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Review of Progress Monitoring Tools
Updated December 2007

The tools chart below reflects the results of four annual reviews that the Center's Technical Review Committee (TRC) have completed. A star in the “Area” column indicates new information from the 2007 review. Across the top of the chart are the standards by which the TRC reviews each tool. Please click on each standard for more detailed information. The left side of the chart lists all of the tools that have been reviewed. The vendors of the tools have provided implementation information, which includes the cost of the tool, what is needed to implement it, the support you will receive from the vendor, how the tool is intended to be used, and with whom it should be used. To access this information, click on the links under the word "Area." More information about the TRC review is available on the tool review process page.

Please note that the National Center on Student Progress Monitoring does not endorse or recommend the tools included in the chart. The Center provides this information to assist educators and practitioners in making informed decisions about scientifically based tools that best meet their individual needs.

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  • ● The tool demonstrates sufficient evidence to meet the basic standard.
  • ○ The tool did not demonstrate sufficient evidence to meet the basic standard.
  • * Added in the 2007 review.
  • i Information updated during the 2007 review.
Foundational Psychometric Standards Progress Monitoring Standards
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Area - click below to view the product

Reliability

Validity

Alternate Forms

Sensitive to Student Improvement

AYP Benchmarks

Improving Student Learning or Teacher Planning

Rates of Improvement Specified

Accelerated Math and Reader

 

new tool!*Math

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AIMSweb

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Maze

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Written Expression

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Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills
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EdCheckup

Updated InfromationiMaze

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Reading

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iSTEEP (System to Enhance Educational Performance)

New Tool!Reading Fluency

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Monitoring Basic Skills Progress (MBSP)

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PASeries

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Test of Word Reading Efficiency (TOWRE)

Phonemic Decode Efficiency

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Sight Word Efficiency

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Test of Silent Word Reading Fluency (TOSWRF)

Reading

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Vital Indicators of Progress (VIP)

New Tool!*Initial Sound Fluency

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New Tool!*Letter Naming Fluency

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New Tool!*Phoneme Segmentation

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Yearly Progress Pro

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Key:
● Tool demonstrates sufficient evidence to meet the basic standard.

○ Tool did not demonstrate sufficient evidence to meet the basic standard.

* Added in the 2007 review.

i  Information updated during the 2007 review.