The Core Competency Outline is intended for use in higher education courses and ongoing professional development settings in which there is an expectation that participants will master the identified competencies.  All aspects of student progress monitoring are covered.  While there are many ways to utilize the Outline, some examples include: (a) a University faculty member may use this outline to set up his/her semester course outline; (b) a professional development provider in a school district may use the core competency outline to develop a year-long professional development plan, where each competency is covered within each 6-week period.  (The National Center on Student ...

This module was developed by the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN). This resource is a 508 compliant presentation featuring searchable presentation captioning and video, navigation points, and synchronized, downloadable accompanying materials. This unit discusses assessment and progress monitoring. It talks about the reasons for assessments, the importance of objectivity in assessments, progress monitoring, and the paraeducator's particular role in all of those activities. The instructor has the user complete exercises in order to better understand the material.

The Core Competency Outline is intended for use in higher education courses and ongoing professional development settings in which there is an expectation that participants will master the identified competencies.  All aspects of student progress monitoring are covered.  While there are many ways to utilize the Outline, some examples include: (a) a University faculty member may use this outline to set up his/her semester course outline; (b) a professional development provider in a school district may use the core competency outline to develop a year-long professional development plan, where each competency is covered within each 6-week period.  (The National Center on Student ...

These modules were developed to enable district teams to meet their increasing professional development needs in a flexible as-needed manner. While the modules will not provide all the information that you need to implement Response to Intervention effectively, they will provide an awareness of each of the key components and materials to help staff understand how Response to Intervention is consistent with many instructional and leadership initiatives: Personal Literacy Plans, Secondary Reform, Special Education Eligibility, Professional Learning Communities. Two to three activities are built in to each module to encourage adult learning and interaction with topics. Follow-up resources and ...

The Classroom Assessment KnowledgeBase is an online resource for State departments of education to use as part of their professional development efforts with districts and schools.  Organized around five elements, it brings together concepts, how-to guidance, tools, and resources about classroom assessment.  The five elements  are (a) Determine the Goals of Formative Assessment; (b) Design or Select the Assessment; (c) Administer the Assessment; (d) Understand and Interpret the Assessment Results; and (e) Make Adjustments in Instruction and Assessment.  ((Located at the University of Oklahoma, the Mid-Continent Comprehensive Center is a regional technical assistance center ...

The IRIS Center offers eight online modules on Response to Intervention.  Among the topics are: (a) what RTI means and how to implement it; (b) progress monitoring procedures (assessment of students); (c) applications of RTI for reading instruction; (d) considerations for school leaders; and other topics.  Case studies, InfoBriefs, and a podcast on response to intervention are also available.  On RTI and other topics, Vanderbilt University’s  IRIS Center provides free interactive enhancement materials that translate research into practice for preservice faculty and professional development providers.  IRIS modules apply the “How People Learn” theory developed ...

The Research Institute on Progress Monitoring provides two online modules; The “Progress Monitoring: Study Group Content Module” provides an introduction to procedures for monitoring student progress in the classroom, based on Curriculum Based Measurement, and the steps required to implement a system for screening and monitoring students in the area of reading.  The “Progress Monitoring: Leadership Team Content Module” is intended to help Leadership Teams undertake support activities that are necessary if classroom teachers are going to develop and effectively use progress monitoring data to increase student achievement.  (The RIPM is a project of the Institute for Community ...

This guide offers five recommendations to help educators effectively use data to monitor students’ academic progress and evaluate instructional practices. The guide recommends that schools set a clear vision for schoolwide data use, develop a data-driven culture, and make data part of an ongoing cycle of instructional improvement. The guide also recommends teaching students how to use their own data to set learning goals.

Taking early action may be key to helping students struggling with mathematics. The eight recommendations in this guide are designed to help teachers, principals, and administrators use Response to Intervention for the early detection, prevention, and support of students struggling with mathematics.

This guide offers five specific recommendations to help educators identify struggling readers and implement evidence-based strategies to promote their reading achievement.  Teachers and reading specialists can utilize these strategies to implement RtI and multi-tier intervention methods and frameworks at the classroom or school level.  Recommendations cover how to screen students for reading problems, design a multi-tier intervention program, adjust instruction to help struggling readers, and monitor student progress.

This guide offers five recommendations to help educators effectively use data to monitor students’ academic progress and evaluate instructional practices. The guide recommends that schools set a clear vision for schoolwide data use, develop a data-driven culture, and make data part of an ongoing cycle of instructional improvement. The guide also recommends teaching students how to use their own data to set learning goals.

Taking early action may be key to helping students struggling with mathematics. The eight recommendations in this guide are designed to help teachers, principals, and administrators use Response to Intervention for the early detection, prevention, and support of students struggling with mathematics.

This guide offers five specific recommendations to help educators identify struggling readers and implement evidence-based strategies to promote their reading achievement.  Teachers and reading specialists can utilize these strategies to implement RtI and multi-tier intervention methods and frameworks at the classroom or school level.  Recommendations cover how to screen students for reading problems, design a multi-tier intervention program, adjust instruction to help struggling readers, and monitor student progress.

The Wisconsin Personnel Development Model (WPDM) is designed to provide professional development activities that improve the knowledge and skills of service providers by the delivery of effective, sustained and outcome based professional development. These materials cover agendas, slides and handouts for presentations on (a) beginning school implementation; (b) framework appraisal; (c) resource mapping; (d) progress monitoring; (e) family involvement; and (f) the Wisconsin Personnel Development Model (which is specific to REACh).

This is a set of guides for workshop presenters.  Guides that are available for download are (a) Effective Fluency Instruction and Progress Monitoring; (b) Establishing a Field-Based Literacy Lab; (c) Foundations of Reading: Effective Phonological Instruction and Progress Monitoring; and (d) Word Analysis: Principles for Instruction and Progress Monitoring. These guides were developed between 2000 and 2009. Also see related booklets at the top of the page. (Founded in 1996 as the Texas Center for Reading & Language Arts, the Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts is a research and development initiative at the University of Texas at Austin.  The Center draws upon State, ...

The Introductory RtI Training Modules are video presentations designed to provide a brief overview of RtI and its components. The videos are: (a) Module 1: Problem Solving Model; (b) Module 2: Universal Screening and Progress Monitoring; (c) Module 3: Multi-Tiered Intervention Provision: Service Delivery and Student Eligibility; (d) Module 4: Intervention Selection and Implementation; (e) Module 5: School Problem Solving Teams; and (f) Module 6: Practical Issues in Implementing RTI. Except for the first presentation, each topic is presented in a series of videos. Module developed by the Response-to-Intervention Consortium, Nebraska Department of Education, and managed by the University of ...

This professional development module -- consisting of a PowerPoint presentation and a presenter's manual -- describes progress monitoring, explains common techniques often mistaken for progress monitoring, and discusses application of progress monitoring in mathematics at both the elementary and secondary grade levels.  It also provides resources for additional information.  (The Center on Instruction is a project of RMC Research Corporation in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  Funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), it is a content center serving as a resource for the regional Comprehensive Centers.)

Five online modules are available on using assessment results to improve instruction -- particularly the results of large-scale assessments.  Titles are: (a) Introduction and Lay of the Land (explains how expertise in educational measurement can support teachers in continuously improving instruction); (b) Test Scores (describe types of test scores and test interpretation methods such as norm and criterion referencing); (c) Principles of Measurement (technical aspects of test quality, reliability, validity, fairness and methods of developing standardized tests; (d) What Does This Mean For My Classroom: (explains how teachers can effectively use the results of large-scale assessments; and ...

Here you will find recordings, transcripts, and slides from ten webinars on progress monitoring topics conducted by the National Center on Student Progress Monitoring -- as well as three online training modules on using Curriculum-Based Measurement in:  (a) Progress Monitoring in Math; (b) Progress Monitoring in Reading; and (c) Student Progress Monitoring.  (The National Center on Student Progress Monitoring was a project of the American Institutes for Research in Washington DC.  It was funded by the Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.)

This series of modules provides information about how student progress monitoring, specifically Curriculum Based Measurement, can be used to determine a studentâ?s response to an intervention.â? Six modules are currently available: (a) Introduction to CBM for Progress Monitoring; (b) Using CBM for Progress Monitoring in Reading; (c) Using CBM for Progress Monitoring in Math; (d) Using CBM for Progress Monitoring in Written Expression and Spelling; (e) Other Ways to Use CBM Data; and (f) Using CBM to Determine Response to Intervention. Presentations, manuals, and handouts are included. References are shown on the research that underlies the modules. (The National Center on Response to Intervention, ...

This webinar presents up-to-date- research and practice on the assessment tools for secondary school level ELLs.  This webinar presents tests of English Language Proficiency and measures of student progress in this proficiency. Analysis of formative assessments helps teachers to monitor student progress and helps students to target their own learning needs.

RTI Talks are live, online discussions on Response to Intervention (RTI) featuring nationally recognized researchers and experienced implementers.  During an RTI Talk, experts are available to answer questions submitted prior to the talk or during the live event.   Since RTI Talks are text-based discussions, all you’ll need is Internet access to participate. You can submit your question in advance of the Talk, or during the scheduled event.  Recordings are available for a number of previous RTI Talks, covering implementation strategies as well as applications of RTI for particular subjects, skills, grade levels, and groups.  (Located in Washington DC, the RTI Action ...