Universal Screening and Progress-Monitoring Measures
Accelerated Reader (AR), Renaissance Learning, Inc.
AR tests basic reading skills. A flexible system, it may be used with any core or supplemental reading curriculum and is intended to promote individualized reading practice and progress monitoring.
http://www.renlearn.com/ar/
Check & Connect Model, University of Minnesota
This comprehensive student engagement intervention includes routine monitoring of risk factors such as attendance, academic performance, and behavior.
http://ici.umn.edu/checkandconnect/
Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) Writing Measures, Research Institute on Progress Monitoring
CBM tests writing fluency. The teacher chooses a writing prompt. Students have 30 seconds to think about what they will write and 5–7 minutes to respond to the prompt. Teachers read the entire sample before beginning to score. Passages are scored for correct and incorrect word sequences by using the definition and rules provided in the article. Teachers graph baseline data, set a long-range goal, and use data to make instructional decisions.
http://progressmonitoring.org/RIPMProducts2.html#cbm_secondary
Early Warning Systems–Dropout Prevention, National High School Center
These tools allow educators to input student-level data and automatically calculate whether individual students are on track to graduate or at risk of dropping out.
http://www.betterhighschools.org/ews.asp
Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests (GMRT), Riverside Publishing
GMRT helps teachers and schools recognize the general level of reading achievement of individual students.
http://www.riverpub.com/products/gmrt/
Group Reading Assessment and Diagnostic Evaluation (GRADE), Pearson Assessments
GRADE is a normative diagnostic reading assessment that determines what skills students have mastered developmentally and the areas in which they need instruction or intervention.
http://www.pearsonassessments.com/HAIWEB/Cultures/en-us/Productdetail.htm?Pid=GRADE
STAR Math, Renaissance Learning, Inc.
STAR Math is a computer-adaptive assessment of general mathematics achievement that can be administered to individuals or groups of students in grades 1–12 in approximately 12 minutes. The tool provides information on student performance in mathematics and can assess mathematics computation, application, and concepts. The difficulty of items is adjusted automatically to reflect the skill level of all students, including students with special needs.
http://www.renlearn.com/sm/RTI.aspx
STEEP RtI Systems, iSTEEP, LLC
STEEP tests basic reading comprehension (Maze). To monitor the progress of reading comprehension, the Maze student form is used by students completing the sentence Maze assessment. The probe is leveled appropriately for the student’s grade and assesses basic reading comprehension.
http://www.isteep.com
http://www.isteeplearning.com
Test of Mathematical Abilities-Second Edition (TOMA-2), PRO-ED, Inc.
The TOMA-2 measures performance in the two traditional major skill areas in mathematics (i.e., story problems and computation), as well as attitude, vocabulary, and general application of mathematics concepts in real life. It can be used to monitor progress and evaluate programs.
http://www.proedinc.com/customer/productView.aspx?ID=847
Test of Silent Word Reading Fluency (TOSWRF), PRO-ED, Inc.
TOSWRF tests reading fluency and word comprehension. Designed to measure the ability to recognize printed words accurately and efficiently, it primarily measures word identification and speed (i.e., reading fluency) but also measures word comprehension.
http://www.proedinc.com/customer/ProductView.aspx?
ID=3088&sSearchWord=toswrf
Test of Word Reading Efficiency (TOWRE), PRO-ED, Inc.
This test, which can be administered very quickly, provides an efficient means of monitoring the growth of two kinds of word-reading skills that are critical in the development of overall reading ability: the ability to accurately recognize familiar words as whole units or “sight words” and the ability to “sound out” words quickly.
http://www.proedinc.com/customer/productView.aspx?ID=1608
Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests-Revised
(WRMT-R/NU), Pearson Assessments
WRMT-R provides thorough coverage of basic reading skills, as well as comprehension.
http://www.pearsonassessments.com/HAIWEB/Cultures/en-us/Productdetail.htm?Pid=PAa16640&Mode=summary
