Rapid response study · Completed
How are the district’s intervention programs working to improve literacy and numeracy?
This study helped MNPS refine how it supports schools to implement the Navigator Program.
The research team created a “tip sheet” for elementary and middle school leaders based on the enabling conditions that led to sustained reading or math gains on the Fastbridge screener.
A series of rapid response studies in 2024 and 2025 examined student growth and school-level implementation across five interventions. Students demonstrated growth across all interventions, with minimal differences by intervention type. However, growth varied meaningfully across schools, suggesting implementation differences mattered more than the specific intervention. Follow up qualitative analyses of high-growth schools examined common approaches to tiered implementation and enabling conditions that supported more effective use.
METRO NASHVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Katie Pattullo
Director, Multi-Tiered Intervention System of Supports
Casey Souders
Data Coach
Melissa Brock
Coordinaor, Dyslexia Specific Instruction and Intervention
Krista Davis
Director, Research and Evaluation
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
Marcia Barnes
Professor of Special Education
Kelley Durkin
Research Assistant Professor
Luke Rainey
Senior Research Coordinator
