Module:

RTI (Part 2): Assessment

Assessment

Please complete the items below. If you have difficulty, go back and review the Perspectives and Resources pages in this module.

1. What are the four components of RTI?
2. The two types of assessment used in RTI are universal screening and progress monitoring. Describe the purpose of each of these two types of assessment.

You are concerned about how you will complete the universal screening measure with all of your students and about how you will incorporate progress monitoring into your weekly lesson plan. To prepare for this task, complete the table below.

Note: Some of the items (marked by *) have been determined by the S-Team and cannot be changed. For these items, used the information that was provided in the modules. For the remaining items, complete them with information that will best work with your schedule.

Assessment	Questions to Consider for Planning	Ms. Hayes's Plan
Universal Screening	How often will the universal screening be administered (frequency)? When?	*
	What universal screening measure is my school using?	*
	What is the selection criterion?	*
	What day (week/month) will I begin the administration of the universal screening measure?	Note: must be completed by the end of September
	When during the day will I schedule the screening?
	How much time will I set aside each day for the screening?
Progress Monitoring	What progress monitoring measure(s) is my school using?	*
	How often will I administer progress monitoring probes?	*
	On which students will I collect progress monitoring data?
	When will I schedule the administration of probes (days/time)?
	What is the criterion set by the school to warrant Tier 2 placement?	*
	Who will graph the data?

4. In September you administer the beginning-of-year universal screening using a Dolch sight word list. Below is a list of the students' scores. (Remember that Rosa Parks identifies the students scoring in the bottom 25% as struggling readers.)
   
   
   1. What steps would you take to determine which students are in the bottom 25% of the class?
   2. List the names of the struggling students and describe what will happen to them in Tier 1.
   3. Imagine that the criterion for identifying struggling readers is a score below 15. How would this new criterion affect the number of students being identified as struggling readers?
      
      

      Sasha	30	Keisha	23	Bobby	12
      Peyton	6	Dylan	17	Rachel	11
      Sam	18	Kaitlyn	13	Maverick	9
      Kamini	19	Carson	7	Kayleigh	16
      Christopher	14	Andrew	20	Porter	10
      Abby	10	Holly	15	Shantaya	14

      
      

5. Below are the graphs for three students. View each graph and make a tier decision for each student. The benchmark and slope criteria are those used for the WIF (i.e., slope ≥ 1.8; fall benchmark = 15; winter benchmark = 25; spring benchmark = 30). Remember to use the slope calculator located on Perspectives and Resources page 5.