2. 2003 Special Education Service Agency (907) 562-7372 Special Education Service Agency 2003Sp Data Assessment Lori Roth, Education Specialist Special Education Service Agency February 18, 2003 A+

3. 2003 Special Education Service Agency (907) 562-7372 Special Education Service Agency 2003Sp Agenda Introduction Who, What, Why & Where? Roles and Responsibilities? Methods and Uses? Questions?

4. 2003 Special Education Service Agency (907) 562-7372 Special Education Service Agency 2003Sp Who, What, Why and Where?

5. 2003 Special Education Service Agency (907) 562-7372 Special Education Service Agency 2003Sp What is Data Assessment? Data assessment is an objective and accurate measurement of student progress or lack of progress of a task, activity, or behavior. You must have a starting point (baseline) and ending point (criteria).

6. 2003 Special Education Service Agency (907) 562-7372 Special Education Service Agency 2003Sp Why Collect Data? Required by IDEA ‘97 to: Monitor and provide parents with documentation of progress towards mastery for annual IEP goals and objectives. Provide documentation for special education student participation in state- wide and alternate assessments.

7. 2003 Special Education Service Agency (907) 562-7372 Special Education Service Agency 2003Sp Why... Accurate data collection allows the teacher to: Determine a student’s present levels (PLEP) Determine adaptations or interventions Determine student progress or lack of progress Determine program modifications and supports Determine patterns of behavior

8. 2003 Special Education Service Agency (907) 562-7372 Special Education Service Agency 2003Sp Legal Documentation Cover Your……… Program

9. 2003 Special Education Service Agency (907) 562-7372 Special Education Service Agency 2003Sp Where is data collected? Everywhere!

10. 2003 Special Education Service Agency (907) 562-7372 Special Education Service Agency 2003Sp Educational Team Member’s Responsibility?

11. 2003 Special Education Service Agency (907) 562-7372 Special Education Service Agency 2003Sp Teacher Responsibilities Identify and define skill/behavior Establish BASELINE and CRITERIA Create a user-friendly data collection method Train team members to collect data across environments Review and analyze data weekly Modify programs based on data

12. 2003 Special Education Service Agency (907) 562-7372 Special Education Service Agency 2003Sp Related Service Personnel Responsibilities Evaluate in specialty areas for present level of performance (baseline) Provide recommendations to educational team based on evaluation Evaluate in specialty area for student progress (criteria)

13. 2003 Special Education Service Agency (907) 562-7372 Special Education Service Agency 2003Sp Para-Professional Responsibilities Participate in data collection training Collect data in environments where the teacher may not be present and during instruction Review and analyze data with educational staff

14. 2003 Special Education Service Agency (907) 562-7372 Special Education Service Agency 2003Sp Parent Responsibilities Participate in data collection training Collect data in home and community settings Share data with educational team on a regular basis

15. 2003 Special Education Service Agency (907) 562-7372 Special Education Service Agency 2003Sp How to Select a Data Collection Method?

16. 2003 Special Education Service Agency (907) 562-7372 Special Education Service Agency 2003Sp Direct Data Assessment Frequency Count (Rate) Interval Recording Antecedent-Behavior- Consequence (A-B-C) Duration Recording Permanent Product Video Environmental Analysis Task Analysis Skills Checklist Self-Monitoring Digital Images Photographs

17. 2003 Special Education Service Agency (907) 562-7372 Special Education Service Agency 2003Sp Frequency Count Number of times the behavior or skill occurred

18. 2003 Special Education Service Agency (907) 562-7372 Special Education Service Agency 2003Sp Interval Recording

19. 2003 Special Education Service Agency (907) 562-7372 Special Education Service Agency 2003Sp A-B-C Analysis Antecedent Behavior Consequence

20. 2003 Special Education Service Agency (907) 562-7372 Special Education Service Agency 2003Sp Duration Recording Start____________ Stop____________ Total Time_______ Start____________ Stop____________ Total Time_______ Stop____________ Start____________ Total Time_______ Stop____________ Start____________ Total Time_______

21. 2003 Special Education Service Agency (907) 562-7372 Special Education Service Agency 2003Sp Permanent Product skoole 04 +7 14 School 04 +7 11

22. 2003 Special Education Service Agency (907) 562-7372 Special Education Service Agency 2003Sp Environmental Analysis Hallway GroupRecessLunchMath Behavior or skill

23. 2003 Special Education Service Agency (907) 562-7372 Special Education Service Agency 2003Sp Task Analysis

24. 2003 Special Education Service Agency (907) 562-7372 Special Education Service Agency 2003Sp Digital Image/Photograph

25. 2003 Special Education Service Agency (907) 562-7372 Special Education Service Agency 2003Sp Indirect Data Assessment Interview Motivational Assessment Scale (1986 V. Mark Durand, Ph.D.) Review of Records

26. 2003 Special Education Service Agency (907) 562-7372 Special Education Service Agency 2003Sp Helpful Hints Measure only one behavior/skill Clearly define the behavior/skill Determine the correct data collection method Determine what environments data will be taken Provide training for accuracy and objectivity

27. 2003 Special Education Service Agency (907) 562-7372 Special Education Service Agency 2003Sp