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What is data-based individualization?

  • Page 1: Overview of Data-Based Individualization

How can school personnel use data to make instructional decisions?

  • Page 2: Collecting and Evaluating Data
  • Page 3: Progress Monitoring
  • Page 4: Analyzing Progress Monitoring Data
  • Page 5: Diagnostic Assessment
  • Page 6: Error Analysis for Reading
  • Page 7: Error Analysis for Mathematics
  • Page 8: Making Data-Based Instructional Decisions for Reading
  • Page 9: Making Data-Based Instructional Decisions for Mathematics

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  • Page 10: References & Additional Resources
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Intensive Intervention (Part 2): Collecting and Analyzing Data for Data-Based Individualization

Assessment

  1. Describe why collecting data is essential in the DBI process. Be sure to mention the two types of data that should be collected.
  2. Explain the importance of conducting error analyses of students’ data or work samples. Be sure to include the types of information that you can obtain.
  3. Noah is a third-grade student who has severe and persistent difficulties in reading. He receives intensive, individualized instruction (Tier 3).
    1. Below is a graph of his progress monitoring data for the last eight weeks. View the graph and note whether Noah is responding to the intervention.
    2. Describe what the data pattern suggests (i.e., factors that might be contributing to his performance).
      assessment_graph_web

      Description

      This chart represents Noah’s progress monitoring data. The x-axis is labeled “Weeks” and numbered from 1 to 11 in one-week increments. The y-axis is labeled “Words Read Correctly” and is numbered 0 to 14 in step-word increments. A vertical black dotted line divides the graph at between Weeks 3 and 4. The left side of his divide is labeled “Baseline Data,” while the right side is labeled “Progress Monitoring Data.” Noah’s red goal line begins at Week 3 and indicates the following goals for his reading: 3 words per minute in Week 3, just below 4 words per minute in Week 4, just above 4 words per minute in Week 5, 5 words per minute in Week 6, 6 words per minute in Week 7, just below 6.5 words per minute in Week 8, just above 7 words per minute in Week 9, 8 words per minute in Week 10, and 8.5 words per minute in Week 11.

      Noah’s blue data line suggests the following correct responses per minute: 2 words per minute in Week 1, 7 words per minute in Week 2, 3 words per minute in Week 3, 10 words per minute in Week 4, 4 words per minute in Week 5, 1 word per minute in Week 6, 3 words per minute in Week 7, 8 words per minute in Week 8, 2 words per minute in Week 9, 7 words per minute in Week 10, and 5 words per minute in Week 11.

    3. Next, conduct an error analysis of Noah’s passage reading fluency probe using the attached error analysis form.
      Click here and print a copy of the form.
      Click here to view the scored probe.

      Scored probe

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      After scoring, click here for feedback.

      Error Categories
      Actual Word Student Responses Sight word Beginning sounds Ending sounds Short vowels Long vowels Silent e rule Vowel teams Consonant blends Other
      cause cow     X       X    
      trouble tro-uble             X    
      learned leaned                 X
      Hearon hero     X            
      weather weether             X    
      counted co-unted             X    
      early eerie     X       X    
                           
                           
                           
                           
      Created by the Iowa Department of Education and made available by Doing What Works. Used under a Creative Common License.

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    4. Based on the information on the error analysis form, what type of errors is Noah typically making?
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