When analyzing student data it is important to NOT solely focus on benchmarking, since it's a screener, but to also dive into what is actually taking place in the classroom. Throughout our conversations when looking at data we want to make sure to analyze all three tiers and not solely focusing on students who are struggling, but ALL of our students all of the Time.

1. You'll notice when going through this agenda that the team of teachers begin with talking about Tier 1: which students are currently meeting priority standards? When checking effectiveness of students mastering a standard, 80% is the goal. If 80% of students are meeting the standard, we then know that Tier I instruction is effective when teaching this standard. If 80% of students are not meeting the standard, we then need to have a conversation about how to address this, Tier I. We will NOT provide interventions to students in regards to this standard if 80% of students aren't meeting it. 

During this conversation, teachers need to focus on:

• What do we want our students to learn?

• How do we know students are learning?

• How do we respond if they aren't learning?

• How will we extend learning?

• How can we increase instructional competence?

• How can we coordinate our efforts as a school?

2. Teachers discuss the effectiveness and student progress in Tier II intervention groups. To understand if intervention groups are effective teachers will look at their progress monitoring data they have collected in their interventions groups. As a whole, the group will decide if 70% of the students have made gains at the rate of improvement of their specific group goals. 

IF 70% of students have met their goal, then it is an effective intervention group and the team will decide what action to take for the intervention group. (See agenda for possible next steps.)

IF 70% of students did not meet the goal, then the intervention group is not effective and the group will discuss the possibilities of why. (See agenda for possible concerns to discuss.)

3. Analyzing the data of the benchmarking screener. This school's criteria was to focus on students below the 25th percentile. 

Teachers will identify and collaborate on the following

• Which students fall below the 25th percentile?

  • Specifically which areas?

  • Are these students receiving interventions?

    • If so, are they the appropriate interventions? If not, should we adjust?

    • If not, what intervention should they receive? Or was it just in the screener not in daily expectations?

  • Also look at other students and their growth

    • Who is making growth, who isn't?

    • How do we provide students opportunity for growth if there isn't growth being made?

4. The team will make adjustments to previous intervention groups as needed and or form new ones. 

5. The team will discuss when and how to make extended learning opportunities during RtI time based off of benchmarking data as well as common assessments being used to assess priority learning standards.