Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success
Category: Student Well-Being and Mental Health
The Tiered Fidelity Inventory (TFI) is an instrument measuring to what extent school personnel use (or need) school-wide positive behavioral interventions and supports (SWPBIS). The three tiers in TFI are 1) universal SWPBIS features, 2) targeted SWPBIS features, and 3) intensive SWPBIS features. The scoring of each item in TFI ranges from 0 to 2 (0 not implemented, 1 partially implemented, 2 fully implemented.)
Content
Grades
4,
2nd Grade,
3rd Grade,
4th Grade,
5th Grade,
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade,
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade
Languages
English
Respondent
Teacher
Observer
Administration Information
Length
45-90 minutes
Administration
Paper
Access and Use
Price
Free
Contact
PBIS State Coordinators https://www.pbis.org/about/pbis-state-coordinators
Open Access
Yes
Use in Research
Gage, N. A., Grasley-Boy, N., Lombardo, M., & Anderson, L. (2020). The effect of school-wide positive behavior interventions and supports on disciplinary exclusions: A conceptual replication. Behavioral Disorders, 46(1), 42-53. https://doi.org/10.1177/0198742919896305
Grasley-Boy, N. M., Gage, N. A., & Lombardo, M. (2019). Effect of SWPBIS on disciplinary exclusions for students with and without disabilities. Exceptional Children, 86(1), 25-39. https://doi.org/10.1177/0014402919854196
James, A. G., Noltemeyer, A., Ritchie, R., Palmer, K., & University, M. (2019). Longitudinal disciplinary and achievement outcomes associated with school‐wide PBIS implementation level. Psychology in the Schools, 56(9), 1512-1521. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.22282
Noltemeyer, A., Palmer, K., James, A. G., & Petrasek, M. (2019). Disciplinary and achievement outcomes associated with school-wide positive behavioral interventions and supports implementation level. School Psychology Review, 48(1), 81-87. https://doi.org/10.17105/SPR-2017-0131.V48-1
Psychometrics
Scoring
Manual scoring
Psychometric References
Algozzine, B., Barrett, S., Eber, L., George, H., Horner, R., Lewis, T., Putnam, B., Swain-Bradway, J., McIntosh, K., & Sugai, G (2019). School-wide PBIS Tiered Fidelity Inventory. OSEP Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports. www.pbis.org Full text here
McIntosh, K., Massar, M. M., Algozzine, R. F., George, H. P., Horner, R. H., Lewis, T. J., & Swain-Bradway, J. (2017). Technical adequacy of the SWPBIS tiered fidelity inventory. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 19(1), 3-13. https://doi.org/10.1177/1098300716637193
Item Type
Multiple choice
