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Progress Monitoring in Reading:Why, What, and How

RtII Leadership TeamRtII Champion Training

12/10/13

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Progress Monitoring

The RTI Center defines progress monitoring as repeated measurement of academic performance to inform instruction of individual students in general and special education in grades K-8. It is conducted at least monthly to:

(a) estimate rates of improvement,

(b) identify students who are not demonstrating adequate progress, and/or

(c) compare the efficacy of different forms of instruction to design more effective, individualized instruction.

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Overview

Why, What, How to Progress Monitor Why do it?

What do we mean by progress monitoring?

How do you do it?

Using Progress Monitoring Data

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Curriculum and Instruction Assessment

School Wide Organization &

Problem Solving Systems

(Teams, Process, etc)

Assessment: One of the Key Components in RTI

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Assessment and Response to Intervention (RTI)

A core feature of RTI is identifying a measurement system Screen large numbers of students

Identify students in need of additional intervention

Monitor students of concern more frequently 1 to 4x per month

Typically weekly Diagnostic testing used for instructional planning to

help target interventions as needed

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Screening Data and Progress Monitoring can be linked

The goal is to have a cohesive system.

If possible, use the same measures for both screening and progress monitoring (e.g, CBM).

Screen ALL students 3x per year (F, W, S)

Strategic Support and MonitoringStudents at Some Risk

Intensive Support & Monitoring for

Students at Extreme Risk

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Why Monitor Progress? When teachers USE progress monitoring

Students learn more! Teachers design better instructional

programs Teacher decision making

improves Students become more aware of

their performance Safer & Fleishman, 2005

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Why Monitor Progress?

“In God we trust…

All others must have data.”Dr. Stan Deno

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Why Monitor Progress?

We do NOT KNOW ahead of time whether an intervention will be successful for an individual student

Do they ASSUME in the hospital that your heart is working just fine after your bypass surgery? After all… the surgery works well for MOST patients…..

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To change what you are doing with a student if it is not working (formative assessment) so you are effective and efficient with your time and instruction

To help make decisions about instructional goals, materials, levels, and groups

To aid in communication with parents

To document progress for special education students as required for periodic and annual reviews

Credit: based on slide by Dr. Kim Gibbons, SCRED

Why Progress Monitor Frequently?

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Credit: SCRED

Change (and Keep Changing) if Instruction isn’t Working…

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You Can Also Use Monitoring Data to Celebrate Success!

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What is Progress Monitoring?

Standardized measures Reliable Valid

Tied to important educational outcomes

Given frequently (e.g., weekly) Simple, brief, efficient, and cheap Sensitive to growth over short periods of time

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Short Term (Mastery) and Long Term

Progress Monitoring

Short TermMastery Monitoring

Test subskill mastery and individual lesson effectiveness

Ex: Q&A, worksheetsfollowing directions

unit tests, “hot” readsaccuracy, skills “checks”

CBA

Long TermGeneral Outcome Measures

Test retention, generalization and progress

toward overall general outcome (reading)

Ex: CBM, DIBELS

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Both Mastery Monitoring and Long Term Progress Monitoring are Important

Sometimes mastering subskills doesn't’t generalize to the general outcome or students don’t retain the information over time

For example: Melissa is very good at decoding letters and reading

individual words, but is not generalizing these skills to reading text with automaticity and comprehension.

Adam was really good at using his comprehension strategies and using those when they were working on these skills in class (showed mastery), but when they moved on to another unit he quit using the strategies.

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How Often Do I Need to Monitor Progress?

Informally we do this all the time! For small instructional adjustments (repeat

the lesson, how much help to give, etc.)

In a standardized way to make sure we are “on track” with this student?- depends on level of concern For students in reading who are behind already,

monitor progress toward generalized outcome 1 to 4x per month, ideally weekly

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How Do You Collect Frequent Progress Monitoring Data?

Which students?

What measures?

What materials?

How often?

Who collects the data? Where? When?

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Which students?

Students of concern

Below target

Getting “extra” intervention or help

Tier 2 or Tier 3 services

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What measures?

Web-based sources for information on measures as well as access to materials, web-based data management, etc. www.aimsweb.com dibels.uoregon.edu www.renlearning.com

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What materials?

When possible, students are monitored using grade level materials

E.g., student reads a different grade level passage or “probe” each week

If this is not possible due to frustration “test down” and use the highest grade level of materials possible Periodically “check” how the student is doing on grade level

materials and move into grade level materials as soon as possible

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How Often Do We Monitor Progress?

Depends on the sensitivity of the measure and the level of concern we have about the student, but 1 to 4x per month typically

For CBM Oral Reading Fluency Weekly with 1 passage (this is most common) Every 3 weeks with 3 passages

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Who does it? When? Where?

Anyone trained in the procedures can collect progress monitoring data Classroom teachers, special education teachers,

School support personnel Be creative but careful

When and Where? At a time and place that will provide valid information Use common sense

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Sharing the Data

Just having progress monitoring data is not enough. You need to USE it.

Scheduled graph review dates

Grade level meetings

Problem solving meetings

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Using Progress Monitoring Data: Is this intervention working?

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Avoid Common Mistakes

Don’t use the same passage/probe every week!

Have an organized system in place Progress monitoring schedule for students Preprinted passages/probes in a binder An easy way to graph and look at the data Scheduled time to share/look at the data

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Quiz

1.) What are at least four reasons why teachers should monitor progress?

2) What is the difference between mastery monitoring and frequency progress monitoring toward a general outcome?

3) How often should you monitor progress for students receiving extra help ?

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Quiz (Cont’d)

4.) When possible, students are monitored using… A.) above grade level materials. B.) grade level materials. C.) below grade level materials.

5.) Who can collect progress monitoring data?

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Quiz (Cont’d)

6.) To have integrity, your data collection must include what? A.) trained data collectors B.) integrity checks/refreshers C.) well chosen measures and materials D.) all of the above

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Quiz (Cont’d)

7.) True or False? The most important use of frequent progress monitoring is to aid in communication with parents.

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Progress Monitoring in Reading:Why, What, and How

Adapted from Minnesota State RTI Center

Research Institute on Progress Monitoring http://progressmonitoring.net/