Merit

What Merit is

Merit is a web-based PBIS platform for K–12 schools and districts, combining student recognition, office referrals, and student jobs. Staff can award behavior-specific points to individuals or whole classes, with recognition categories customized by school, grade, or PBIS tier. Students can browse school or classroom stores and request items; staff approve requests before points are spent. Staff may post classroom or school responsibilities for students to apply for, or assign them directly. Administrators review and resolve office discipline referrals in the platform. District reports track recognition and referral patterns by building, grade, teacher, or behavior, and can be sent by email daily, weekly, or monthly. Staff can access Merit from modern browsers on laptops, desktops, and tablets. The company says data is hosted in the United States, encrypted in transit with TLS and at rest with AES-256, and held on SOC 2 Type II infrastructure with daily backups. Merit says it does not sell school data or use it for advertising. Pricing is on request, and districts can discuss pilot costs with the team.