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11 01, 2017

Screening, Diagnosing, and Progress Monitoring for Reading Fluency

2017-06-30T16:01:25-05:00

Screening, diagnosing, and progress monitoring are essential to making sure that all students become fluent readers — and the words-correct per-minute (WCPM) procedure can work for all three. The only aspect of the procedure that has to change is the difficulty level of the text. For screening, passages are selected from text at the student’s grade level. For diagnosing, passages are selected at the student’s instructional level (which may be lower than her grade level). In this context, instructional level text is challenging but manageable, with the reader making errors on no more than one in 10 words (i.e., the reader [...]

Screening, Diagnosing, and Progress Monitoring for Reading Fluency2017-06-30T16:01:25-05:00
10 01, 2017

What Is Progress Monitoring?

2019-05-30T12:46:11-05:00

Progress monitoring can give you and your child’s teacher information that can help your child learn more and learn faster, and help you make better decisions about the type of instruction that will work best with your child.

What Is Progress Monitoring?2019-05-30T12:46:11-05:00
10 01, 2017

Can Teachers Base Grades on a Student’s Effort, Work Habits, Attendance, and/or Participation?

2019-05-30T12:33:35-05:00

As referenced in state law (TEC § 28.0216), a school district grading policy must require a classroom teacher to assign a grade that reflects the student’s relative mastery of an assignment. Effort, attendance, work habits, and participation are not directly related to the demonstration of mastery of an assignment, nor do they give a clear picture of the student’s academic learning.

Can Teachers Base Grades on a Student’s Effort, Work Habits, Attendance, and/or Participation?2019-05-30T12:33:35-05:00
9 01, 2017

Should a Student’s Progress or Mastery Toward IEP Goals Be the Basis for Grades?

2019-05-30T12:29:11-05:00

A student’s progress or mastery toward his/her IEP goals is never the basis for his/her grade. It is important to point out that, even if written in measurable terms, a goal such as “70% mastery of grade- level TEKS” does not meet IDEA requirements of a measurable goal detailed in 34 CFR §300.320(a)(2)(ii). Such a goal is simply a restatement of the expectations for all students in general education.

Should a Student’s Progress or Mastery Toward IEP Goals Be the Basis for Grades?2019-05-30T12:29:11-05:00
5 01, 2017

Comments That Parents Hear: We Will Measure This Goal by “Teacher Observation”

2025-01-09T13:21:45-06:00

One way to address the issue of “teacher observation” is to say something like: “Can you describe to me what you specifically will be looking for when you are observing to see if Joe is behaving appropriately in the classroom?”

Comments That Parents Hear: We Will Measure This Goal by “Teacher Observation”2025-01-09T13:21:45-06:00

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