Updated Tools Chart Now Available!
The results of the 2005 review of tools are now posted on our website. Each year, we invite software companies to submit both new and updated student progress monitoring tools for review. Our Technical Review Committee then conducts rigorous scientific reviews of each tool to determine whether it meets each of our seven standards of technical adequacy. For more information on our review process and the evaluation of specific tools, check out our updated tools chart.

Please note: If you downloaded the tools chart from our website on January 18th when we first announced its posting, the chart’s key contained incorrect information. This was corrected on January 19th, and the correct version can now be downloaded from our website. We apologize for the inconvenience.

2006 Summer Institute on Student Progress Monitoring
July 13-14, 2006
Kansas City, Missouri

Mark your calendars for the 2006 Summer Institute on Student Progress Monitoring. An exciting agenda is being put together that will include sessions on Response to Intervention (RTI) for grades K-3, using CBM in reading and math, as well as supporting the implementation of student progress monitoring. Registration and conference details will be sent shortly and will also be posted on our website.

Progress Monitoring Enhances Reading Performance
Research shows that some conduct disorders, such as emotional behavioral disorders (EBD), can be linked to poor reading performance, although the causal relationship has not been determined. More research is needed to determine effective positive interventions for students with EBD, but interviews with several experienced teachers have yielded specific intervention methods, including Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM), that can be used to help bolster the reading performance of students with EBD. Published by the Center for Innovations in Education at the University of Missouri and written by Dr. Erica Lembke, one of our Center Trainers, this article explores the link between EBD and reading performance and describes four intervention practices that positively impact reading performance for students with EBD. The article is available in the other resources section of our library.

Curriculum-Based Measurement Warehouse
Intervention Central’s Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) Warehouse offers a variety of tools for implementing student progress monitoring in schools. The Warehouse website offers training materials that introduce CBM, sample reading and math probes, and links to CBM tools on the Internet. Learn how to administer CBM probes, score, graph results, and much more!

3-Tier Reading Model
The Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts has created the 3-Tier Reading Model to help prevent reading disabilities by implementing early intervention measures for students at risk for reading difficulties. The 3-tier model delivers reading instruction at three levels of increasing intensity to reach all students and to ensure proper placement. A booklet and CD-ROM in a “how to” format that guides teachers and administrators in setting up the 3-Tier Reading Model are available for purchase on the Vaughn Gross Center website. This reading difficulties prevention project is funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP).

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