I was the RtI reading interventionist at our middle school for the past 2 years. We used Aimsweb ( an internet based program that helps with progress monitoring and tracking your students...very, very cool!) to assess and monitor our students. We screened 3 times a year in reading comprehension, reading fluency, and math computation. All of these "probes" are provided by Aimweb and are quick and easily quantifiable. We are also a reading/writing workshop middle school. We use DRA as our reading assessments which give us a nice detailed account of our students reading capabilities. The Aimsweb reading comprehension and fluency probes meshed quite well with the middle school workshop philosophy. Just a thought...
Rachel Blackledge 7th Grade Language Arts East Union Middle School 6010 West Marshville Blvd. Marshville, NC 28103 704-290-1540 (Phone) 704-624-9302 (Fax) http://eums.ucps.k12.nc.us ________________________________________ From: lit-bounces+rachel.blackledge=ucps.k12.nc...@literacyworkshop.org [lit-bounces+rachel.blackledge=ucps.k12.nc...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of [email protected] [[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 1:56 PM To: A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades. Subject: [LIT] RtI My middle school has just started writers workshop this year, and we will probably implement readers workshop next year. We will probably also start RtI next year. I love the workshop model although it has been harder to get going than I expected. My question is about RtI. The plan right now is that we will use DIBELS as a universal screener next fall and test all the students with DIEBELS three times a year. From what I know about DIBELS, it seems contrary to the workshop model. Is there a superintendent or middle school principal on this list willing to write me (off list) about DIBELS? May I share your thinking with my principal? Thanks! Jan _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
