ADSIS stands for "Alternative Delivery of Specialized Instructional Services".  The purpose of ADSIS is to provide instruction to assist students who need additional academic support to succeed in the general education environment. The goal is to reduce the number of inappropriate referrals to special education by providing supports early to struggling students. Districts are expected to align the ADSIS program within their existing continuum of supports, collect data as specified in the application, and submit evaluation information to the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) each year to determine program impact. 

(For more information visit: https://education.mn.gov/MDE/dse/sped/ADSIS/)

In order for your child to be eligible, they are SCREENED three times a year:

1. End of September 

2. Middle of January

3. End of April/Beginning of May

***To screen students we use: FastBridge, NWEA/MAP, M-Comp & MCAs.  We also take Teacher Recommendations into account. 

Students in the ADSIS program are Progress Monitored every week.

We use the FastBridge system for progress monitoring in reading and math.

• Reading

  • Kindergarten is assessed in letter sounds, then decodable words.

  • 1st grade is assessed in decodable words and then CBM-R (Fluency).

  • 2nd-5th Grade is assessed on CBM-R (Fluency) and possibly the comprehension component on a case-by-case circumstance.

• Math

  • K-1st Grade is assessed on earlyMath-Number Identification or earlyMath-Decomposing.

  • 2nd -5th Grade is assessed on CBMath-Automaticity (Math Facts at grade-level).

  • 3rd - 5th Grade may be assessed, after automaticity has been mastered, on CBMath-CAP (grade-level concepts).

I see your child every day for 20 - 30 minutes and these are the programs I may use with them:

• UFLI Foundations - An explicit and systematic program that introduces students to the foundational reading skills necessary for proficient reading. 

  1. Want to know more? Visit their website: https://ufli.education.ufl.edu/foundations/ 

• Read Well – Scientifically based reading program, the skills include instruction and practice in vocabulary, comprehension, knowledge, decoding, phonemic awareness, phonics, and fluency.

• Read Naturally – Researched based reading fluency and comprehension intervention using teacher modeling, repeated reading and progress monitoring. 

• Early Success - A research-based, explicit, direct instruction repeated reading intervention program for students who need extra support to become proficient at grade-level readings. 

• FastBridge Interventions - Research-based instructional practices to help students improve their phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and/or concepts of print skills. 

• PALS - Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies, or PALS, is a scientifically-based peer-mediated instructional program developed by researchers at Vanderbilt University. 

• Focus Math – Intensive math intervention program, that focuses on three key mathematical topics at each grade level, using a combination of concept development, guided practice, and independent practice to help students master the mathematical concept. 

• XtraMath - XtraMath is an online math fact fluency program that helps students develop quick recall and automaticity of their basic math facts. Students with a strong foundation of basic math facts will have an easier time when they begin to tackle more advanced math, like fractions or algebra. 

• Rocket Math - Rocket Math is a supplemental learning program that teaches students addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and fractions. Specifically, the program teaches math facts–the basic building blocks of all math. 

• IXL - IXL helps students master essential grade-level skills at their own pace through fun and interactive questions, built in support, and motivating awards.