HOW TO IMPLEMENT UNIVERSAL SCREENING AND BENCHMARKING IN YOUR SCHOOL- Teams and Materials

1. HOW TO IMPLEMENT UNIVERSAL SCREENING AND BENCHMARKING IN YOUR SCHOOL-Teams and Materials

2. Managing and Completing Benchmark Assessment • Setting It All Up • When to Test • What to Test and Score • Who Is Tested • Who Does the Testing • How Students are Tested Source: AIMSweb/M ark Shinn

3. Step 1: Who is in Charge? • Identifying a Benchmark Coordinator… • Could be, but need not be, the School Principal; Reading Specialist? • Even if District-wide, Should Also Be Within-the-Building Source: AIMSweb/M ark Shinn

4. When Will We Test? • AIMSweb Benchmark Assessment occurs three times each school year within these time frames. • Fall 9/1 to 10/15 • Winter 1/1 to 2/1 • Spring 5/1 to 6/1 • Testing should be completed in no more than a 2 week window. Source: AIMSweb/M ark Shinn

5. Who Can Assist in Collecting Data? • Anyone who has been trained, including: • Principal • Vice-principal • Speech/Lang Path • Spec. Ed. Personnel • Parents/Volunteers • Educational Assistants • School Social Workers • School Psychologists • Title 1 Staff • Practicum Students • P.E./Art/Music Teachers It is possible, but not necessary, for general education teachers alone to collect all the Benchmark information.

6. Example(s) – SWAT team, gen ed w/ support, gen ed only Who Will Do The Testing? The Key Variable is Training Plan a Session for All that Addresses Professional Ethics Test Security Confidentiality/Sensitivity Train with Rigor, Using the Administration and Scoring Workbook Check Out All Personnel with the AIRS Source: AIMSweb/M ark Shinn

7. How to test Identify Where Identify the People Plan the Schedule Source: AIMSweb/M ark Shinn

8. Develop the Schedule Source: AIMSweb/M ark Shinn

9. Where will the testing take place? • Possible Locations: • Station(s) within the Classrooms • Station(s) in the Halls • Stations in Media Center • Stations in Lunchroom • Stations in Gym Minimize “Travel Time” and Distractions Source: AIMSweb/M ark Shinn

10. APPROACHES TO DATA COLLECTION: • In-class approach • One day school-wide approach • Multiple day school-wide approach • Within-grade approach

15. Setting It All Up: Essentials Checklist (p. 30) Source: AIMSweb/M ark Shinn

16. Benchmark Assessment Essentials Checklist (continued) Source: AIMSweb/M ark Shinn

17. After Testing • Make Sure There is a Data Entry Plan and Responsibilities--Don’t Wait Until Afterward • Make Sure that a “Done Time” is Specified and Adhered To • Schedule a Staff Debriefing • To Demonstrate How to Interpret and Share Information • Do Debrief What Worked and Problem-Solve Solutions Source: AIMSweb/M ark Shinn

18. How do we prepare Parents? • A letter sent directly home? • An article in the the school newsletter describing Benchmark Testing? • Notes: • Be Proactive! • Avoid Confusion with “Norming!” Source: AIMSweb/M ark Shinn

19. Examples of Percentile Rank Norms using Aimsweb aggregates

21. Grade Level Data Meetings Before Data meetings Set standard Create triangles/chart showing who meets/doesn’t meet During data meetings Determine where intervention is needed After data meetings Implementation Integrity PM

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24. Excellent Websites Aimsweb: www.aimsweb.com Illinois RtI website: www.ilispa.org Florida Center for Reading Research: www.fcrr.org Oregon Reading First Center: reading.uoregon.edu Texas Center for Reading and Language Arts: www.texasreading.org Consortium on Reading Excellence (CORE): www.corelearn.com What Works Clearing House http://www.whatworks.ed.gov/ National Technical Assistance Center onPositive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS): www.pbis.org Illinois PBIS Network http://www.pbisillinois.org/ Safe and Civil Schools: www.safeandcivilschools.com National Center on Student Progress Monitoring www.studentprogress.org