West Georgia RESA Assessment of Student Progress

“Working hand in hand to improve student achievement.”

Agenda RTIGRASP ToolsGrasp ProcessDatabaseTesting KeyComputerized AdministrationReportsRedelivery PlanDay 2

What does RTI look like in your school?

Create a picture/model of your RTI process? Grade Level

Use Guiding Questions

What GRASP believes…

The best intervention is a trained teacher

Tier I issues must be addressed first

All strategies should be targeted

RTI is designed to prevent students from failing

instead of waiting to offer help until a child fails

Universal Screening and Progress Monitoring Tools

Math •CCSS Math Concepts & Applications: Grades 2-10•CCSS Digit Fluency: 2-9•Math Readiness Inventory (MRI): Grades K-1•Probes

•Single Skill, Mixed Skill and Fluency

Reading•Oral Reading Fluency: Grades 1-HS•Reading Maze Comprehension: Grades 2-HS•Reading Readiness Inventory (RRI) Sight Words, Phoneme Segmentation, Letter Recognition, Letter Sounds, Rhyming (pilot): Grades K-1•Probes for all of the above

Big Picture ofThe GRASP Process

•Set up the easy to use database•Take screeners online or on paper•Analyze data in teacher teams•Schedule interventions•Progress monitor- many probes available online!•Examine student growth

Setting up the database

Take Screeners Online

OrPrint a copy of a

screener

Classwide Screener Average

Cut/Zone Scores

Math Item Analysis

Plan Interventions

Implement Intervention and Progress MonitorProbe Category: Word Problems - Adding and Subtracting

Teacher: Crystal Boyd Intervention: Singapore Math Models Intervention Frequency: 1/week Probe Frequency: 1/week Goal: 4 Status:  In Progress

Student History Report

Standards Based

Instruction Standards Based

Instruction

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Instruction

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Instruction

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Instruction

ScreenStudents

(See Screener Schedule)

Progress Monitor Interventions for

EffectivenessDetermine and

Implement Tier 1 Interventions

Determine and Implement Tier 2, 3, and 4 Interventions

Let’s Start Screening………….

Reading Fluency – middle of 1st grade through HS

Administering Oral Reading Fluency

Let’s Check Your Work

Getting Started•grasp1.wgretc.org

•Login: email address•Password: ChangeMe

•If you can login, then go on a quick break or look at the screeners and probes in Downloads. •If you cannot login, please let your trainer help you.

GRASP Guide to Database Setup and

Screening

-See Message Center or Downloads

-You will have an opportunity to add a student or use one of your students, take the screeners, and then delete the information!

Kindergarten & First GradeLook at tests in

DownloadsMake a list of what

screeners you will give beginning, middle and end of the year.

There are several screeners. You can use them all or use some. You decide what works best and make it consistent.

Let’s Take Online Screeners

•Maze Reading Comprehension - Practice

•Digit Fluency - Practice

•Create Testing Key

•Concepts and Applications – •5th grade (Elementary)•8th grade (M/HS)

Reports…Classwide Screening

Average

Math Item Analysis

Student History Report

Review to give the first universal screeners

Paper/pencil screeners•Make enough copies of the test for each student•Pass out the tests face down•Read the directions•Begin the test•Stop the test when time is up•Score the tests•Enter data in the database

Online screeners•Generate test key•Assist students in logging in and selecting the right test•Read the instructions•Begin testing

Day 2 Training•Make sure you have completed all of your screening before coming to Day 2.

•On day 2 we will use your data to do the following:•Tier 1 plan•Tier 2, 3 & 4•Progress monitoring using probes•Inputting information into the GRASP database•More Reports

Make a Redelivery Plan

•Who will redeliver?•Have students and teacher and student been imported? If not, let your trainer know.•Who will be responsible for assigning students to classes?•What will be your testing window?•Where do you find the screeners if you are giving them paper pencil?•Where do you find directions on how to give screeners?•How do you put a score in the computer?•How do you get a testing key?•How do you give a computerized version?•How do you look at reports?

•Classwide Screening Average •Math Item AnalysisStudent History Report

Technical Support

grasp@garesa.org770-583-2528

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