April 20th READ News
In this Edition you will find:
- Ending RtI Interventions in Enrich
- Finalizing READ Plans
- Clarification on DRA-2 testing?
- Choosing an Outcome for READ Plans
- DRA-2 Clarifications
Ending RtI Interventions in Enrich
- We will no longer close out RtI plans at the end of the school year. READ Plans and AGATE Plans stay open all year, so we are keeping RtI intervention plans open as well.
- At the end of the year, all teachers will need to update any intervention plans in Enrich with data and comments to help next year's teacher to understand what interventions were in place and the effectiveness of the intervention. This will help them plan for precise intervention support soon after next year starts.
- This will also give schools the opportunity to batch print all open plans to look at in the beginning of the school year in order to better prepare teachers.
- If you have any questions, please ask for support from your MTSS Partner.
Finalizing a READ plan means you are Activating the Plan
Reminder to Finalize all READ Plans
- 1,116 READ Plans district-wide are still in draft status.
- Plans are not considered ACTIVE until they are finalized.
- Teachers won't be able to progress monitor until plans are finalized.
- Finalize plans after entering all parent communication information.
- Please contact the READ Act support team with any questions.
- To check for plans that are still in draft status, please use the Enrich report titled: READ Open Draft by Team Leader-Condensed with ID#
Choosing an Outcome for READ Plans:
Make sure teachers choose the correct outcome in the READ Plan:
- Choose this option if you are revising a goal or updating the progress monitoring in the READ Plan.
- Please check IC or with the school clerk to make sure the student is NOT enrolled in an APS school.
- Student recently reached grade level proficiency, but the teacher needs to continue to monitor closely with MTSS support.
Exit Read Plan-Student is Proficient
- With collaborative support from the MTSS team and the family, the student has demonstrated a body of evidence and a decision has been made to exit the READ Plan. Please see link below if you have questions about when to exit a student from a READ Plan. Exiting a READ Plan
DRA-2 Clarifications
We have received multiple questions around administering DRA-2 for end of year reporting. Here are some clarifications:
- DRA-2 must be administered for ALL students K-3 and students in 4th grade who have a READ Plan. There is not an option this year to administer BAS in lieu of DRA-2 and correlate the DRA-2 score to report.
- Please support teachers who may need to review DRA-2 administration and scoring guidelines.
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State Reporting: Data Entry Deadlines
Reminder that May 8th is the deadline for all teachers to enter data into Enrich on ALL students K-5.
K-3: Enter a DRA-2 level
4th Grade: Students on a READ Plan-enter a DRA-2 level, for all others-enter either DRA-2 or BAS level.
5th Grade: Enter DRA-2 level or BAS level.
(Please consult the Key Assessment Chart dated 9/15/2014 for specific details on all assessment requirements).
IF your school has an alternative calendar and you have questions about the deadline date, please contact Kim Patten.
District READ Act Team
A Division of Equity in Learning partnership:
- Elementary Literacy
- Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)
- Accountability & Research
- Exceptional Student Services
- English Language Acquisition
- Kimberly Hartnett-Edwards and Shelli Deaguero, Elementary Literacy Instructional Coordinators
- Kimberly Patten, Accountability and Research