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What they say:
What they say:
"The most comprehensive K–12 interim and formative assessment suite available—universal screening, progress monitoring, and goal-setting data to move every student forward to make up for lost instructional time."
"Trust the validity and reliability of Star data, backed by research, validity studies, and millions of data points. "
"By adapting to students and eliminating unnecessary questions, Star can accurately measure student performance and growth with fewer items and less time. Complete results are immediately available for educators via interactive, easy-to-read reports. "
How do we use it?
How do we use it?
Math, Early Literacy and Reading assessments are administered
Establish a individual fall baseline
Monitor students’ progress toward goals throughout the school year.
Spring summative assessment used by many for the APPR SLO.
Document academic growth over multiple years.
Identified skills inherent in standards to develop IEP goals (Using the Instructional Planning Report)
Did you know?
Did you know?
STAR learning progressions also feature:
A teachable order of skills in context of your state’s standards
Focus Skills at key points in the development path
Data-based guidelines for personalizing instruction
Ideas for teaching skills
To establish a trend line for students (visible in Star reporting) and forecast proficiency on state tests or standards mastery, schools also administer an extra test in late fall. This way, after the winter screening, three data points have been established, which will allow the software to chart students’ growth trajectories.
STAR To-Dos'
STAR To-Dos'
SEPTEMBER: test your students to establish baseline.
Regularly reassess students as part of progress monitoring.
MAY: summatively assess students to capture the growth across the full year.
Be prepared to include your summative scores in the SLO if that is appropriate.
What they say:
What they say:
"Intensive reading intervention program to make every student a reader."
"S.P.I.R.E. reaches even students who've lost hope they can read. Its teacher-led 10-Step Lesson plan methodically walks them through phonemic awareness and phonics, then spelling, vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency — instilling and reinforcing every stage of reading development."
How do we use it?
How do we use it?
After assessing students with STAR, administer the Acadience Survey which will highlight a specific grade level as well as general skill levels.
Plan to use S.P.I.R.E. if they are significantly below grade level benchmarks.
Administer the S.P.I.R.E. to diagnose decoding skill deficits or a comprehension diagnostic to see where to start.
Design a plan to target instruction based on reading levels.
Did you know?
Did you know?
Rachel Beiswanger (Reading Specialist for Smith School) is eager to support your reading assessment and instruction! Email, call x5018 or stop down to chat about your specific needs.
🢀 Rachel regularly collects videos and tools to support your reading instruction. They live in the Google Drive of Literacy Resources!
S.P.I.R.E. To-Dos'
S.P.I.R.E. To-Dos'
SEPTEMBER: compare STAR scores to grade level placement. Who is below grade-level? By how much?
Assess struggling readers using Acadience and S.P.I.R.E.
Be sure to assess news students when they start.
Design a plan for your whole class. Which smaller groups make sense? How could you utilize your TA or paraprofessional? Who might need targeted support from Rachel?
Re-evaluate groupings as they year progresses.
IEP Goal Progress Monitoring
IEP Goal Progress Monitoring
What NYS says:
What NYS says:
"Progress monitoring is the practice of assessing student performance using assessments on a repeated basis to determine how well a student is responding to instruction. Data obtained from progress monitoring helps staff to determine the extent to which students are benefiting from classroom instruction and informs decisions about appropriate levels of intervention."
How do we use it?
How do we use it?
For any IEP Goal that you are responsible for, you will be expected to provide a quarterly progress report via IEPDirect. That report MUST be data based. Progress monitoring throughout the quarter creates that data.
Progress Monitoring To-Dos'
Progress Monitoring To-Dos'
SEPTEMBER: Read through IEPs you are responsible for. Start designing a system that will work to collect your progress monitoring notes. There is no prescribed version for this. Binder? Spreadsheet? You decide. But, get a system!
Transfer IEP goals to your system.
Schedule assessments for goals as dictated by the IEP.
Collect results in your system
NOVEMBER/JANUARY/APRIL/JUNE: Report out in progress notes at the end of each quarter.
Update your system as new goals are created in CSE meetings throughout the year or as you add new students.
The Woodcock-Johnson IV® (WJ IV™)
The Woodcock-Johnson IV® (WJ IV™)
What they say:
What they say:
"The Woodcock-Johnson IV (WJ IV) is structured to offer the ease of use and flexibility that examiners need to accurately evaluate learning problems for children and adults in a way that no other assessment solution can.
Facilitate exploration of strengths and weaknesses across cognitive, oral language, and academic abilities
Batteries can be used in conjunction with one another or as standalone assessments
Clusters engineered to provide the most diagnostically useful interpretations
Simplified and reframed procedures for evaluating ability/achievement comparisons and intra-ability variations."
"The Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Achievement is a system tests and clusters that are designed to provide a broad breadth of coverage for individually administered assessment of important skills in a variety of settings. "
How do we use it?
How do we use it?
For triennial CSE meetings when achievement testing is requested and consent has been received.
Administered by the classroom teacher or another teacher with a strong relationship with the student.
Test booklets and student workbooks are available in the principal's office. We have A/B/C versions. Select a different one than was used for the previous round of assessments for validity.
Report out to the CSE using both Grade Equivalent (GE) and Standard (SS) scores.
The online dashboard available through Riverside, the publisher, has many helpful resources and guides.
Pay special attention to the Reports that can be run for both CSE and parent communication.
Woodcock Johnson To-Dos'
Woodcock Johnson To-Dos'
ENSURE WE HAVE CONSENT TO ASSESS FROM THE DISTRICT CSE BEFORE CONTINUING.
Get a Standard Book and Extended Test Book from your principal's office.
You will also need a Test Record Booklet and Student Response Booklet to record answers/scores.
Because we don't give these assessments regularly, you might be out of practice. Reach out to your Team Leader or Laura Havill, our Instructional Coach, for support.
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