Progress+Monitoring

__** Progress Monitoring ** __  A scientifically based practice used to assess students’ academic performance and evaluate the effectiveness of instruction. Progress monitoring can be implemented with individual students or an entire class. Also, the process used to monitor implementation of specific interventions. Progress monitoring should be used to determine the effectiveness of instruction and/or interventions.


 * 1) Data is collected and analyzed to determine the effectiveness of interventions, to make changes as needed, and to support decisions about moving students from tier to tier.
 * 2) The utilization of progress monitoring helps to determine whether or not academic and/or behavioral interventions are producing the desired effect. Information is also gathered to determine the responsiveness of the student to the intervention.
 * 3) Student data is critical RtI element in determining the type and amount of instruction/intervention a student needs.
 * 4) The data from progress monitoring provides a picture of the student’s performance and state of growth that is used to make informal instructional and curricular changes so that every student reaches proficiency of targeted skills.
 * 5) Progress monitoring/Formative Evaluation can be implemented with an entire classroom or with individual students.
 * 6) **Curriculum-Based Measurement** (CBM) is a method of progress monitoring through direct assessment of academic skills and/or behavior.