Benchmarck Assessment

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AIMSweb as a Program Evaluation Tool Core
Academic Areas

• Early LiteracyK-1 benchmark, Progress Monitor
  (PM) any age
• Letter Naming Fluency
• Letter sound fluency
• Phonemic Segmentation Fluency
• Nonsense Word Fluency
• Early Numeracy (K-1 benchmark, PM any age)
• Oral Counting
• Number identification
• Quantity discrimination
• Missing number
• Oral Reading (K-8, PM any age)
• MAZE (Reading comprehension) (1-8, PM any age)
• Math Computation (1-8, PM any age)
• Math Facts (PM any age)
• Spelling (1-8, PM any age)
• Written Expression (1-8, PM any age)
• Early Literacy and Oral ReadingSpanish (K-8)

22 AIMSweb CBM Measures! All reliable, valid, and
take between 1-4 minutes to complete!
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Benchmark (Tier 1) 3x per year Strategic
Monitoring (Tier 2) 1x per month for select
studentsat risk for educational
difficulties(Optional) Progress Monitor (Tier
3) Intensive assessment with adjustable
frequency that matches need
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Benchmark (Tier 1)

• Universal Screening
• Identification of at-risk students
• Program evaluation across all Tier 1
  students
• 1-4 minutes to complete assessments

TIER 1 BENCHMARKUniversal Screeningall students
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AIMSweb as a Program Evaluation Tool Benchmark
for Universal Screening
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Target 96
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BENCHMARK (3x yearall students)
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Benchmark Data Universal Screening
Move to Strategic Monitor (Tier 2)

• More supportive interventions
• More frequent data collection

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AIMSweb Solution Benchmark (Tier 1) 3x per
year
Student found to be below schools target at Fall
Benchmark
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Benchmark (Tier 1) 3x per year Strategic
Monitoring (Tier 2) 1x per month for select
studentsat risk for educational difficulties
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Tier 2 Strategic Monitor (Monthly) Provides
option to increase assessment frequency for
select students who have been identified as
at-risk in the Benchmark process or for all
students if desired.
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Progress Monitor (Tier 3) Intensive assessment
with adjustable frequency that matches need
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Survey-Level Assessment (SLA)

• Used to determine the starting point for
  assessment.
• For students who are being Progress Monitored
  (Tier 3)
• Students at-risk
• Gifted/Talented

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Nicholas3rd grader3rd grade passage 26/12
Nicholas2nd grade passage52/5
Nicholas1st grade passage81/4
Conducting a Survey Level Assessment
Survey Level Assessment (SLA)
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Goal-Setting Reduced to Critical Indicators
Reading In () weeks (Student name) will read ()
Words Correctly in 1 minute from randomly
selected Grade () passages. Spelling In ()
weeks (Student name) will write () Correct
Letter Sequences and () Correct Words in 2
minutes from randomly selected Grade () spelling
lists. Math Computation In () weeks (Student
name) will write () Correct Digits in 2 minutes
from randomly selected Grade () math
problems. Written Expression In () weeks
(Student name) will write () Total Words and ()
Correct Writing Sequences when presented with
randomly selected Grade () story starters.
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IEP Applications using CBM
Example of Present Levels of Educational
Performance (PLEP( statement Nicholas currently
reads about 26 words correctly from Grade 3
Standard Reading Assessment Passages. He reads
Grade 2 reading passages successfully 52
correct words per minute with 5 errors, which is
how well beginning 2nd grade students read this
material.
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Progress Monitor (Tier 3) Intensive assessment
with adjustable frequency that matches need
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Benchmark (Tier 1) 3x per year Strategic
Monitoring (Tier 2) 1x per month for select
studentsat risk for educational
difficulties(Optional) Progress Monitor (Tier
3) Intensive assessment with adjustable
frequency that matches need
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AIMSweb is Response to Intervention (RTI)
TIER 3PROGRESS MONITORIntensive monitoring
towards specific goals for at-risk students
TIER 2STRATEGIC MONITORMonthly monitoring for
students who are questionable or of concern
TIER 1 BENCHMARKUniversal Screening
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AIMSweb IS RTI

• AIMSweb IS RTI
• Solving the Documentation PainAIMSweb also
  offers RTI documentation software thatexpands
  beyond numericdata collection and into
  qualitative, chronological, historical data
  details.
• Allows for documentation of allactions and
  assigned dutieswithin schools Problem
  Solving/Student Support Teams

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District and School-Level (Administrator) Reports

• AIMSweb Solutions

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Compare Peer-Group Trends

• Need Ability to determining growth rates, AYP,
  and performance trends for various groups
• Risk groups
• ELL/ESL
• Ethnicity

Solution AIMSweb trend reports.
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Need Need Grade-level rank-order Solution
Scores and Percentiles Chart
Need Determining LRE Need Solution Scores
Percentiles Table
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Need Determining progress of students by Service
Code Solution Score Distribution by Service
Classification table
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Compare a School to District Composite
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District-Level Multi-District-Level Reports
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AIMSweb in a Picture..
TIER 3PROGRESS MONITORIntensive monitoring
towards specific goals for at-risk students
TIER 2STRATEGIC MONITORMonthly monitoring for
students who are questionable or of concern
TIER 1 BENCHMARKUniversal Screening
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10 Second Version

• AIMSweb provides testing materials and web-based
  software to chart, manage, and report assessment
  results in a progress monitoring and RTI format.

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AIMSweb is Formative Assessment

• Formative
• Assessment

TIER 3 PROGRESS MONITOR
TIER 2 STRATEGIC MONITOR
TIER 1 BENCHMARK
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AIMSweb is a Problem Solving Model

• Problem
• Solving

TIER 3 PROGRESS MONITOR
TIER 2 STRATEGIC MONITOR
TIER 1 BENCHMARK
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AIMSweb is Progress Monitoring

• Progress
• Monitoring

TIER 3 PROGRESS MONITOR
TIER 2 STRATEGIC MONITOR
TIER 1 BENCHMARK
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AIMSweb IS RTI

• RTI

TIER 3 PROGRESS MONITOR
TIER 2 STRATEGIC MONITOR
TIER 1 BENCHMARK
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In other words AIMSweb RTI is

• Progress Monitoring using formative assessment
  in a problem-solving model.

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AIMSweb Big Solutions for School Needs

• NCLB
• AYP progress and standards for all
• IDEA
• RTI providing and documenting response to early
  intervention
• IEP providing and documenting response to
  specialized instruction
• PROVIDING EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION AND BEING
  ACCOUNTABLE FOR RESULTS

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Universal Screening
SOLUTION

• Benchmarking to identify at-risk students early

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Progress Monitoring
SOLUTION

• Monitor and Report Progress at the Student,
  Class, Grade, School and District level

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IEP
SOLUTION

• Intensive Progress Monitoring of IEP or other
  goals

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Prediction for Success on State Testing
SOLUTION
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AYP Reporting
SOLUTION

• Evaluate Improvement Across Years

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NCLB Reporting
SOLUTION

• NCLB Risk Category Reporting
• Service Code
• ELL/ESL
• Meal Status
• Ethnicity

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DIBELS Reporting
SOLUTION

• Customers may use DIBELS measures, AIMSweb
  measures, or any combination of both

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Response to Intervention
SOLUTION

• Comprehensive RTI solution including universal
  screening (benchmarking) to determine need, and
  intensive progress monitoring to determine
  benefit.
• Intensity of instruction based on NEED through
  DATA

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Eligibility using RTI
SOLUTION

• Organize and evaluate the Response to
  Intervention for the purpose of determining
  special services eligibility
• IDEA now allows use of RTI as part of the
  comprehensive evaluation process

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SOLUTION

• AIMSweb RTI Puts
• Need (Benchmark) and
• Response (Progress) and
• Problem-Solving Protocol
• into a Single RTI Case Management Process

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What the Experts Say

• www.studentprogress.org

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Curriculum-Based MeasurementCBM Meets NCLB
Reading First Standards

• Reading- Curriculum-Based Measurement (AIMSweb
  R-CBM), a standardized 1-min sample of oral
  reading where the number of WRC is counted
• Has been deemed Sufficient for use in Screening,
  Progress Monitoring, and Outcome for Grades 1-3
  and in subsequent grades
• The Secretary of Educations Leadership Academy
  Assessment Committee
• Executive Summary of Final Report on Reading
  First Reading Assessment Analysis (2002)

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How does AIMSweb stack up to competitors?
AIMSweb is the INDUSTRY LEADER using CBM for
RTI

• AIMSweb Offers
• The most skill areas covered of any competitor
  (22 skills)
• The most alternate forms available
• The most grade levels covered (K-8)
• Comprehensive charting and reporting
• 3 Tier levels!
• RTI specific software component (exclusive)
• Data Capture Tools (Palm, Pen)

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How does AIMSweb stack up to competitors?

• Competing products exist that do SOME of the
  things AIMSweb does
• No other product does ALL of the things AIMSweb
  does

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Tool Superiority

• The National Center for Student Progress
  Monitoring, NCSPM, is an independent evaluator of
  progress monitoring tools, frequently referenced
  in evaluating progress monitoring products.
  AIMSweb has been favorably referenced on this
  list since its inception.

www.studentprogress.org
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AIMSweb SystemsSite License Comparison/Pricing
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AIMSweb Data Capture Toolssubscription upgrade
option
Add only 1 per student!

• AIMSweb Palm Link provides users with the ability
  to administer and score select CBM assessments on
  Handheld/PDA devices

AIMSweb Digital Pen System provides a quick and
easy way to electronically capture CBM and DIBELS
scores
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Data Capture Tools OptionAIMSweb Palm Link

• Administer and score oral CBM assessments
  directly on handheld
• Scores captured, calculated and saved
  automatically
• HotSync to upload scores into AIMSweb

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Data Capture Tools OptionAIMSweb Digital Pen
System

• Print score sheets on Smart Paper
• Write scores with Digital Pen
• Place Pen in Cradle to automatically upload
  scores to AIMSweb

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