Progress monitoring is a scientifically based practice that is used to assess students' academic performance and evaluate the effectiveness of instruction. Progress monitoring can be implemented with individual students or an entire class. Used extensively in an RtII setting or in special education to ensure that gaps in critical skills are closing, progress monitoring provides teachers and parents with a clear indication that intensive, targeted instruction is working.
A handy reference analyzing tools available for Progress Monitoring can be found at the National Center for Response to Intervention. Tools are evaluated according to reliability, validity, norms and ability to track rate of improvement. A great resource!
Another terrific online resource for FREE is Easy CBM. Free probes with multiple forms, data management with graphs, some measures can be taken by students online, reports created for whole classes or individual students. Measures are available in relevant grades from kindergarten through eighth grade for the following skill areas:
Letter Names, Letter Sounds, Phoneme Segmenting
Word reading fluency
Passage Reading Fluency
Multiple Choice Reading Comprehension Questions
Measurement
Numbers and Operations
Geometry
Numbers, Operations and Algebra
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Choosing the right progress monitoring measure for a student with multiple needs is sometimes difficult. Here is a matrix that matches instructional level with measures for reading, math and writing skills. It was just updated to include the latest from Aimsweb, DIBELS Next, Monitoring Basic Skills Progress and some helpful specific skills measures.
A handy reference analyzing tools available for Progress Monitoring can be found at the National Center for Response to Intervention. Tools are evaluated according to reliability, validity, norms and ability to track rate of improvement. A great resource!
Another terrific online resource for FREE is Easy CBM. Free probes with multiple forms, data management with graphs, some measures can be taken by students online, reports created for whole classes or individual students. Measures are available in relevant grades from kindergarten through eighth grade for the following skill areas:
Choosing the right progress monitoring measure for a student with multiple needs is sometimes difficult. Here is a matrix that matches instructional level with measures for reading, math and writing skills. It was just updated to include the latest from Aimsweb, DIBELS Next, Monitoring Basic Skills Progress and some helpful specific skills measures.
Progress Monitoring Across grade levels grid