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    Districts that work with Branching Minds see improvements in student achievement, student engagement, and teacher innovation & effectiveness. We see incredible outcomes across our district partners and we are honored to be part of this success.

     

    New Study Shows Branching Minds Improves Math and Reading Scores

    Branching Minds combines learning science with teacher-friendly technology tools to help educators positively impact student achievement. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that the Branching Minds platform meets the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Level II Standards of Evidence, with improved student outcomes in reading and math.

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    • Students in grades 3-5 with active reading and math intervention plans in Branching Minds showed noticeable improvement in their end-of-year NWEA MAP Growth Reading and Math assessment scores.

    • Based on the What Works Clearinghouse's improvement index, student scores improved by 4 percentile points in math and more than 5 percentile points in reading compared to students not supported with an intervention plan in Branching Minds. 

    Branching Minds Empowers Educators 

    The results show that the Branching Minds platform helps educators effectively support students in reading and math, with demonstrated improvements in assessment scores and alignment with ESSA Level II (Moderate) Evidence. 

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    Branching Minds Impact Report 2022-2023

    The proof is in the numbers. See how districts are improving their MTSS practice and student outcomes with our MTSS Platform.
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    Branching Minds Cumulative Impact Report 2022

    Fill out the form to access the Branching Minds Cumulative Impact Report.

    You will learn about our reach, our impact, the positive students' outcomes that we have been part of despite the pandemic years, and much more.

    ACROSS ALL OF BRANCHING MINDS PARTNERS

    • 91% of school leaders report that BRM has increased the consistency of their intervention practice and 96% report that BRM has improved the quality of their intervention meetings. 

    • Students supported on Branching Minds made statistically significant gains on nationally normed Reading and Mathematics assessments, over similar students not supported on Branching Minds from districts with nationally normed assessment data. The results of this study were presented at the 2018 annual conference of the American Education Research Association and are available to share in a white paper.

    • Minority students supported on Branching Minds showed improved rates of growth on nationally normed assessments, indicating evidence of narrowing the racial achievement gap.

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    PROUDLY CERTIFIED  AWARDS WINNER

    • BRM 2 Codie Awards 2024
    • Data Privacy Certification by 1EdTech - branching minds-min
    • Customer Service Award by Business Intelligence Group - branching minds-min
    • Interoperability Rating Tier 4 by Project Unicorn - Branching Minds-min
    • Research-Based Design Product Certification by Digital Promise - Branching Minds-min
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    • Learner Variability Certification by Digital Promise - Branching Minds-min
    • ESSA II
    • SOC 2 Type 2 Certification by AICPA-min (1)
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    SUCCESS STORIES

    Saving Time While Supporting Students_ Waco ISD and Branching Minds
    How Waco ISD Transformed Their MTSS Practice & Saved Time While Supporting Students
    How Waverly School District Transformed Tier 2 Interventions
    How Waverly School District Transformed Tier 2 Interventions
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    How a Florida School Streamlined MTSS
    How Orange County Schools Found the Missing Piece of MTSS to Streamline Their Data
    How Orange County Schools Found the Missing Piece of MTSS

    PARTNERSHIP IMPACT SPOTLIGHT - Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, NC

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    In just two years, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools saw:

    • A dramatic increase in the number of students who met or exceeded growth expectations on NWEA MAP Growth, including a 55% increase in reading and 118% increase in math between Fall 2021 and Spring 2023.

    • A dramatic increase in the number of students who are demonstrating a strength or high strength in social-emotional competencies, including a 54% increase in both emotional regulation and self-management and a 50% increase in social awareness.

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    “ When deciding on which platform would be the best partner for CMS, our team of teachers and administrators found Branching Minds to be best-in-class - the most user-friendly for teachers and the most powerful data-driven solution for administrators. ”
    — Dr. Frank Barnes, Former Chief Accountability Officer at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, NC

    CASE STUDIES

     

    PARTNERSHIP IMPACT SPOTLIGHT - Chicago Public Schools, IL

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    Improvements across all social-emotional competency domains with BRM + SECA.

    Using BRM, CPS administered the SECA and leveraged BRM reports to identify Tier 1 SEL programming and initiative needs. After 1 year, they saw improvement in all social-emotional competency domains.

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    Positive Teachers/Staff Perception of the SECA

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    ACADEMIC DATA HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE '21-'22 SY

     

    Miamisburg City School District

     

    Miamisburg City School District, OH

    • Student Enrollment: 5,000 students

    • Population Stats: 21% of students are from minority backgrounds, 35% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch

    • Partnership Start: 2019-2020 school year

    • Impact: Data collected from the NWEA MAP reading and math universal screening assessments show that students who scored in the lowest 25th percentile for reading and math at the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year had significant improvements in their performance at both the winter and spring benchmarks.

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    East St Louis School District 189, IL  

    East St Louis School District 189, IL

    • Student Enrollment: 5,200 students

    • Population Stats: 98.5% of students from minority backgrounds; 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch

    • Partnership Start: 2019-2020 school year

    • Impact: Data collected from the NWEA MAP reading and math universal screening assessments show that students who scored in the lowest 25th percentile for reading and math at the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year had significant improvements in their performance at both the winter and spring benchmarks.

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    Bryan Independent School District, TX

     

    • Student Enrollment: 15,984 students

    • Population Stats: 81% of students from minority backgrounds; 77% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch

    • Partnership Start: 2019-2020 school year

    • Impact: Data collected from the NWEA MAP reading and math universal screening assessments show that students who scored in the lowest 25th percentile for reading and math at the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year had significant improvements in their performance at both the winter and spring benchmarks.

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    OTHER PARTNERSHIP IMPACT SPOTLIGHTS

    Ferguson-Florissant School District

    Ferguson-Florissant School District, MO

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    • Within ONE YEAR of best practice, using Branching Minds and the social-emotional competency screener, the DESSA-mini, district-wide, teachers…

      • Assessed over 9,000 students from K-12 at three time points across the 2022-2023 school year

      • Created behavioral and social-emotional support plans through the BRM platform for 385 students

    THE RESULT

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    SAISD

    San Antonio Independent School District, TX

    • Student Enrollment: 49,000 Students

    • Partnership Start Date: 07.01.2018

    • They chose Branching Minds because…the district MTSS coordinator for San Antonio ISD was looking for a robust and comprehensive solution that would scaffold the best practices they were working to help teachers achieve. They wanted a system that would leverage their universal screener data, alongside their schoolwide behavior progress monitoring system, and support collaboration across all teachers and families. The SAISD team was also looking for an MTSS/RTI partner who would work with them to evolve the services and platform functionality to help them meet their evolving needs.

    • Impact: Since working with Branching Minds, San Antonio ISD went from a D to a B rating from the Texas Education Agency, with the Commissioner remarking that in 2019 the district made the most gains in student achievement of any large district in Texas. 

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    Waco ISD

    Waco Independent School District, TX 

    • Student Enrollment: 15,000

    • Partnership Start Date: 01.01.2018

    • They chose Branching Minds because...the academic and behavior support teams for RTI wanted to break down the silos between their work, and help their teachers more easily achieve best practices of RTI. They were also looking for a way to streamline their work for teachers, school and district leaders, and move away from a reactive compliance mindset to a proactive student support approach. 

    • Impact: Since working with Branching Minds, Waco ISD reported that the overall suspension rate for the district has fallen, with a 60% reduction in suspensions across all elementary schools. Additionally, they have seen phenomenal growth in literacy scores with the average low-performing student gaining 11.28 percentile points on the NWEA MAP over the course of the Fall 2019 semester.

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    Clarke County Schools, GA

    Clarke County Schools, GA 

    • Student Enrollment: 13,500

    • Partnership Start Date: 10.01.2016

    • They chose Branching Minds because...the superintendent of CCSD was looking for a way to streamline RTI/MTSS work for teachers, while helping them to see, honor, and support the whole child across academics, and behavior/SEL. They ran parallel pilots of Branching Minds and two other system solutions for a short-term pilot, and then had their principals determine which solution would best support their needs.

    • Impact: An independent evaluation conducted by Clarke County School District in Georgia found that students supported on BRM met their MTSS goals more frequently than students supported using Infinite Campus to track MTSS plans and progress. These results held constant for all groups of students studied in both Reading and Math for Tier 2 and Tier 3. 

    Evanston Skokie School District 65

    Evanston/Skokie School District 65, IL 

    • Student Enrollment: 8,000

    • Partnership Start Date: 07.01.2018

    • They chose Branching Minds because...their district MTSS director brought together a team to find an MTSS platform that would support collaborative problem-solving and data-driven decision-making for all of their teachers.

    • Impact: Only 6 months after their implementation of Branching Minds began, Evanston/Skokie District 65 found that in Mathematics, 57% of students receiving Tier 2 and 3 support had met or exceeded their projected growth with an average percentile growth of 6.14 points; and in Reading, 58% of students receiving Tier 2 and 3 support had met or exceeded projected growth with an average percentile growth of 5 points. 

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