Hi, here is some information, I hope it will help. As for DIBELS and
AIMSWEB, the creators of these screeners were once on the same
team......so they are similar in some respect. There is no perfect
screener.....if we remember to assess with a triangulation of
assessments this will help us address our student's need early and
effective. I'm sorry, I don't know who to give credit for this quote
but I could not have said it better, the teacher knows their student
best, "What is hard is keeping people from generalizing info obtained
about a child in a very short amount of time into data about a child
which they trust more than their own data. "
I also would suggest the following books.
Here's a good book review on What Really Matters for Struggling
Readers, chapter by chapter. http://www.readingonline.org/articles/reviews/whatmatters/index.html
Also, What Really Matters in Response To Intervention is also very
informative.
Reviewed by Pearson,
http://www.mypearsonstore.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=0205627544
http://www.pattan.net/files/RTI/Sec-RtII-Tier2&3.pdf
This document provides a sampling of interventions which may be used
for Tier II and/or Tier III instruction, ( 2-12th grade) depending
upon the
grouping and duration. This list is not an endorsement of any product
or program, neither is it exhaustive. Rather, it is intended
to provide initial guidance to schools and school teams in the
identification and selection of intervention resources to meet the
learning needs of students they serve. More extensive information on
interventions can be obtained from the following websites:
• Florida Center for Reading Research:
http://www.fcrr.org/FCRRReports/CReportsCS.aspx?rep=supp
• Best Evidence Encyclopedia: http://www.bestevidence.org/
• What Works Clearinghouse: http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/
Hillary Marchel Reading Specialist
[email protected] North
"El fin de toda educacion debe ser seguramente el servicio a otros."
~ Cesar Chavez
"The end of all education should surely be service to others."
On Feb 7, 2010, at 4:28 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Keep us informed! Have you read richard allington's book on
struggling readers!
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From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 18:05:31
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] RTI - Any info on AIMS Web?
Hi Lisa,
Our K-2 does DIBELS and Reading a-z for comprehension. I work in
the 3-5 building. We use a-z and will next year use DIBELS on those
that perform poorly on that assessment. It is not an ideal
assessment, but we still feel it was the best choice. DRA doesn't
have a non-fiction component which is all we're using from a-z.
Also the DRA takes much longer to use and is more expensive. The
QRI doesn't give definitive levels - just are the students above, on
or below grade level.
What we're looking towards next year is to make less distinction
between who is special ed. and who is remedial reading. Oftentimes
there are sped students in the classes in which I work which are
performing on a higher level than the RR students. I think it just
depends on who they've had for teachers and whether their parents
advocate for them. (I'm not talking about the low-end spec. ed
students. Rather than reading specialists and special ed staff
being dedicated to a particular grade we're looking to finding a
schedule that would let them get pulled out for ADDITIONAL reading
instruction. Currently, sped students are pulled out and RR
students have us reading specialists pushing it. Much of our time
is spent driving the classroom instruction and not being able to
attend to our students on our caseload.
So, going forward if we could find slots during the day in which,
for example 5th grade students would receive services, we'd all work
to provide them with phonics, fluency and/or comprehension small
group instruction that would be in addition to their in class
reading instruction. It would most likely involve shifting staff
schedules to either come in early and leave early or the opposite in
an attempt to provide much of the 5th grade support before and after
school. We'd specialize in areas of reading rather than a grade
level as we currently do.
Has anyone tried this model? Has it been successful and what do we
need to do
Not sure if this is of any help. I ended up asking my own questions.
Norma Baker, Reading specialist
Grafton Elementary School
Grafton, MA
“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what
dies inside us while we live.”
---------- Original Message ----------
From: Lisa McGilloway <[email protected]>
To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]
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Subject: [MOSAIC] RTI - Any info on AIMS Web?
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 07:34:36 -0800 (PST)
Hi to all-
I have been a 'voyeur' on the site for quite a while now and
have found many of your comments and suggestions helpful.
I am a member of our district's RTI committee and we are
currently looking at ways to 'roll out' our RTI from grades K-2 into
grades 3 and up. We use DIBELS as one of our screening measures
with this early population but are thinking it won't meet our needs
as we move into the higher grades. Does anyone have any information
on AIMS Web? It was suggested that we look into it as an
alternative to DIBELS or to use starting in grades 3 and up?
Thanks so much for your help and suggestions.
Lisa
Grade 6 Teacher/RTI Committee
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