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Objective17
Writearesearchbasedplanforidentifyingandprovidingassistancetostudentsnotreadingatgradelevelor
reviewcurrentreadingremediationplans.Critiquetheplansandofferresearchbasedrecommendationsfor
change.
STANDARDS:2.2
Date
11/17/2014
11/14/2014
4/10/2015
Reflections
andlearning
Reading(s)
Time
started
1:00
Time
ended
1:30
Number
ofhours
30min
Descriptionofactivities
MetwithMeganWalkerSpecialEducation
TeachertodiscusstheprogramAIMSWeband
itsimplementation
9:00
9:30
30min
MetwithCandiceMcNewandMeganWalker
todiscussreadingassessmentsoftwareused
thisyear.
3:00
4:00
1
Discussedclassroompracticesusedfor
studentsinneedofgradelevelassistance
ThehighschoolisimplementingonasmallscaletheAIMsWebreading
assessment.Thistoolisbeingusedbytwospecialeducationteacherstoassess
thestudentsreadingfluency.Thisisusedonlyfortheselfcontainedclassto
assessthelevels.Thenextstepintheprocesswillbeginprogressmonitoring
usingotherassessmentsoftheprogram.Thedownsideisthatifthestudentis
classifiedasa12thgrader,itplacesthemonthebenchmarkofa12thgrade
student.Thismeansmanyofthestudentsareatthe1%2%readinglevel,with
thisassessment.Theinstructorindicatedthatthistoolwouldhelpshowstudent
growthinreadingfluencythroughouttheyear.
AIMswebisanassessmentforlearningtoolthatisusedtoanalyzedata
consistentlyespeciallyonfluencyconcepts.Thisdataanalysistoolisusedinthe
IEPplanforstudentstomeasuregrowth.
Teachersuseresearchedpracticeslikereadaloudsandreadingmentorprograms
toincreasestudentsreadingabilityandfluency.
http://www.aimsweb.com/
Curriculumbasedmeasurementforprogressmonitoring:Thistypeofsoftware
canbeadministeredquicklyandprovidesaccuratepredictionsofreading
achievements.
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