easyCBM Math Progress Monitoring and EXCEED

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Learning Objective

Learning Intention:– We are learning how to identify baselines in order

to progress monitor Math interventions using easyCBM and EXCEED.

Success Criteria:– We will be successful when we can return to our

classrooms and navigate easyCBM in order to progress monitor my intervention students and successfully get data onto EXCEED.

How well do you know easyCBM?

• 0- I have never seen that word before• 1-• 2-• 3-• 4-• 5- I have consistent dreams about it

Today’s Agenda

• Set –up student groups on easyCBM for intervention purposes

• Review how to select most appropriate probe for setting baseline/math interventions.

• Create progress monitoring plan on EXCEED using a template and add scores.

Getting Started

Click on the “E” for easyCBM

Getting Started

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Login using your district username

Your initial password is:

welcome1

http://mps.wi.easycbm.com

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Go to the Students tab or link

Selecting Students to Start

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Now select Teacher/Student Setup.

As a building level user you will be creating groups for testing or data purposes.

District users will need to click on their building

Selecting Students to Start

Student Names

If you are a district user – You need to

click on the link “Show district-level users

Scroll down the page until you see the list of

teacher names

Click on your name

Then click on a grade level to show student

names

Selecting Students to Start

Selecting Students to Start

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Pick a grade level and then click by the name of each student you want

to progress monitor

Continue choosing grade levels and students until all

students you want to monitor have been checked.

Student Names

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When you return to the

“My Students” tab you will see that you have

the names in the group “All

Students”.

You will now be able to select students for

specific groups.Student Names

Selecting Students to Start

The Simple Guide to Selecting Students

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Student Names

To create a specific group of students for progress monitoring purposes you will need to click “Add Group” on the My Students Page.

Once you have clicked Add Group you will need to identify a title for your group.

Once you have entered a title click Ok.

Creating Groups

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Student Names

Click on your new group (demo2) to begin adding students. Make sure that the group you wish to add students to is highlighted.

All students will be deselected at this time.

You will need to click on the students you want to add to this group.

You may add or delete students at any time

Creating Groups

Group Names

Recommendations–Name group based on the intervention– If you have a very small number of students

that are all in different interventions or taking different grade level probes, name the groups with the student name

The Simple Guide to Creating Groups

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The group is now created.

To test students in a particular group you will now navigate to the Measures Tab.

Then, click on the Progress Monitoring tab if it does not automatically go there.

Administering Probes

Selecting Most Appropriate Probe for Setting Baseline

Scenario 1: If students has taken the easyCBM Math Benchmark as Universal Screener and has been identified for Math intervention through the screening process, teacher should…

Next Step: Administer easyCBM current grade level (or adjusted grade level) probe that aligned to the first math intervention focus to begin to determine which grade level to intervene (handout).

Find percentile of probe score:• Path 1: above the 50th percentile, doesn’t support need for intervention in

that area• Path 2: between the 10th and 50th percentile, use the probe percentile

score as baseline• Path 3: below the 10th percentile, use lower level probe in first math

intervention focus area (handout), making adjustments until the student is scoring between the 10th and 50th percentile, use the probe percentile score as baseline.

Selecting Most Appropriate Probe for Setting Baseline

Scenario 2: If students has taken the Math MAP as Universal Screener and has been identified for Math intervention through the screening process, teacher could…Administer easyCBM current grade level Benchmark assessment (Example: CCSS Math 3*_fall**) to begin to determine which grade level to intervene and administer probe aligned to the first math intervention focus (handout).

*depends on grade of student**depends the time of the year

ORUse the RIT score from MAP to guide them in which grade level to intervene and administer probe aligned to the first math intervention focus (handout)

Selecting Most Appropriate Probe for Setting Baseline

Cont.Next Step: Administer easyCBM current grade level (or adjusted grade level) probe that aligned to the first math intervention focus to begin to determine which grade level to intervene (handout).

Find percentile of probe score:• Path 1: above the 50th percentile, doesn’t support need for intervention in

that area• Path 2: between the 10th and 50th percentile, use the probe percentile

score as baseline• Path 3: below the 10th percentile, use lower level probe in first math

intervention focus area (handout), making adjustments until the student is scoring between the 10th and 50th percentile, use the probe percentile score as baseline.

MAP MATH RIT Scores

Grade

Fall RIT Score That Predicts

“On-Target”

Winter RIT Score That Predicts “On-Target”

Spring RIT Score That Predicts “On-Target”

K5 145 153 1611 165 175 1812 180 187 1933 194 200 2054 204 209 2135 212 217 2206 222 225 2287 227 230 2328 235 238 2399 238 240 240

10 239 241 24111 242 242 242

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Selecting Most Appropriate Probe for Setting Baseline

Example

Additional Detailed Reportfrom Benchmark Pros and Cons

Additional Detailed Reportfrom Benchmark Pros and Cons

Pro – organized by

domains!

Con – each question is individual

instead of a summary per

student

Pro –we can see which students

need help in which

domain!

Online Progress Monitoring

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click here for the on-line

option

This area will pop up and you will be able to select the group

The Simple Guide to using Progress Monitoring

Probes

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The easyCBM assessments• The progress monitoring assessments available on

easycbm were developed using Item Response Theory (IRT), a state-of-the-art statistical procedure (the same stats used by the makers of the SAT, the GRE, and most major large-scale assessments).

• IRT differs from classical statistical approaches in that it involves much more complex mathematics, simultaneously estimating the ability of the student and the difficulty of each item based on the pattern of responses across all items taken by all students.

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Getting Students Started

Have Student Enter the Site Here

Student View

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Have the student enter the teacher’s username here

Teacher Name

Student View

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Students will then select their group, name, and test.

Please verify that the student logged in is the student taking the test.

Student Name

The Simple Guide to Students Using

easyCBM

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Math Plans on Exceed• After taking a Progress Monitoring probe, you will

get a score• Score must be converted to a percentile, the

percentile is the baseline.• Look at document “Detailed Percentile Table”– Found in easyCBM under REPORTS tab, Assessment TLC, or

MPS RtI/PBIS website

OR Use the summarized version! (handout)

(RECOMMENDED) Also found on the MPS RtI/PBIS website

Math Plans on Exceed – converting scores into percentiles

Then click on Detailed

Percentiles Table used to

find percentile for

baseline

First, click Reports tab.

Math Plans on Exceed – converting scores into percentiles

Use the content page

as a guide

Score

Table reads from left to

right.

Percentile

Creating EXCEED Plans

• Student names that have been identified for academic intervention

• Student’s area of need have been ‘diagnosed’

• Student should have a baseline score ready to be entered (For easyCBM, target is always 50

Logging in

• Go to apps page• Exceed RtI• Click the Blue A (red H is training site)• Log in with MPS Credentials Will see this:

Finding Student

• Go to the Educator Tab (on top)• Left Side- Click SEARCH• Type in last name or ID#• All students matching last name

will appear• Find desired student, click

Creating a Plan

• Click on Blue Gear by student• Add Plan• A new window appears to right• Will go through using a Template • Plan defaults to today’s date– Can change date

Creating a Plan

Blue Gear

Add Plan

Plan Details Tab (1st Tab)• Click Reading or Math (under Domains section)• Directly below, click on the grade level of

progress monitoring (under Plan Templates section)

• Click on appropriate plan template for area of need

• Directly below click Create Plan From Template

Plan Details Tab (1st Tab)

Choose domain

Choose grade of progress monitoring

Click Create Plan From Template

Choose name of template

Assigning a Staff Member

• Pop Up Window Appears• Must assign a staff member– Smiley face assigns yourself– Blue pencil you can assign someone else– Can only have one staff member assigned

Changing Start Date

• Template automatically uses today as the start date

• If you would like to change Start Date, go back to Plan Details tab after selecting a staff member

• Change the start date• Press Save Plan in lower right corner• Next go to Select Goals Tab

Changing Start Date

Save Plan

Go back to Plan Details tab

Click Calendar to change date

Select Goals tab (3rd tab)

• DO NOTHING on this tab because we are using a template

• Click on Plan Goals tab

Plan Goals tab (4th tab)

Usually will not change much•Set Baseline and Target– For easyCBM, set target as 50th percentile – For DIBELS, enter in baseline and target

•If you change anything or don’t, click Save Goal in lower right corner•MUST SAVE GOAL, if you changed anything or not•Click on Interventions tab

Plan Goals tab (4th tab)

Go back to Plan Goals tab

Baseline

Target –

-easyCBM is always 50th percentile

-DIBELS is calculated

Save Goal

Interventions tab (5th tab)

• Intervention is already there, DO NOT click Add intervention for a tier 2 intervention

• Click on Intervention Name under the tabs• Where it says Schedule Intervention, turn this to NO,

then turn it back to YES (this resets it)• Insert a start time (when intervention is scheduled)

and minutes (how long the intervention session will be• Log Intervention: NO• Save Intervention in lower right corner

Interventions tab (5th tab)

Intervention Tab

Click on intervention

Click to select start time of day Enter Minutes

Save Intervention

Select NO and then YES

DO NOT click for tier 2 interventions

YES! Plan is done

• The intervention plan is now done

• Click on student name to exit

• Go to Blue Gear on next student and repeat process– It gets easier and faster each time

Entering Scores• Click on Blue Gear- add scores/ progress

Blue Gear

Add Scores/ Progress

Entering Scores• Right side of popup- Click Reading or Math• Popup will appear • Can change date• Enter student score in the red box • Press Save When Done• Repeat for scores on another day

Entering Scores

Click on InterventionChange Date

FIRST

Score goes in red box

Save

Viewing Scores

• Click on Student– Will see student summary

• Click on monitoring– A graph of their scores will appear– See legend to the right

Ending Intervention

• Click on Student• Click RTI (right side of screen, toward middle)• Under Intervention Plans, click Blue Pencil– Make sure is Behavior Plan if student has multiple

plans

• Last Tab is Rate and End PlanRate and End

Plan Tab

Ending Plan

• On Rate and End Plan Tab• Answer 3 questions• Can leave comments – Leave Timestamp if you leave comments

• End Plan (lower right corner)• Plan is now ended

Answer questions

End Plan

Frequency of Progress Monitoring

• A easyCBM probe for Math is used every 10th intervention session with the student

• For Math, you will use Odyssey Assessment every 5th intervention session when easyCBM is not used to progress monitor– Not entered Odyssey data into Exceed as a data

point, can be entered as a note on Exceed

SLD

• Progress Monitoring must occur and be documented AT GRADE LEVEL and needs to occur every week.

• For Math- an alternative CBM (alternative progress monitoring) must be used every week whenever easyCBM is not being used– School Psychs have received training on what

these are (ie- a 40 problem test on 3 digit division)

Need Support Around Interventions?

• Contact members of your school’s BIT

- Mr. Salas -Ms. Jansen- Ms. Vega -Ms. Philippe

- Ms. Michelson -Mr. Kelnhofer- Ms. Duellman

easyCBM

MPS Board of School Directors

Michael Bonds, Ph.D., President, District 3Meagan Holman, Vice President, District 8Mark Sain, District 1Jeff Spence, District 2Annie Woodward, District 4Larry Miller, District 5Tatiana Joseph, Ph.D., District 6Claire Zautke, District 7Terrence Falk, At-Large

Senior Team

Darienne B. Driver, Ed.D., Acting Superintendent

Erbert Johnson, CPA, Chief of StaffTina Flood, Chief Academic OfficerKaren Jackson, Ph.D., Chief Human Capital OfficerRuth Maegli, Acting Chief Innovation OfficerMichelle Nate, Chief Operations OfficerGerald Pace, Esq., Chief Financial OfficerKeith Posley, Ed.D., Chief School Administration OfficerSue Saller, Executive Coordinator, Superintendent’s Initiatives