Brandywine Schools: Measurement Workshop With Jim Wright

On Tuesday, 9 June 2015, Jim Wright presented a full-day workshop to special educators from the Brandywine School District in Wilmington, DE, on the topic How Special Educators Can Use Data to Establish Effective Classroom Intervention Goals and Monitor Student Progress. Below are resources shared at that training:

PowerPoint Slides: How Special Educators Can Use Data to Establish Effective Classroom Intervention Goals and Monitor Student Progress [NOTE: PPT will be posted after the workshop]
Handout 1: Classroom Assessment & Special Education [1]
Handout 2: CBM Reading: Practice Packet [2]

1. Collecting Meaningful Student Data: Foundation Principles

2. Curriculum-Based Measurement: How to Assess a Range of Basic Academic Skills

Curriculum-Based Measurement: Sample Measures and Norms
CBM Type	Online CBM Application	CBM Directions & Norms
CBM: Letter Name Fluency & Letter Sound Fluency	Letter Name Fluency Generator [3]	LNF/LSF: Directions & Norms [4]
CBM: Oral Reading Fluency	Reading Passage Generator [5] DIBELS Next: Free Reading Passages [6] (NOTE: You must create a free account to access these materials.)	Oral Reading Fluency: Directions & Norms [7]
CBM: Maze Passages (Comprehension)	Maze Passage Generator [8] DIBELS Next: Free Maze ('Daze') Passages [6] (NOTE: You must create a free account to access these materials.)	Maze: Directions & Norms [9]
CBM: Early Math Fluency	Early Math Fluency Generator [10]	Early Math Fluency: Directions & Norms [11]
CBM: Math Computation	Math Worksheet Generator: Intervention Central [12] SuperKids.com Math Worksheet Generator [13]	Math Computation: Directions & Norms [14]
CBM: Written Expression	Writing Probe Generator [15]	Writing: Directions & Norms [16]

3. Review of Data Collection Methods: How to Track Most Classroom Academic & Behavioral Targets

Cumulative Mastery Log

Rubrics

How To: Use Rubrics in Student Assessment [19]

Behavioral Checklists

Behavior Report Cards

4. Making Sense of Student Data: How to Establish Baseline, Set a Meaningful Goal, & Create a Progress-Monitoring Plan

How To: Structure Data Collection for Individual Students: Baseline, Goal, Progress-Monitoring [26]
Student Intervention: Progress-Monitoring Sheet [27] [in RTF/MS Word format]. This sheet allows electronic entry of student monitoring data.
Setting Individual RTI Academic Performance Goals for the Off-Level Student Using Research Norms [28] & PPT [29] & PPT [30]

5. Charting Data: How to Create Visual Displays to Enhance Decision-Making

Handout: The Intervention Central Guide to…Setting Up and Interpreting Time-Series Charts [31]

ChartDog 'Classic'. [32] [33]This free charting application is web-based. Data is stored (as a static web page) on the user’s computer.The app allows the user to enter up to 2 data series (e.g., reading fluency, reading errors) on one student graph, add an unlimited number of data points, and create an unlimited number of different chart phases. The app includes data-analysis tools, including the ability to calculate trendlines for each data phase.t There is also a ChartDog 'Classic' Manual [34].

Excel Spreadsheet: Student Progress-Monitoring Graph: Single Intervention Phase. [35]This graph has no macros (custom computer code). It allows you to enter data for baseline and one intervention phase. The graph also will compute a trendline to plot the average rate of student progress during the intervention phase. There is no limit on the number of intervention data points that you can plot.
Excel Spreadsheet: Student Progress-Monitoring Graph: Three Intervention Phases [36]. This graph allows you to enter data for baseline and up to 3 intervention phases. It also will compute an aimline/goal line and trendline for each intervention phase. Note: Because this file contains macros (custom computer code), your computer may not allow you to run it or may require that you change your security settings before it will run properly.
ChartDog Online Graphmaker. [33]This free online application allows the user to enter student data for an unlimited number of intervention phases, to plot aimlines and trendlines for each data series, and to save charts for later updating. This application does require more effort to learn than the excel files above, so you may also want to check out the ChartDog Manual. [37]

6. Putting It in Writing: How to Create Objective, Data-Focused IEP Goals