Disadvantages Of Cbm

List three advantages of progress monitoring over annual achievement tests.

Annual achievement tests are useful to verify the overall progress of a student for the whole year. However, if teachers conduct the assessments only at this frequency, they will not have time to intervene if the student is not learning the school during the school year. On the other hand, progress monitoring gives to the teacher constant and immediate information about the student’s outcomes and the effectiveness of instruction throughout the year. In possession of this data, teacher can adjust the instruction in order to enhance the learners’ performance. Moreover, this type of evaluation allows teachers to identify which students need alternative or additional

Name three ways CBM can be used to help at-risk students.

Teachers can use CBM to help students at-risk to identify the skills that they are struggling with, to verify the effectiveness of various educational strategies and to track their progress according to their IEP or to indicate to special education services.

4. What are the six steps in the CBM process?

The six steps in the CBM process are the following:

• Step 1: Design or choose appropriate tests (or probes) for the learner’s level, comprehending all skills that will be taught throughout the year.

• Step 2: Administer probes regularly (weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly) and following a pattern to ensure that the results are consistent and valid.

• Step 3: Graph the scores to demonstrate student’s progress and the link between their efforts and the academic outcomes.

• Step 4: Set goals for the end of the school years in terms of proficiency and for the end of each period (week, e.g.).

• Step 5: Make decisions based on the data collected, considering what is effective and what is ineffective regarding

That means that if the scores are lower than expected, changes are necessary to achieve the goals. If the results are aligned to the goals, no modifications are necessary. Finally, if the grades are higher than presumed, that means that the student can be challenged more.

Step 6: Communicating Progress

At last, all the information is shared with the stakeholders (students, parents and professionals), expecting the that students will take responsibility for their progress. Also, this step contributes to strengthen the relationship with parents and to facilitate the decision-making process together with the participants.

6. Create a CBM implementation plan for your classroom. Make sure you include the academic subject, frequency of administration, how you will score and graph the data, and how you will use the information for your instructional planning.

Academic subject: Maze Fluency

Frequency of administration: weekly

Description: The learner reads a paragraph for two and a half minutes, and completes the missing word. Every seventh word has been obliterated and the student will have three alternatives, circling the one that is appropriate to the meaning of the passage. The score reflects the number of correct