UCR RIMS-BTSA is part of a teacher induction consortium collectively known as RIMS-BTSA. The RIMS-BTSA Program is directed and administered by the Riverside County Office of Education.

RIMS-BTSA stands for the Riverside, Inyo, Mono, San Bernardino County Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment Program. RIMS-BTSA provides service and support to 1,400 beginning teachers per year through 500 in-district support providers. Teachers and support providers in the Program use the CFASST© statewide system to record professional growth. CFASST© is the acronym for the California Formative Assessment and Support System for Teachers.

RIMS-BTSA is a highly collaborative program which partners with the Riverside and San Bernardino County offices of Education, the University of California, Riverside Graduate School of Education, and the California State University, San Bernardino College of Education. Sixty school districts across four counties receive services from the RIMS-BTSA program.

The UCR RIMS-BTSA unit is responsible for operations, accountability, evaluation, reporting and research functions of the program. The research staff collects and manages several streams of local and state data that serve as tools for program evaluation, improvement and for research.