tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394715790416688043.post4529520436121918698..comments2014-07-13T21:03:54.672-04:00Comments on Musings of an Urban School Psychologist: Making Response to Intervention More AccessibleMusingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10480917815609331244noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394715790416688043.post-42095343528348730462013-01-04T18:39:06.407-05:002013-01-04T18:39:06.407-05:00Thanks so much for your comment, my Anonymous frie...Thanks so much for your comment, my Anonymous friend! Better old than never. :) I loved using AIMSweb on one of my practica, it was very well supported by the personnel and administration of that building. In my first district, I was on an RTI steering committee and we were investigating bringing AIMSweb there, which they did after I left for my current job. Unfortunately, my district is enormous and bringing in a new curriculum or program takes YEARS of rigmarole. Right now, we use the DIBELs progress monitoring system and do benchmark assessments 3x/year, and more frequent progress monitoring as needed based on the child's level. Musingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10480917815609331244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394715790416688043.post-34439761479274422772013-01-04T13:44:46.256-05:002013-01-04T13:44:46.256-05:00I just found this site and it's great! This p...I just found this site and it's great! This post is nearly a year old, but I thought I'd chime in. It would be VERY worthwhile to have your district buy into Aimsweb services. There is a fee per student (and is research-based and widely used). It has reading, math, and writing components. It is utilized as a universal screening assessment as well as a progress monitoring tool. Best used at the elementary level though. We have our teachers administering the assessments 3x/year, and without complaint (although buy-in took some time).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394715790416688043.post-59785878199562464642012-02-08T07:43:31.481-05:002012-02-08T07:43:31.481-05:00Thanks so much for your comment, Erika! I always l...Thanks so much for your comment, Erika! I always love hearing from other early career psychologists. :) Sounds like we're in the same boat in terms of our school populations, but remember--when you're at the bottom, only place to go is up!<br /><br />I've heard of easycbm.com, and it sounds great! Thanks for the suggestion. I love that it has measures for reading comprehension and math. So often, RTI is about reading, but we forget those kids for whom math doesn't click.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394715790416688043.post-25226756559182782002012-02-07T22:43:12.882-05:002012-02-07T22:43:12.882-05:00Aahh as a new reader of your blog there is so much...Aahh as a new reader of your blog there is so much to say about this! I'm an early career psychologist (yay) in Florida and RtI is supposed to be "up and running" in my district. I've seen schools that do an amazing job... Unfortunately I work in an urban, high-poverty "D" school and we are just trying to make some sort of growth since last year. I will say this though: progress monitoring heaven = easycbm.com. Love dibels but we dont use it here anymore.. This is what I've been utilizing w my school and it's amazing... My whole district loves it. And it's free!! Try it out if ou haven't already :)Erikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12099293095371128839noreply@blogger.com