Early Literacy Implementation & Support
Fall 2014
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Outcomes for Today
1- Understand the overall implications Iowa Code §279.68
2- Review the purpose and rationale for using a Universal
Screening Assessment
3- Understand how to use TIER to administer the FAST
assessments
4- Become familiar the FAST earlyReading assessments
5- Become certified in the K-1 subtests that DMPS will use
in 2014-2015
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OUTCOME
1- Understand the overall implications
Iowa Code §279.68
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K-3 Early Literacy Legislation
Iowa Code §279.68
Section 279.68 of Iowa Code was passed during the
2012 legislative session, but it was not until the spring
of 2013 that $8 million was appropriated to enact this
law, which focuses on the following:
 State-Approved Universal Screening & Progress Monitoring
Assessments
 Documented Interventions provided to students identified as
at-risk of or having a substantial reading deficiency
 Summer School & Retention starting in the summer of 2017
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What will this look like in DMPS
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In order to begin our implementation of this legislation, we
will implement the Fast earlyReading Assessment in
Grades K-1 this Fall.
*This will replace our use of the Emerging Literacy Survey and the PA
Profile.
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DMPS will move forward with additional legislative
implementation in grade 2 and grade 3 in 2015-2016.
We will also expand to using the required progress
monitoring assessments at that time.
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The district will provide more guidance on how to use the
progress monitoring probes during our implementation training
for 2015-2016.
Teachers in grades 2-3 will receive training in 2015-2016.
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To Learn More:
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DE Early Literacy Implementation link:
https://www.educateiowa.gov/early-literacy-implementation
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OUTCOME
2- Review the purpose and rationale
for using a Universal Screening
Assessment
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Universal Screening = the focus in
Code 279.68 (a.k.a “ELI”)
 Focus is on universal screening, progress
monitoring and summative assessment
activities and decisions
 Later work may focus on diagnostic activities
and decisions
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Screening vs. Diagnostic Assessment
 A universal screening assessment does not
replace the use of DIAGNOSTIC assessments
to better identify student needs and plan for
instruction
 Diagnostic assessment examples include letter
ID, PA Profile, running records
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Purposes of Assessment
Who has needs?
Screening
What are the needs?
Diagnostic
Is our instruction
working?
Monitoring
Progress/Formative
How well did it work?
Outcome/Summative
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Screening
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Universal Screening = ALL children
Brief and economical
Use measures valid for this purpose
Provides overall indicator of performance
Strong predictor of target outcome
Used to predict students likely to be
successful vs. those who may not
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OUTCOME
3- Understand how to use TIER to
administer the FAST assessments
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Iowa TIER
 Data System
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SPED data (progress monitoring/IEP information)
will be house in TIER
Similar function as Data Director- to house data
and create reports
Student information loaded from Infinite Campus
automatically
 Custom development for Iowa
 Iowa Code §279.68 requires the use of the
TIER software
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Logging into Iowa TIER in the Fall
 Each user must have their own A&A account
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https://www.educateiowa.gov/early-literacyimplementation
We will assist you today in creating these accounts
 A&A account information will be automatched with your information in Infinite
Campus to provide appropriate access to Iowa
TIER
• Users will receive email notification when a match is
made
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A&A Account Set Up
 If you have not already done so, please use
the provided directions to set up you’re A&A
account NOW.
 Your access to the Iowa Tier site will be
granted in 24 hours.
 Take a break. 
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Iowa TIER Training Site
 All data simulates real data, but is scrambled,
fake data
 Data is reset each night
 After the summer, the DE will facilitate a
training code calendar to disseminate use of
the training site
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Iowa TIER Training Site
 https://tiertraining.edspring.org
 Click on “Create New User”
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Iowa TIER Training Site
 Enter name and training code
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For summer, training code is always “melinda”
After the summer trainings, the DE will manage
and reset the training code on a regular basis
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Log in to Iowa Tier & FAST
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Go to: elementary.dmschools.org
Kindergarten or 1st Grade Dropdown
Assessments Page
A&A/Tier Login Link:
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Logging Into TIER
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Logging into TIER
 Click “Iowa TIER”
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Iowa TIER Home Screen
 Indicates which school you are accessing
 Provides the latest news from your school
 Provides a quick view of the weekly schedule
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OUTCOME
4 - Become familiar the FAST
earlyReading assessments
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Why was FAST developed?
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Because teachers said…
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Assessments take too much time
Assessments take too much organization
Assessments waste too much money
Assessments do not help me improve instruction
…FAST was born.
The FAST Team:
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Automated scoring
Created instructionally useful reports
Adopted brief, robust assessments
Simplified the process
Made it affordable.
Made it do-able.
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FAST
Development and
Technical Data
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Administration & Scoring
 Standardized: Means the
test is given
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The same way
Each time
To each student
 This is critical because it
provides teachers with
the most accurate reading
results.
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Administration & Scoring “Don’ts”
Administering a standardized assessment: The “Don’ts”
Follow and read
Modify
the directions
exactly as they Directions
are listed.
This is a test.
Do not teach
or correct
student during
test.
Teaching
During
Test
Students should
not practice or No Student
pre-read
Practice
assessment
Errors should
not be
corrected
during
assessment
Don’t
Correct
Errors
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Browser-Based Scoring for earlyReading
assessments:
Teacher provides student with
materials to view/read.
Teacher gives standardized
directions.
Student responds
Teacher scores “in real time” on
computer, laptop or tablet.
or
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Introduction to measures in Iowa for
TIMED (1-min)
Letter Names
Letter Sounds
Nonsense Words
Sight Words
Sentence Reading
Untimed:
Concepts of Print
Onset Sounds
Word Segmenting
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LETTER NAMES
Letter Names (LN)
• Timed and assesses
students' ability and
automaticity naming
uppercase and
lowercase letters in
isolation
• We recommend using
the Letter Names
subtest with
Kindergarten students
• First 6 rows contain all
letters (26 upper case,
26 lower case). Errors
are reported
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Preview FAST Assessments:
Letter Sounds
TIMED (1-min)
Letter Names
Letter Sounds
Nonsense Words
Sight Words
Sentence Reading
Untimed:
Concepts of Print
Onset Sounds
Word Segmenting
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LETTER SOUNDS
Letter Sounds (LS)
Section 1: Unique Letter Sounds
If a student minimally finishes Section one
(the first four rows) within 1 minute, FAST
will generate a report with an inventory of
known and unknown letter sounds.
Section 2: Extra (repeated) Letters
To ensure ample material for 1 minute,
students may continue to Section 2, which
contains repeated letter sounds, until the
1-minute administration is complete.
Coming Soon (for inventory only)
Long Sounds: The 3rd section includes
letters with long sounds. Complete this
section to receive an inventory of all known
and unknown long sounds.
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Preview FAST Assessments:
Nonsense Words
TIMED (1-min)
Letter Names
Letter Sounds
Nonsense Words
Sight Words
Sentence Reading
Untimed:
Concepts of Print
Onset Sounds
Word Segmenting
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NONSENSE WORDS
ENGLISH
Nonsense Words (NW)
• The Nonsense Words subtest
is timed and assesses
students' ability to read
phonetically regular words
(e.g., "vit").
• This subtest assesses whether
students can decode strings of
letters and read them fluently,
but unlike the Decodable
Word Reading subtest, it
controls for words that
students may just "know"
without decoding.
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Preview FAST Assessments:
Sight Words
TIMED (1-min)
Letter Names
Letter Sounds
Nonsense Words
Sight Words
Sentence Reading
Untimed:
Concepts of Print
Onset Sounds
Word Segmenting
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SIGHT WORDS
Sight Words
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The Sight Words subtest is timed and
assesses a student's ability to recognize
50 (Kindergarten) or 150 (1st Grade) of
the most "high-frequency" words.
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Many sight words are not decodable
(e.g., "your") and students must
recognize them with automaticity
rather than using decoding strategies.
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The Sight Words subtest is used with
Kindergarten students (test of 50
words) and First Grade students (test of
150 words).
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Preview FAST Assessments:
Sentence Reading
TIMED (1-min)
Letter Names
Letter Sounds
Nonsense Words
Sight Words
Sentence Reading
Untimed:
Concepts of Print
Onset Sounds
Word Segmenting
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SENTENCE READING
Sentence Reading
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A timed assessment measuring
students' reading rate and
accuracy. As a precursor to
CBMReading, the Sentence
Reading subtest is distinct in
two important ways
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Students read from text
that is simple in structure
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Paragraphs are short,
separated by page, and
accompanied by pictures
Jan and
dogdog
wokeare
up from
a nap.
Jan
andherher
happy.
Her
dog began to run around the house. Jan ran
fast after the dog. She could not keep up!
(Sentences shown are similar to actual test items, but not identical.)
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Administration & Scoring
Letter Sounds
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Administering Letter Sounds
Expand any section to
obtain administration and
scoring directions
Click “Start Timer”
As student reads , click
any letter to mark an error.
When “timer is up,” click
last word + “Mark Last
Word”
* Submit Test:
• Auto-scores and saves the data.
• The next assessment appears , or you may return to the main
screen.
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View a Sample Letter Sounds Assessment:
Sam (Grade K)
Click to view video sample.
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Sam’s Results
How would you
describe the qualitative
features of his
performance?
39 Correct Letter Sounds.
3 errors.
92% accuracy.
Sam often provided
“schwa sounds” with
his letters. FAST is not
concerned about that
at this time. The
purpose is to see if the
student has lettersound association
knowledge, a critical
skill in the development
of reading.
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Brief Review
Independent Activity & Practice:
1. Log in to TIER
2. Navigate to Certification and
choose one of the earlyReading
modules
3. Navigate to the “Practice”
section
4. Put on headphones
5. Complete 3 practice items
6. Reflect on your accuracy
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Preview FAST Assessments:
Concepts of Print
TIMED (1-min)
Letter Names
Letter Sounds
Nonsense Words
Sight Words
Sentence Reading
Untimed:
Concepts of Print
Onset Sounds
Word Segmenting
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Concepts of Print
Concepts of Print (CP)
• Requires a general understanding
of how print is used so other
reading skills can emerge
The dog has brown ears.
B
(Example shown is similar to actual test items, but not identical.)
• Students who have mastered them
should be able to complete basic
tasks such as proper page
orientation, accurate print tracking,
and locating the beginning and
ending of sentences
• Although Concepts of Print skills
continue to develop throughout
kindergarten and first grade, these
skills are most useful for incoming
kindergarten students who have
yet to receive formal instruction
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Preview FAST Assessments:
Onset Sounds
TIMED (1-min)
Letter Names
Letter Sounds
Nonsense Words
Sight Words
Sentence Reading
Untimed:
Concepts of Print
Onset Sounds
Word Segmenting
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Onset Sounds
Onset Sounds (OS)
• Assesses a student's phonemic
awareness
• Phonemic awareness is a
critical component of blending
(combining) and segmenting
(breaking apart) word
• During the Onset Sound
subtest, examiners ask the
student to identify the first
sound in a pictured word
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Onset Sounds
Onset Sounds (OS)
Part 2:
“Let's try something different. This time,
I'll say the word and then you give the
first sound.” (Point to the bat).
"Bat.”
The first sound in the word ‘bat’ is /b/.”
“Now you try. What is the first sound in
the word ’water?’”
(Point to the picture of "water")
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Preview FAST Assessments:
Word Segmenting
TIMED (1-min)
Letter Names
Letter Sounds
Nonsense Words
Sight Words
Sentence Reading
Untimed:
Concepts of Print
Onset Sounds
Word Segmenting
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Word Segmenting
Word Segmenting
• Assesses students' ability to
separate a spoken word into
individual sounds, or
phonemes--the smallest units
of sound in spoken language
• The examiner says a word and
asks the student to say any
sounds in the word
• Students receive credit for
each correct sound. Each word
represents multiple "items"
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Administration & Scoring
Word Segmenting
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Administering Word Segmenting
Expand any section to
obtain administration and
scoring directions
Click “Start Timer”
As student provides
sounds for the words,
click the number of points
earned.
Complete all items
Click “Submit Test”
* Submit Test:
• Auto-scores and saves the data.
• The next assessment appears , or you may return to the main
screen.
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View a Sample Word Segmenting Assessment:
Marcus (Grade 1)
Click to view video sample.
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Marcus’ Results:
Computer Scoring Option
How would you
describe the qualitative
features of his
performance?
Marcus often provided
“onset-rime” with his
segments. Thus, his
scores are lower than if
he had fully segmented
the words.
16 Correct Letter Sounds.
18 errors. 50 seconds.
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OUTCOME
5 -Become certified in the K-1 subtests
that DMPS will use in 2014-2015
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Next Steps for Training and
Certification
 Determine which subtests from which you will
need to obtain certification
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Use “Required FAST Certifications” checklist
 Navigate to Training through TIER
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Review Directions for subtest
Review Videos
Complete Practices
Complete Certification practices and quiz
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