Nassau BOCES: Supporting RTI, the Common Core, and Special Education: How to Collect Data in the Classroom

On Tuesday, 24 March 2015, Jim Wright presented the following workshop at Nassau BOCES in Westbury, NY: How to Use Classroom Data to Set Goals and Monitor Student Progress: Classroom First Responder Series. Here are resources shared at the workshop:

How To: Create a Written Record of Classroom Interventions [3]
Classroom Intervention Planning Sheet [4] (Interactive Form)
DIBELS NEXT: Free materials for both CBM Oral Reading Fluency and CBM-Maze Reading Comprehnsion [5]. [NOTE: Requires you to create a free user account before accessing materials]

Here are data collection resources for use in classrooms:

Classroom Progress-Monitoring Methods Checklist [6]

1. Academics: Acquisition of Basic Skills

Cumulative Mastery Log

2. Academics: Fluency in Basic Skills

Curriculum-Based Measurement

Curriculum-Based Measurement: Sample Measures and Norms
CBM Type	CBM Materials	CBM Directions & Norms
CBM: Letter Name Fluency & Letter Sound Fluency	Letter Name Fluency Generator [9]	LNF/LSF: Directions & Norms [10]
CBM: Oral Reading Fluency	Reading Passage Generator [11] DIBELS Next: Free Reading Passages [12] (NOTE: You must create a free account to access these materials.)	Oral Reading Fluency: Directions & Norms [13]
CBM: Maze Passages (Comprehension)	Maze Passage Generator [14] DIBELS Next: Free Maze ('Daze') Passages [12] (NOTE: You must create a free account to access these materials.)	Maze: Directions & Norms [15]
CBM: Early Math Fluency	Early Math Fluency Generator [16]	Early Math Fluency: Directions & Norms [17]
CBM: Math Computation	Math Worksheet Generator: Intervention Central [18] SuperKids.com Math Worksheet Generator [19]	Math Computation: Directions & Norms [20]
CBM: Written Expression	Writing Probe Generator [21]	Writing: Directions & Norms [22]

3. Academics: Complex Skills

Rubrics

4. Academics: Survival Skills

Self-Monitoring Checklists
Academic Survival Skills Checklists

5. Behaviors

Behavior Report Cards
Frequency Counts

Additional Data Collection Resources

Data Collection: How To...Match a Progress-Monitoring Tool to Every Classroom Problem [6]
How To: Structure Data Collection for Individual Students: Baseline, Goal, Progress-Monitoring [32]
Student Intervention: Progress-Monitoring Sheet [33] [in RTF/MS Word format]. This sheet allows electronic entry of student monitoring data.

Graphing Tools

Excel Spreadsheet: Student Progress-Monitoring Graph: Single Intervention Phase. [34]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. [35]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. [36]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]

Here are 3 websites with good research-based intervention ideas:

Intervention Central [38]
Evidence-Based Intervention Network [39]
Cognitive Strategy Instruction [40]

Here are academic interventions mentioned at the workshop:

Reading Fluency

Fluency. The student reads with adequate fluency to comprehend the text.

Repeated Reading: Group. [41]This version of repeated reading is delivered to a group of 3 students.

Reading Comprehension

Main Idea:The student locates the main idea of a paragraph or passage in informational text.

Read-Ask-Paraphrase. [42] The student locates main idea and supporting details for each paragraph and summarizes them on a graphic organizer. RAP Interactive Form [43]
Ask-Read-Tell. [44]The student creates a reading plan and sets reading goals, monitors understanding while reading, and reflects on the reading once finished. ART Interactive Form. [45]

Spelling

Spelling Acquisition. The student is able to spell a grade-appropriate range of words correctly.

Cover-Copy-Compare. [46]The student studies spelling-word (or sight-word) models, covers them, copies them from memory, and compares copied words to the originals. CCC Interactive Form [47]

RTI: The Model

New York State Education Department Guidance Document on RTI. [48] Released in October 2010, this NYSED guidance document provides a guide to schools at any grade level in how to structure their RTI model and services.
NYS RTI Technical Assistance Center [49]. This site provides resources and guidance for NYS schools on implementation of RTI.
NYSED 2008 RTI Guidance Memo. [50] This memo presents the main points of the Regents Policy Framework on RTI for schools.
NYSED Part 100 Regulations on RTI. [51] This subsection of Part 100.2 (NYSED regulations) describes expectations for RTI for all schools.
RTI Readiness Checklist. [52] This checklist from the NYS RTI Technical Assistance Center allows schools to self-administer a quick 'RTI Readiness Check'.

Jim Wright: Future Nassau BOCES Workshops

Here are dates and topics for Jim Wright's upcoming trainings: