Essential+Element+++Individual+Progress+Monitoring

 Individual progress is monitored for students who are identified for intervention within an RtI model. Objective, reliable, valid, and sensitive measures are used in this process. Multiple assessment forms or probes are used at each grade level, allowing regular assessment without duplication of probes. Assessments are administered on a regular basis (e.g., weekly); student progress is graphed for each student receiving intervention; and clearly specified, quantitative progress goals are set prior to intervention to inform decision making. To facilitate the decision making process, graphs include visual displays of baseline data, a pre-determined number of data points, an aim line, a goal line, and phase change lines. Individual districts or schools establish guidelines regarding the number of progress-monitoring data points (e.g., 7 data points) necessary to determine students’ response to intervention(s). An electronic database may be used to manage and document student data and to facilitate ongoing reliability checks to ensure accurate data are collected for decision making. Professional development on the administration and scoring of assessment measures and the use of assessment data for decision making is provided to school personnel.
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