1. Assessment: Universal Screening Cadre 7 Initial Training September 29, 2011

2. Universal Screening Screening systems in place? – How can you go more in depth? – Are you ready to develop more breadth? – What decisions do you need to make as a district about Universal Screening? – Do staff trust and use the data?

4. Universal Screening The Bang for the Buck

5. Why give Universal Screeners? – To determine the health of the core Make instructional changes to improve core instruction – To identify students who need additional instructional support – Are staff using the screening data for BOTH these reasons?

6. Universal Screening Who: ALL students – Do all staff believe that it should be for ALL? When: 3 times a year – FallWinterSpring

7. What makes a universal screener “good”? Robust indicator of academic health Brief and easy to administer Can be administered frequently Must have multiple, equivalent forms – (If the metric isn’t the same, the data are meaningless) Must be sensitive to growth A universal screener should over-identify students who might need something more!

8. Basic Skills – Finite Phonemic awareness Decoding/phonics Fluency Comprehensive Skills – Not finite Vocabulary Comprehension What skills make better screeners?

9. Oral Reading Fluency ORF is not designed to provide an exhaustive assessment. You can be fluent enough, unless you want to be an auctioneer! Strong link to comprehension Accuracy matters!

10. Screeners DIBELS DIBELS Next AIMSweb – Reading CBM – Maze – Math Computation – Math Concepts & Applications – Math Tests of Early Numeracy Writing (Total Words Written) Writing (Correct Word Sequences) easyCBM Not Screeners DRA2 QRI-IV Running Records OAKS Quick Phonics assessment Fountas and Pinnell Report cards Core curriculum weekly tests What are screeners?

11. Universal Screeners A quick & efficient tool – to determine the effectiveness of core instruction – to determine BASIC information to determine which students need more instructional supports DRA, QRI, Running Records An in-depth tool – To determine basic & specific reading skill needs Purpose of Assessments What assessments are given to all students in your district and why? Do the assessments provide similar information?

12. Universal Screeners Elementary Reading – DIBELS Next Math – AIMSweb Missing Number (K-1) Calculations (2-5) Middle School Reading – AIMSweb (Maze) Additional assessments Elementary – Treasures Placement Test – OAKS Secondary – OAKS Assessments in TTSD

13. Have staff bought into the screener concept? Barriers – “it’s not all about fluency” – “it’s not a valid assessment” – “it’s all about the numbers” – “it will be used to evaluate my instruction” – “what about comprehension?”

14. Reflection Does the district have an agreed upon purpose for the universal screener and additional assessments? Are the purposes of each assessment given to ALL students clear to staff? How do staff use the assessments?

15. To determine the health of the core Are staff using the data? School-wide (100%) grade level meetings – Fall, winter, spring (following screening) – Critical to have general education teachers as active members of this process. Outcome: general education teachers know what to teach and how to teach during the core program to improve students’ achievement

16. Big Idea Do not just use screening data to place students into interventions – Otherwise you will always be feeding the herd individually

17. To identify students who need additional instructional support Are staff using the data? To place students into appropriate interventions How are these decisions made? – Are they unbiased?

18. Big Idea Trust the data! – Otherwise you will not be feeding the “right” cows

19. Make or Improve Your Universal Screening Plan How: Who will conduct Universal Screening? Who will train the screeners? Who will prepare materials? Who will organize materials at the school? Where will the data go? Who will organize the data and present it to teaching teams? How will fidelity of administration be checked?

21. Universal Screening The Bang for the Buck