PBIS Sustaining Practices & Fidelity 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which factor is MOST critical for sustaining PBIS across multiple school years?
- Purchasing updated curriculum materials annually
- Maintaining a trained, active PBIS team with administrative representation (Correct answer)
- Rotating the PBIS team membership every semester to include all staff
- Achieving a perfect TFI score within the first year
Correct answer: Maintaining a trained, active PBIS team with administrative representation
A stable, trained PBIS team that includes administrators provides the leadership structure necessary for long-term sustainability.
Question 2: A district PBIS coordinator wants to assess fidelity across all schools simultaneously. Which tool is MOST appropriate?
- The Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) protocol
- The District Systems Fidelity Inventory (DSFI) (Correct answer)
- The Individual Student Systems Evaluation Tool (I-SSET)
- The Competing Behavior Pathway
Correct answer: The District Systems Fidelity Inventory (DSFI)
The District Systems Fidelity Inventory (DSFI) is designed to evaluate how well district-level systems support PBIS implementation across schools.
Question 3: How does coaching contribute to PBIS fidelity sustainment?
- By replacing the need for team-based data review meetings
- By providing performance feedback and problem-solving support to implementers (Correct answer)
- By eliminating the need for annual fidelity assessments
- By transferring responsibility from teachers to administrators
Correct answer: By providing performance feedback and problem-solving support to implementers
Coaching provides ongoing, individualized feedback and support that helps staff maintain and improve their implementation of PBIS practices.
Question 4: When a school achieves high PBIS fidelity, what is the recommended adjustment to their data review cycle?
- Discontinue data review meetings since the system is working
- Shift from monthly to quarterly data review while maintaining vigilance for drift (Correct answer)
- Increase data review frequency to ensure the gains are not lost
- Transfer data review responsibilities entirely to district staff
Correct answer: Shift from monthly to quarterly data review while maintaining vigilance for drift
High-fidelity schools can safely reduce meeting frequency to quarterly while remaining alert to implementation drift.
Question 5: Which scenario BEST illustrates 'implementation drift' in PBIS?
- A school adopts a new Tier 3 intervention tool
- Staff gradually stop acknowledging positive behaviors because they feel it is unnecessary (Correct answer)
- A school increases the number of expected behaviors from three to five
- The PBIS team adds a new member with expertise in data analysis
Correct answer: Staff gradually stop acknowledging positive behaviors because they feel it is unnecessary
Implementation drift occurs when staff gradually abandon key PBIS practices, such as behavior-specific praise, reducing system fidelity over time.
Question 6: In a PBIS fidelity assessment, a school scores low on the 'faculty involvement' subscale. The MOST direct intervention would be:
- Reducing the number of behavioral expectations
- Increasing professional development on PBIS practices for all staff (Correct answer)
- Assigning fidelity responsibilities to paraprofessionals only
- Eliminating the school's token economy system
Correct answer: Increasing professional development on PBIS practices for all staff
Low faculty involvement scores indicate that staff awareness and engagement need to be improved through targeted professional development.
Question 7: What is the primary purpose of using the Tiered Fidelity Inventory (TFI) Walkthrough feature?
- To evaluate individual student behavior plans
- To provide formative, in-year monitoring of PBIS practices between formal assessments (Correct answer)
- To replace the annual summative TFI evaluation
- To collect ODR data in real time
Correct answer: To provide formative, in-year monitoring of PBIS practices between formal assessments
The TFI Walkthrough allows teams to conduct brief, periodic fidelity checks throughout the year to catch and address drift before it becomes significant.
PBIS Sustaining Practices & Fidelity 3
Which factor is MOST critical for sustaining PBIS across multiple school years?