1. HOW TO IMPLEMENT UNIVERSAL SCREENING AND BENCHMARKING IN YOUR SCHOOL- Teams and Materials

2. Managing and Completing Benchmark Assessment
Setting It All Up
When to Test
What to Test and Score
Who Is Tested
Who Does the Testing
How Students are Tested
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3. Step 1: Who is in Charge? Identifying a Benchmark Coordinator…
Could be, but need not be, the School Principal; Reading Specialist?
Even if District-wide, Should Also Be Within-the-Building
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4. When Will We Test?
AIMSweb Benchmark Assessment occurs three times each school year within these time frames.
Fall 9/1 to 10/15
Winter 1/1 to 2/1
Spring 5/1 to 6/1
Testing should be completed in no more than a 2 week window.
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5. Who Can Assist in Collecting Data?
Anyone who has been trained, including:
Principal
Vice-principal
Speech/Lang Path
Spec. Ed. Personnel
Parents/Volunteers
Educational Assistants
School Social Workers
School Psychologists
Title 1 Staff
Practicum Students
P.E./Art/Music Teachers
It is possible, but not necessary,
for general education teachers
alone to collect all the
Benchmark information.

6. Example(s) – SWAT team, gen ed w/ support, gen ed only
Who Will Do The Testing?
The Key Variable is Training
Plan a Session for All that Addresses
Professional Ethics
Test Security
Confidentiality/Sensitivity
Train with Rigor, Using the Administration and Scoring Workbook
Check Out All Personnel with the AIRS
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7. How to test Identify Where Identify the People Plan the Schedule
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8. Develop the Schedule
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9. Where will the testing take place?
Possible Locations:
Station(s) within the Classrooms
Station(s) in the Halls
Stations in Media Center
Stations in Lunchroom
Stations in Gym
Minimize “Travel Time” and Distractions
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10. APPROACHES TO DATA COLLECTION:
In-class approach
One day school-wide approach
Multiple day school-wide approach
Within-grade approach

15. Essentials Checklist (p. 30)
Setting It All Up:
Essentials Checklist (p. 30)
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16. Benchmark Assessment Essentials Checklist (continued)
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17. After Testing
Make Sure There is a Data Entry Plan and Responsibilities--Don’t Wait Until Afterward
Make Sure that a “Done Time” is Specified and Adhered To
Schedule a Staff Debriefing
To Demonstrate How to Interpret and Share Information
Do Debrief What Worked and Problem-Solve Solutions
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18. How do we prepare Parents?
A letter sent directly home?
An article in the the school newsletter describing Benchmark Testing?
Notes:
Be Proactive!
Avoid Confusion with “Norming!”
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19. Examples of Percentile Rank Norms using Aimsweb aggregates

21. Grade Level Data Meetings
Before Data meetings
Set standard
Create triangles/chart showing who meets/doesn’t meet
During data meetings
Determine where intervention is needed
After data meetings
Implementation
Integrity PM

22. Questions??? COMMENTS?

23. THANK YOU!

24. Excellent Websites
Aimsweb:
Illinois RtI website:
Florida Center for Reading Research:
Oregon Reading First Center: reading.uoregon.edu
Texas Center for Reading and Language Arts:
Consortium on Reading Excellence (CORE):
What Works Clearing House
National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS):
Illinois PBIS Network
Safe and Civil Schools:
National Center on Student Progress Monitoring