Universal Screening Shoreline School District April 2, 2010.
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Transcript of Universal Screening Shoreline School District April 2, 2010.
Universal Screening
Shoreline School District
April 2, 2010
Purpose of the Workshop
• To define universal screening and clarify the purpose of screening;
• To share our current practice with screening at the secondary level in Shoreline;
• To communicate our next steps and understand screening in the context of RtI principles.
The multi-tiered model of assessment
Universal Screening (all students)Who is at-risk?
Diagnostic Assessment (only at-risk students)
Why are they at-risk?
Intervention Design
Progress Monitoring(only at-risk students)Is what we are doing
working?
If not, either modify or change
intervention
If yes, either continue intervention as is
or discontinue
Progress Progress MonitoringMonitoring
Performance or Performance or Criterion Criterion
AssessmentsAssessments
Standardized Standardized AssessmentsAssessments
Benchmarking Benchmarking or Screeningor Screening
Instructional Problem SolvingRequires taking multiple
sources of evidence and selecting appropriate
instructional interventions based on
identified student needs
Designing Instruction to Meet Student Designing Instruction to Meet Student NeedsNeeds
Two examples of Universal Screening
• The ER of a hospital– All incoming patients have vital signs taken
• Takes two minutes• True for gunshots and headaches• Same data for all (blood pressure, heart rate, temperature)• Accompanying intervention minimal (tier 1): “rest, take two
aspirin, drink fluids, call in morning if not better”
• The Snellen Eye chart in school nurse’s office– Takes two minutes– Predicts risk for all visual problems– Same exam for all– Accompanying intervention: referral for additional
testing
If failed-do we teach the eye chart- NO
Universal Screening
Characteristics of Screeners
• Administered to ALL students
• Quick, low cost, repeatable, and test age appropriate skills
• Flags students in need of additional diagnostic assessment
• Screeners themselves are NOT diagnostic
The value of screening data
• Screeners identify who is at-risk
• Done by comparing data to ‘targets, goals, benchmarks or cut-scores’
From whence come the targets?
• Published norms
• Norms based on GLEs
• State assessment-based norms
• Locally set standards - Power Standards, SMART goals
• Cut-score - Lexile score, easyCBM
7-12 Secondary Screeners in Shoreline
• Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI): – Lexile reader measure score
• easyCBM - 7th and 8th
• WASL (HSPE) or MSP
What is a Lexile Reader Measure?
• A Lexile reader measure identifies a student’s reading ability on a Lexile scale
• When using the SRI, Lexile reader measures are reported from BR (Beginning Reader) to 1500+
How do we collect SRI information?
• When do students take the SRI?– Fall, Winter, Spring, 3rd through 6th grade– Fall and Spring - 7th through 10th grade
• Who manages SRI testing at the secondary level?– Building wide testing
• Elementary = librarians• Secondary = managed differently at each building
– Librarians test mid-year, newly enrolled students
How do we collect easyCBM information?
• All students in K - 8 are assessed fall, winter, spring
• Teachers have access to student scores on easyCBM reports
• Scores will be in Data Dashboard soon
How are the SRI assessment results used to place students in
appropriate classes?
Lexile Framework® for Reading Study Summary of Text Lexile Measures
600
800
1000
1400
1600
1200
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HighSchool
Literature
CollegeLiterature
HighSchool
Textbooks
CollegeTextbooks
Military PersonalUse
Entry-LevelOccupations
SAT 1,ACT,AP*
* Source of National Test Data: MetaMetrics
Interquartile Ranges Shown (25% - 75%)
What do we currently do with this information?
• Read 180 Intervention Class incorporating Read 180 program– Intensive reading intervention class which provides explicit and
targeted instruction in the areas of phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension
• Single period elective class • Block class: English class + elective
• Students qualify for Read 180 if…– Below standard on the WASL– Intervention Lexile score
• Students are exited from Read 180:– Meet or exceed Read 180 exit Lexile, on 2 successive SRIs, taken 3+
months apart
Our Plans for the Future
• Identify other screeners for the secondary level
• Identify core set of diagnostic tools to be used once students are flagged for a concern
• Continue evaluating and improving systems
RtI at the Secondary Level
Reflection/Discussion: Exit Slip
• What are the benefits of using universal screening?
• What are the barriers/challenges?
• What are your questions?