DATA COLLECTION
PART 1
TRACKING STUDENT PROGRESS
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SPECIALLY DESIGNED EDUCATION SERVICES
PRESENTERS: EMMA PACKARD& SUZANNE FITZGERALD
OBJECTIVES
After completing this session,
participants will be able to:
• Identify why data should be taken.
• Determine what to take data on.
• Determine when and how data should be
taken.
• Identify the components needed to
create an effective data sheet.
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POLL
• How many of you are currently taking
data on all student IEP goals?
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WHY COLLECT DATA
To evaluate student progress
• Determine accuracy
• Program changes
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Move on
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Step back
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WHY COLLECT DATA
For IEP documentation
and accountability
• Program consistency
• Progress reporting
• PLOP
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WHY COLLECT DATA
Program consistency
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WHY COLLECT DATA
To create a confident team environment
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WHY COLLECT DATA
To keep parents informed and to
encourage involvement
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WHY COLLECT DATA
As documentation for doctors, therapists
and specialists.
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WHAT TO COLLECT DATA ON
• Ideally – any and everything!
• Realistically – critical programs.
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WHAT TO COLLECT DATA ON
• Urgent issues
• IEP goals
• Ask yourself, “Why am I teaching
and taking data on this?” and “Is
this functional?”
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WHAT TO COLLECT DATA ON
Our General Guidelines:
• What skills do my students need in order to
be as independent AS POSSIBLE both now
and in the future?
• Is this skill functional and meaningful?
• Is this a skill that they will encounter on a
regular basis and will be able to learn,
practice, and generalize?
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WHAT TO COLLECT DATA ON
Our General Guidelines:
• Is this skill age-appropriate?
• How will this skill increase my student’s quality
of life?
• Am I evaluating and adjusting student
programs frequently?
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POLL
• What skills are you teaching your
individual students?
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POLL
• What criteria/guidelines do you use to
determine which skills to teach?
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WHEN & HOW OFTEN
• Take data consistently and
frequently.
• Take data on a set number of trials.
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TYPES OF DATA
• Accuracy
• Fluency
• Latency/Duration
• Frequency
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COMPONENTS OF AN
EFFECTIVE DATA SHEET
• Student name or initials
• Program
• Date
• Staff initials
• Comments/notes section
• Teacher directed prompt
• Key
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COMPONENTS OF AN
EFFECTIVE DATA SHEET
• A place to record:
• Accuracy
• Correct or incorrect responses
• Latency/Duration
• Time
• Fluency
• Time
• Prompts
• Frequency
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EXAMPLES
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ROUTINE DATA SHEETS
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USING A SCHEDULE
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INITIATING COMMUNICATION
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INDEPENDENCE
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BEHAVIOR
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MODIFY YOUR DATA SHEETS
Easily adapt your data sheets to meet
the individual needs of your students.
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HOMEWORK
• Using a student IEP, target one goal to
develop a data sheet for.
• Send a copy of the data sheet and
the goal (with student information
redacted) to
suzanne.fitzgerald@styer-fitzgerald.com
or ebpackard@msn.com
by November 14th.
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QUESTIONS
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RESOURCES
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Teachers Pay Teachers
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Show ME the Data!: Data-Based Instructional Decisions
Made Simple and Easy by RinaMarie Leon-Guerrero,
Chris Matsumoto and Jaime Martin
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www.google.com – Search images for behavior charts
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www.styer-fitzgerald.com – The Styer-Fitzgerald Program
for Functional Academics
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Specially Designed Education Services (SDES)
Suzanne Fitzgerald & Emma Packard
suzanne.fitzgerald@styer-fitzgerald.com
ebpackard@msn.com
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