Monitor the progress of tier 2 students once a month. Create tier 3 interventions if progress is not sufficient.

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Monitor the progress of tier 2 students once a
month. Create tier 3 interventions if progress
is not sufficient.
Institute Education Sciences K-3 RTI for Reading
Practice Guide
Recommendation 4
Level of Evidence Low
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• Monitor the progress of tier 2 students once a
  month

• Establish a schedule for monthly monitoring of
  tier 2 students.
• Reassign students who have met benchmarks.
• Graph progress in a reliable fashion.
• Regroup students who need continued instructional
  support.

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Research to Support the Recommendation

• Only 3 of the studies used mastery checks or
  progress monitoring.
• None demonstrated that progress monitoring is
  essential in tier 2 instruction.
• The panels opinion, nevertheless, is that
  awareness of tier 2 student progress is essential
  for understanding and for instructional
  modifications.

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Research to Support the Recommendation

• Studies indicate that progress monitoring in
  reading has a positive effect on the
  instructional decisions teachers make.

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• How to Carry Out the Recommendation

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Carrying Out the Recommendation

• 1. Monitor progress of tier 2 students.

• Monitor tier 2 students at least monthly.
• Monitor tier 2 students more often using mastery
  tests from intervention programs.
• Use efficient, valid, and reliable measures.

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Carrying Out the Recommendation
1. Monitor progress of tier 2 students.

• Grade-Appropriate Measures
• Kindergarten Phonemic awareness (especially
  segmentation)
• Grade 1 Fluent word recognition, Nonword (pseudo
  word reading), Oral reading fluency (connected
  text)
• Grade 2 Fluent word recognition
• (Practice Guide Table 5, p.25)

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Carrying Out the Recommendation

• 2. Use progress monitoring data to identify
  students needing additional instruction.

• Teach all foundational skills to mastery while at
  the same time accelerating progress.
• Provide extra instructional time to students
  lagging behind.
• Re-evaluate tier 2 instruction if none of the
  students are making adequate progress.

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Carrying Out the Recommendation

• 3. Use progress monitoring data to regroup tier
  2 students approximately every 6 weeks.

• Students in tier 2 gain skills at different
  rates.
• Use progress monitoring data to regroup students
  in order to keep groups as homogeneous as
  possible.
• Groups may cut across classes.

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Roadblocks and Suggested Approaches
Students within classes are at very different
levels for tier 2 intervention.

• Consider grouping students across classes.
• Reading specialists, paraprofessionals, or other
  school personnel can implement interventions.

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Roadblocks and Suggested Approaches
There is insufficient time for teachers to
Implement progress monitoring.

• Consider using paraprofessionals or other school
  personnel.
• Train implementers to administer the measures
  reliably.