, delivered as a twelve-month build. Districts move from diagnostic through implementation across campuses, with the coaching capacity to run the work internally. Includes summer training and year-long protocols.
HOW IT WORKS
Strategic Partnership
2-3 Years
The full framework system, including SupportED, delivered across two to three years. Multi-year transformation with building-level coaching, train-the-trainer sustainability, and the long-term infrastructure that keeps the work in place after CSI steps back.
Package Customization Is Available Upon Request
PROVEN RESULTS
The Track Record Behind the Methodology
98.2%
State Compliance Rate
As Director of Special Education across 55 campuses in the largest urban district in Texas. Built the systems infrastructure that moved compliance from inherited gaps to sustained performance.
83%
MTSS Implementation Efficiency
As Director of Academic Intervention across a 24-campus charter network. Designed and deployed tiered MTSS implementation across 24 campuses that achieved near-universal implementation fidelity for their tier requirement.
2015 Teacher of the Year
ISTE +ASCD Faculty Member
EdTech Summit Speaker
These are not inherited results. These are systems Brandy built.
MEET THE FOUNDER
Brandy Washington
Brandy Washington is a systems architect dedicated to bridging the gap between compliance and impact in educational leadership. With a career spanning roles from Teacher of the Year to Director of Special Education for the largest urban district in Texas, she brings unparalleled expertise in MTSS implementation and special populations advocacy. At CSI, she leads the engineering of frameworks that empower districts to build self-sustaining, data-driven ecosystems where every student succeeds.
Who We Serve
CSI works with four audiences building the same thing — educational systems that hold.
Districts and Charter Networks
District and charter leaders building integrated MTSS and Special Populations infrastructure that holds across campuses and outlasts the consultant.
EdTech Partners
Education technology companies seeking practitioner-grounded product feedback and advisory partnership from a twenty-year K-12 implementation leader.
Foundations and Funders
Foundations investing in evidence-based intervention systems and the organizational capacity to deliver them at scale with measurable outcomes.
Speaking and Convenings
Conference organizers and education networks seeking a keynote voice on MTSS architecture, Special Populations coordination, and systems thinking.