b. The child may be referred to Special Education. What are the assessments and screeners used to identify struggling students? Assessment AIMSWeb Reading STAR Renaissance Qualitative Reading Learning Inventory-4 (QRI-4) Description Progress monitoring system Benchmark assessment used Informal reading inventory based on direct, frequent for assessing and made up of word identification, assessment of fluency and documenting students' fluency, and comprehension comprehension abilities. development as readers over tasks used to assess reading Assessments provide online time. The STAR evaluates the skills and diagnose reading data for analysis and tracking major aspects of reading & difficulties and problems. progress. vocabulary that are critical to The QRI-4 is administered independence as a reader. For benchmarking, the MAZE, one-on-one over several short a 3 minute cloze-like The assessments are meetings. The evaluator assessment is administered conducted as a whole group. conducts assessments of word to a large group. The R-CBM, recognition using word lists. (3) one-minute selected Students read short passages The student then previews, passage readings, is and answer related reads, retells, and answers administered one-on-one. comprehension questions. explicit and implicit comprehension questions For progress monitoring, the The assessment can be used regarding either narrative or MAZE and/or R-CBM, with to follow students’ growth over expository passages. only (1) one-minute passage multiple years. reading. Purpose To screen and identify To assess and diagnose To identify students’ reading students in need of reading reading problems, observe level, independent reading interventions and monitor the reading abilities and behaviors, strengths and weaknesses, progress and improvement of and identify students’ planning for instruction, and students over the course of independent, instructional, and monitoring reading growth. the school year. frustration level. Students Benchmark: ALL STUDENTS ONLY students being brought Progress Monitoring: Tested to the RtI team after repeated Students being provided with ALL STUDENTS failure to respond to classroom Tier 2 RtI reading reading interventions. interventions. Assessment Benchmarking: One time Any time throughout the year. during fall, winter, and spring. Benchmarking: One time To be set up with Reading Times Progress Monitoring: during fall, winter, and spring. Support Personnel upon according to schedule signing student up for RtI team created. meeting.
b. The child may be referred to Special Education. What are the assessments and screeners used to identify struggling students? Assessment AIMSWeb Reading STAR Renaissance Learning Qualitative Reading Inventory-4 (QRI-4) Description Progress monitoring system based on direct, frequent assessment of fluency and comprehension abilities. Assessments provide online data for analysis and tracking progress. For benchmarking, the MAZE, a 3 minute cloze-like assessment is administered to a large group. The R-CBM, (3) one-minute selected passage readings, is administered one-on-one. For progress monitoring, the MAZE and/or R-CBM, with only (1) one-minute passage reading. Benchmark assessment used for assessing and documenting students' development as readers over time. The STAR evaluates the major aspects of reading & vocabulary that are critical to independence as a reader. The assessments are conducted as a whole group. Students read short passages and answer related comprehension questions. The assessment can be used to follow students’ growth over multiple years. Informal reading inventory made up of word identification, fluency, and comprehension tasks used to assess reading skills and diagnose reading difficulties and problems. The QRI-4 is administered one-on-one over several short meetings. The evaluator conducts assessments of word recognition using word lists. The student then previews, reads, retells, and answers explicit and implicit comprehension questions regarding either narrative or expository passages. Purpose To screen and identify students in need of reading interventions and monitor the progress and improvement of students over the course of the school year. To identify students’ reading level, independent reading strengths and weaknesses, planning for instruction, and monitoring reading growth. To assess and diagnose reading problems, observe reading abilities and behaviors, and identify students’ independent, instructional, and frustration level. Students Tested Benchmark: ALL STUDENTS Progress Monitoring: Students being provided with Tier 2 RtI reading interventions. ALL STUDENTS ONLY students being brought to the RtI team after repeated failure to respond to classroom reading interventions. Assessment Times Benchmarking: One time during fall, winter, and spring. Progress Monitoring: according to schedule created. Benchmarking: One time during fall, winter, and spring. Any time throughout the year. To be set up with Reading Support Personnel upon signing student up for RtI team meeting.