DR. LYNN FUCHS AND DR. DOUG FUCHS PRESENT
A SPECIAL CULMINATING NCSPM WEBINAR
STUDENT PROGRESS MONITORING AND DATA-BASED INSTRUCTION

SAVE THE DATE: SEPTEMBER 25 AT 2 PM ET!

Please mark your calendars and plan to join us for the Center's final webinar on Data- Based Instruction in Special Education. This webinar, presented by Dr. Lynn Fuchs and Dr. Doug Fuchs, will focus on the use of curriculum-based measurement and student progress monitoring data for individualizing and monitoring the effectiveness of instruction in special education. We'll be sending out more information about how to participate in this exciting event soon. See you online!

Did You Miss Our Webinar on Incorporating Student Progress Monitoring Into Teacher Education Courses?

On September 4, 2008, Dr. Pam Fernstrom led an exciting webinar on including student progress monitoring in preservice courses. This webinar was particularly important for higher education faculty in both general and special education. If you missed this webinar or would like to view the Power Point presentation, please click here.

Are You a Teacher Educator? Check Out The New Professional Development Section of Our Website!
If you haven't visited the Student Progress Monitoring's website lately, you might have missed a new section that is specifically geared toward teacher educators. This professional development section contains a core competency outline that can be used in higher education or on-going professional development settings. The outline contains all aspects of student progress monitoring, from basic concepts to specific Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) probe administration and scoring. Download the outline (MS Word or PDF) to access a populated version that contains links to all the resources on our website that pertain to each section of the outline. This is a work in progress and this page will be updated in the near future so check back soon for the finalized version.

This is the National Center on Student Progress Monitoring's Last Newsletter!

As our five-year cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) winds down, this will be the last regularly scheduled e-newsletter from the Progress Monitoring Center that you’ll receive.  Of course, if there’s some fantastic information or activity related to progress monitoring, we will send out a “Progress Monitoring Center Extra!” during the next year.  However, the National Center on Response to Interventionwill provide you with progress monitoring information related to RTI for the next several years, so be sure to sign up for the RTI Responder here.

We hope you’ve found our monthly e-newsletter helpful and informative. You will continue to have access to all of the evidence-based information that we’ve placed on our Web site. We’ve enjoyed developing and providing progress monitoring resources for you, and we hope you will continue to use them yourself and share them with your colleagues in our joint effort to enable all students to improve their academic outcomes. 

Thank you so much for your participation with the National Center on Student Progress Monitoring!!

U.S. Education Secretary Appoints 16-Member Council to Advise on State Standards, Assessments and Accountability Systems
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings last month announced the appointment of 16 members to the National Technical Advisory Council (NTAC), which Spellings announced as part of the proposed regulations to strengthen No Child Left Behind. The Council's purpose is to advise the Department on complex and technical issues regarding the design and implementation of state standards, assessments and accountability systems. The Council will offer expert advice on such things as the use and applicability of minimum subgroup sizes for proficiency calculations, confidence intervals and the principles necessary for ensuring that performance indexes are consistent with the Title I statute and regulations. For more information, please click here.

National RTI Center Issues Call for Progress Monitoring Tools
The National Center on Response to Intervention's Technical Review Committee has issued a call for Progress Monitoring tools. All interested vendors of progress monitoring tools are invited to respond. The deadline for submission is October 3, 2008. Click here for details.

National RTI Center to Hold Webinar on Implementing RTI
The National Center on Response to Intervention will be hosting a webinar on "Planning for the Implementation of RTI: Examples from the MP3 Model Demonstration Project" on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 from 2:00 to 3:00 PM ET. This free webinar is open to anyone who is interested, but its main purpose is to provide state educational agencies with a description of the process the Monitoring the Progress of Pennsylvania's Pupils (MP3) project used to diagnose schools' readiness to implement RTI and assess their professional development needs. In addition, this webinar will discuss the professional development provided by MP3 to the schools and the initial findings of the project. For more information and directions on how to participate, click here.

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