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This 3 Tier model enables universal screening, strategic assessment for students of
concern, and frequent progress monitoring for at-risk students.
TIER 1 Benchmark: Benchmarks are established three times per year using the
included Standard Assessment Probes. Reports identify students at risk, help
individualize instruction, evaluate student progress, demonstrate Adequate
Yearly Progress, and serve as an accountability and communication tool for
system improvement.
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Establish benchmarks in the fall, winter, and spring of each school year
Accurately and quickly identify students at risk
Generate and print professional reports at the student, classroom, grade,
building, and district level
Enable evidence-based evaluation and data-driven decision making
Monitor progress, demonstrate improvement, and document achievement
for ensured accountability
TIER 2 Strategic Monitor: Strategically monitor those students identified in
the Benchmarking process as at risk using monthly assessments to evaluate the
effectiveness of instructional changes and short interventions.
TIER 3 Progress Monitor: Designed specifically for frequent assessment and
monitoring of students at risk or with severe needs, including Title I and special
education. Based on an Individual Education Plan (IEP) or other goal, expected
rates of progress are prescribed and compared to actual progress. Reports
evaluate student progress, prescribe the need for program changes and revisions,
monitor the effects of interventions, ensure IEP success and serve as an
accountability and communication tool for program evaluation and reporting.
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Frequently Monitor students in need of intensive instructional services
Manage and report frequent assessment results to demonstrate
improvement
Make data-based instructional decisions based on frequent assessment
results
Generate and print professional reports for periodic and annual reviews
Progress Monitor will automatically
o Graph and interpret progress toward annual IEP’s or IEP goals
o Display Survey-Level Assessment data for use in writing criterion for
success
o Translate annual IEP goals into expected rates of progress
o Calculate and document actual rates of progress towards goals
Document the effects of intervention (instructional and program changes)
Use decision rules to document when progress is satisfactory or to point out
when IEP’s need to be revised
Document and consolidate IEP information
Discovery Education Assessments
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Given three times during the school year in grades 3-5.
Predict proficiency for Reading, Language Arts and Math
Screen students to identify risk for academic failure
Measure academic growth within and across years
Monitor progress on state standards and Common Core standards
Analyze student performance using reports that show proficiency, state
and national percentiles, percent correct, item difficulty, and content
mastery
Folio Writing Assessment
After a period of focused instruction and writing practice, the FOLIO Interim
assessments provide subsequent reference points for assessing student progress
against state standards. Because they are administered, scored and reported just
like the FOLIO Benchmark, student results can be compared directly. Teachers
can chart student progress across all diagnostic measures and design intervention
strategies or remedial actions to address specific skills prior to the statewide
assessment.