Progress Monitoring Jen, you wondered about progress monitoring... We start the year with DIBELs for K-4, MAP for 3,4, Observation Survey (Reading Recovery) for most of 1, Rigby to all 2. Dibels is given in Jan. and April again to all, progress monitoring happens as needed. MAP is usually given informally in Jan. and again formally in April. Rigby is used as needed to check for grouping in K-4. Saxon Phonics (Decoding) is used in K,1,2 - and there is built in progress monitoring in that program. Iowa Test of Basic Skills is given in March to 3,4 but that info is really used to drive instruction, and check for AYP - not to progress monitor, although many parents use that information for that purpose. It is a struggle trying to come up with an effective way to measure growth that measures efficient problem solving and thinking strategies - creative and standardized test thinking...all in a way that can be done not taking more time than we already invest in testing!! I look forward to finding out what others use. Thanks for putting the question out there, Jen. Beth _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org.
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