USING DATA IN IOWA TIER

Sarah Brown, PhDIowa Department of Education

Agenda and Outcomes

■ Review data-use and purpose of Iowa TIER

■ Review questions answered by data in Iowa TIER

■ Review data available in current Iowa TIER graphs

Agenda

PURPOSE OF IOWA TIER

Iowa TIER■ Iowa TIER was developed

to support Iowa schools’ use of an MTSS school improvement process.

■ Currently, Iowa TIER houses reading universal screening data and progress monitoring data for students in preschool through grades 6.

■ It is required that K-3 reading screening data are uploaded.

Questions Not Answers

■ MTSS is about asking questions to identify where resources need to be allocated.

■ MTSS is about both system improvement and supporting individual students.

■ The graphs used by various teams will depend on the question being asked.

Question: Is the Universal Tier Sufficient (for the learners in our building today)?

Purpose: Determine if the amount of resources currently focused on improving the universal tier (Iowa Core Implementation) is sufficient.

One type of report…

Question: Which learners need additional support?

Purpose:

■Determine which learners need additional support.

■This is related to progress monitoring and intervention requirements of Chapter 62.

Question: Which learners need additional support?

Question: What was the overall effectiveness of the intervention?

Purpose:

■Determine the overall effectiveness of an intervention.

■It is recommended that at least 65% of learners in an intervention are successful.

Question: How effective is current instruction for the learner?Purpose:

■Determine the overall effectiveness of current instruction or intervention for an individual student.

How are subgroups performing?

Another type of report…

Question: How does our performance compare to…?

FUTURE OF IOWA TIER DATA USE

Iowa TIERContinue to build additional reports to support schools’ use of data in improving:

■ Universal Tier Instruction

■ Targeted Tier Instruction

■ Intensive Tier Instruction

Expand system to support other data components (e.g. behavior)