1. Data-Based Instructional Decision Making
Cindy Edwards
RtI-504/Dyslexia Admin. Supervisor
Whole Child Conference, 2012

2. Overview
Data-Based Decisions

3. Universal Screener Follow the Medical Model
General Outcomes Measures and Curriculum Based Measurements

4. All students are given a brief screening measure
All students are given a brief screening measure. This assessment is given one to three times per year, (i.e., fall, winter, and spring) and the data are used to make decisions about which students are potentially struggling with reading and/or math.

5. Progress Monitoring How often? What do we use?
How do we know when to adjust instruction or intervention?

6. Determining Performance Level

7. Determining Performance Level
If a student’s average score on the last three
probes is equal to or greater than the benchmark,
the student is responding adequately to instruction.

8. Determining Rate of Growth
(or slope) indicates how much a student’s reading skills have improved over time. It is usually represented by the slope of a student’s graphed scores.

9. A student’s slope can be determined with the following pieces of information:
• The score on the first probe: y1
• The score on the last probe: y2
• The first administration (e.g., week 1): x1
• The last administration (e.g., week 8): x2

10. Gap Analysis
A critical factor in determining whether a student is making sufficient progress in Tier I is conducting a Gap Analysis.
Example:
Benchmark vs. Current Level of Performance = Gap
90 wpm/40 wpm = 2.25
2+ = Significant Gap and signifies a need for Tier II or Tier III intervention to close the Gap between student and peers

11. Planning Interventions
Most Important Part of Progress Monitoring-
Use the Data!
The following Instructional elements may be altered to enhance student performance:
Instructional Strategies
Size of Group
Time Allocated for Instruction
Materials Used

12. AIMSweb Universal Screener
Organizes Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) and DIBELS™Data for Benchmark Assessment Fall, Winter, and Spring
Prepares Reports for Teachers, Principals, and Administrators on Individual Students, Classes, Grades, Schools, and School Districts
IdentifiesAt Risk Students Early
Objectively DeterminesRates of Progress for Individual Students, Schools, and NCLB Risk Groups
Allows Evaluationat Multiple Levels of Comparison Groups
PrintsProfessional Reports for Parent Conferences and Other Meetings

13. AIMSWEB basics
Norm-based
National-(aggregate)
State
Local

14. Criterion-based
Tiers
Classifications based on cut scores
AIMS
WEB

15. AIMSWEB
All assessments measure the same skills in the same way EVERY time
All that varies is the expectation of mastery

16. Consistency allows you to see patterns of errors
AIMS
WEB
Consistency allows you to see patterns of errors

22. Instructional Grouping
Implement concentrated instruction that is focused on a small but targeted set of skill.
Adjust the overall pace
Include opportunities for extensive practice and high quality feedback with one-on-one instruction
Share all data with the student, they must own their data

23. Road Blocks
The distinction between Tier II and Tier III interventions are blurry
Many students needing Tier III instruction in reading have great deficits in decoding, when do you teach the other major components of reading?
School and staff resources are often too limited to support small group instruction for Tier III
Schools sometimes give the least experienced teachers the toughest-to-teach kids
Students needing multiple interventions sometimes miss out on electives or things that keep them motivated

24. What are your Road Blocks?