o~ LINKS CURRICULUM Connecting Assessment and Instruction for Independence Authors: Joel Arick - Tera Hoffman + Kara Magee-Arick Systems Software Architect: Barrett Hogue Student Skills Assessment Lesson Identification & Progress Monitoring Part 1 Essential - Intermediate Lessons sven ive MM DATE OF INITIAL assessment: \.9-4.\7) ‘COPYRIGHT © 2009-2012 STAR SUPPORTLINKS® Lesson Assessment / Summary oP LINKS ‘assessment that works in connection with the Links Curriculum. CURRICULUM: je system (wwwulinkscurriculum.com) to use this assessment. The Links Lesson Assessment/Summary is a comprehensi ‘es necessary to have access to the Links Curniculum On: Purpose and Overview of the Links Lesson Assessment/Summary ‘Completing this assessment, in addition to the on-ine Links Routine assessments, will provide a com eded for students to become independent on the routines targeted for nscucion Gen oc Going progress monitoring, ive assessment dent sil levels and identity the skits vel of the studer Bone fentified, yovide on- ‘The assessment is divided into two separate forms. Part 1 includes the Essential are included in two form packets for ease of use ai to Language, Communication with Others, Functi 5 Curriculum area at a more advanced level than another curriculum area, mediate Lessons and part 2 A al Lessons, The lessons ‘on part 1 before moving to part 2. The curriculum areas (e.g., Embedded, Responding Diverse Activities) are independent and some students will have mastered skill in one Integrate the assessment information obtained from the Links Routine Assessment and the Links Lesson Assessment in the following manner: 1. Determine the appropriate Links Lessons by referring to the student's Observed Routine Assessment (ORA) Form and examining the student’ data to identify challenging steps. 2. After the most challenging steps are identified, instructors should refer to the Links Lessons that are recommended for instruction. 3. Complete the lesson assessment based on the suggested lessons. Starting with the suggested lesson, determine ifthe student has mastered thelesson. fot ‘complete the assessment to determine the earliest prerequisite lesson not yet mastere 4, [fthe student has not yet mastered early lessons in sequential order. These lessons reaching independence on many rout ing Intermediate Lessons, its recommended to be intended to provide the student withthe essential skills needed that wil go actoss mul struction by teaching these routines and assist with Additional copies ofthis form may be purchased from STAR Autism Support wwew.starautismsupport.com a COPYRIGHT 2009:2012 STARSUPFORT (PotHINKS® Lesson Assessment / Summary Oo O LINKS Links Lesson Assessment Instructions: CORRICULN Review Links Assessment question stating on page 5 and record the folowing information Skill mastered a. Circle “Yes” if the student has ‘Previously acquired this ski b. Grcle"No"if the student has not yet acquired the 1, Assess prerequi lessons for mastery of prerequis 2.1f prerequisite lessons have been mastered, consider selecting this lesson to teach prior to selecting more advanced lessons; Embedded Lesssons (example) 3. Assess each curriculum area independently, 4. Discontinue the assessment after 3-5 “No” responses have been recorded in each curriculum area; ‘5. Record the date instruction was started on the selected lessons on this assessment or the observed routine assessment from the LINKS system, Date lesson started Waite 2 x ‘a. Record the date instruction started on the lesson. Date lesson mastered * a. Record the date criteria was met on the lesson, Generalized in routines a. Complete this column after the student has mastered the lesson. STEP 2: Links Lesson Assessment Graphs: ‘Summarize the number of lessons mastered in each curriculum area using the corresponding graph on page 4. a. Count the number of lessons in which the student has previously mastered the skills, plot this number by placing an xin the first column of each box corresponding to the curriculum area. b. At the end of each teaching period (e.g., quarterly record the total number of lessons mastered by plotting an x on the corresponding graph. + See Embedded Lessons (example) above. The student had previously mastered one lesson on 2/26/14 the student then mastered additional lessons over consistent time periods. COPYRIGHT © 2009-2012 STANSUFPORT-1POT 3a Oo x LINKS® Lesson Summary Graphs ° LINKS cunmcuw Embedded Lessons Responding To Language ‘Communicating With Others 4 36 Neca 2 mero 6 5 5 6 ‘4 ' 3 + 2 2 1 A ° “4 _ Us te ot Bis WR Bix My aw + Functional Academics Engaging in Diverse Activities 15 3 14 ” 13 " 12 0 W & 10 7 em, 8 im 7 wert : 6 8 5 4 4 3 eo 2 2 4 1 9, Fig yn Sn Ye = HS COPYRIGHT ®: 2009-2012 STARSUPFORT IPO