STUDENT INSIGHT & TIERED SUPPORT
Evidence-based indicators of student resilience and behavioral health, connected to Tier 1, 2, and 3 supports. Schools can understand student strengths and needs, provide targeted support, and monitor progress within their existing MTSS framework.
THE PURPOSE
Attendance, behavior, and academic results can show that a student is struggling without explaining what is contributing to the difficulty. Terrace Metrics adds student voice and evidence-based resilience and adversity indicators. Schools receive a clearer view of strengths and needs, connected to resources they can use to provide tiered support.
A CLOSER LOOK
Terrace Metrics connects assessment, reporting, tiered resources, and progress monitoring within a coordinated implementation process.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
Areas include hope, grit, leadership, personal standards, satisfaction with life, positive school experiences, and social resiliency. The aim is to understand protective strengths as well as areas that would benefit from support.
Areas include anxiety, depressive symptoms, self-criticism, exclusion by peers, current traumatic stress, substance-use concerns, and aggression. Age-appropriate indicator selection lets schools match the assessment to their students and priorities.
Universal lessons build understanding and skills related to selected indicators. The Tier 1 sequence includes three lessons, typically 35–45 minutes each, with opportunities to recognize behaviors and apply new strategies.
Targeted curricula provide a more focused sequence, typically six or seven lessons facilitated by a school counselor. Activities explore needs, build skills, and help students identify adults and peers they can turn to for support.
Resources for school-based professionals provide more intensive skill development and progress checks. The anxiety-focused Tier 3 protocol requires facilitator training and is intended for qualified student-support personnel.
Immediate reporting supports designated staff and families. Individual and broader school-level views help teams align support, monitor change, and consider where classroom or schoolwide practices need attention.
IN YOUR SCHOOL
Define the student population, indicators, staff responsibilities, and communication process.
Students complete a brief online assessment using evidence-based indicators.
Use the results to inform classroom, small-group, or individual support with aligned resources.
Reassess and review change over time to inform adjustments across MTSS tiers.
RESEARCH & APPROACH
Terrace Metrics grounds its indicators in peer-reviewed research on resilience, behavioral health, and educational outcomes. Indicators provide a structured snapshot of student strengths and needs; the value is in connecting that information to support and monitoring over time.
The PARIS implementation approach gives schools a staged process for assessment, response, and continued improvement. Training helps support teams interpret results and use aligned curricula. This supports MTSS and PBIS work already underway rather than requiring schools to treat student insight as a separate initiative.
The platform uses encryption, designated permissions, and school-specific data separation. Only designated school staff can see student responses. K12 Wellness can coordinate a review of reports, family communication, access permissions, and implementation requirements.
Ask about the research and implementationCOMMON QUESTIONS
No. It connects student indicators with Tier 1, 2, and 3 resources and ongoing monitoring. The intended use includes providing support and checking how needs and strengths change.
Selected indicators can be used as early as kindergarten. Indicator selection and delivery should reflect the students’ ages and your priorities.
Student services leaders, counselors, psychologists, social workers, MTSS and PBIS teams, and designated administrators. Access is assigned according to role and responsibility.
The online student assessment is designed to take about 15 minutes. Staff time depends on preparation, the supports selected, and the monitoring cycle. Tier 3 implementation includes specific facilitator training.
LET’S START WITH YOUR PRIORITIES
Share your priorities and questions about Terrace Metrics. Our team will help you review the program and the next step.
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