ELLA Module 3 Assessments and Interventions

Goals for Today: Participants will be able to: Identify the four purposes for assessment. Align DIBELS assessments to the four purposes. Implement a process for identifying struggling students and meeting their intervention needs. Analyze student data in order to plan appropriate student interventions. Arkansas Department of Education

Arkansas Laws Act 999: Arkansas Comprehensive Testing, Assessment and Accountability Program Act (ACTAAP) Act 1294: To Ensure That Children With Dyslexia Have Their Needs Met by the Public School System; and for Other Purposes Arkansas Department of Education

Response to Intervention (RtI) Tier 1 Core Classroom Instruction Tier 2 Supplementary Instruction Tier 3 Intensive Intervention INCREASING Time, Intensity, Data Collection, and Expertise Arkansas Department of Education

Grades K-1 Screening Phonological /Phonemic Awareness Sound/Symbol Recognition Alphabet Knowledge DecodingRapid Naming Encoding PSF X LNF X NWF X X X X RAN X DSA X X X X

Prevention of Reading Difficulties Requires having three essential practices in place: 1.A systematic process for screening all K-2 students to determine which students are likely to struggle with learning to read. 2.Procedures to provide data-driven, differentiated intervention instruction for students who fail to meet assessment benchmarks. 3.Progress monitoring to ensure struggling students are making progress and stay on track once a benchmark is reached. I’ve DIBEL’d, Now What Next Edition, Susan Hall

Four Purposes of Assessment 1.Screening 2.Diagnostic 3.Progress Monitoring 4.Outcome Arkansas Department of Education

DIBELS Screening “Benchmark Assessment Screenings” Administered in the fall, winter, and spring Estimates the likelihood of later reading success Does not tell educators everything there is to know about the student’s reading development and skills. Arkansas Department of Education

Diagnostic Standardized Diagnostic Assessments Informal Diagnostic Assessments Arkansas Department of Education

DIBELS Progress Monitoring Sensitive to change over a short period of time Frequent, repeated administrations to monitor the progress of students receiving intervention instruction Tracking progress using student trajectories Aids in decisions about the effectiveness of the intervention instruction Arkansas Department of Education

DIBELS Outcome “Benchmark Assessment Screenings” Inform administrators about the level of resources needed for intervention instruction Identify gaps in curriculum Identify professional development needs Arkansas Department of Education

Reading is a multifaceted skill, gradually acquired over years of instruction and practice. The Many Strands that are Woven into Skilled Reading (Scarborough, 2001) BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE VOCABULARY KNOWLEDGE LANGUAGE STRUCTURES VERBAL REASONING COMPREHENSION PHON. AWARENESS PHONICS FLUENCY SKILLED READING: fluent execution and coordination of word recognition and text comprehension. LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION WORD RECOGNITION increasingly automatic increasingly strategic Skilled Reading- fluent execution and coordination of word recognition and text comprehension.

Outcomes Driven Model (ODM) 1.Identify Need 2.Validate Need 3.Plan and Implement Support 4.Evaluate and Modify Support 5.Evaluate Outcomes Arkansas Department of Education

DIBELS Screening Yes Meets goal? Core Instruction MOY EOY No Diagnostic Assessment Determine Need Intervention Instruction Meets goal? PM YesNo Continue Intervention MOY EOY 1. Identify Need 2. Validate Need 3. Plan and Implement Support 4. Evaluate/Modify Support 5. Evaluate Outcomes

Step 1: Identify Need DIBELS Next 1.Review the Composite Sheet 2.Review the Indicator Scores 3.Analyze each Scoring Page 4.Record Observations DIBELS, 6 TH Edition 1.Analyze the Whole Picture 2.Note Areas of Concern 3.Study Error Patterns on Booklet Pages 4.Summarize Observations Analyze Error Patterns Arkansas Department of Education

Reflection Did today spark any “aha” moments that you can share? How will you use what you learned? Arkansas Department of Education