1. SLD: The Big Picture- Exemplary Eligibility Reports Training November 30, 2010 Gina Hopper Carrie Semmelroth Rich Henderson Nancy Thomas Price Teresa Fritsch Evelyn Johnson

2. Idaho 2010 SLD Research Project Overview Project length: June-October 2010 327 eligibility reports from all four June 2010 peer review sites Two data coders, 86% inter-rater reliability Will continue with eligibility report data to be gathered Spring 2011

3. Data Analysis: Frequency Areas Evaluation purpose, Eligibility decision, Regional distribution, Grade level, Native Language Areas of Concern –Basic Reading, Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension, Oral Expression, Written Expression, Listening Comprehension, Math Problem Solving, Math Calculation

10. Area of Concern by Grade

14. Data Analysis: Eligibility Report Filters Filter TypeExplanation Filter 1 SLD eligibility and one area of concern (Basic Reading, Math Problem Solving, etc) Filter 2 Appropriate core assessment, percent of peers >=70%, and student did not meet target Filter 3 Appropriate intervention area (Progress Monitoring) At least one attached PM graph with: aimline, trendline, decision points, student’s ROI, and national or local norm(s) for grade level peers Filter 4 SLD not due to lack of instruction, appropriate location for observation Filter 5 At least one appropriate academic achievement test in area of concern with score <90 Filter 6 At least one appropriate psychological processing test score in area of concern with score <90

24. Percentage of Files after Filters Area of ConcernBegin. Amt.End Amt.Remaining %age Reading Fluency1331511% Basic Reading1222218% Reading Comprehension1142723% Oral Expression2500% Written Expression8967% Listening Comprehension 3733% Math Calculation781215% Math Problem Solving8189%

25. Summary of Findings Top three areas of concern are reading 72% of eligibility determinations are in grades 1-6 Gender differences appear to be less pronounced in the SLD eligibility determination process Additional training/development needed in areas of progress monitoring

26. Questions/Comments? Dr. Evelyn Johnson evelynjohnson@boisestate.edu (208) 426-2189 Carrie Semmelroth carriesemmelroth@boisestate.edu (208) 426-2818