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Elementary AIS

Elementary AIS (Tier 2/Tier 3)

Diagnostic and Progress Monitoring Assessments

Content Area Skill Deficit Diagnostics Progress Monitoring
Reading Oral Reading Fluency

PAST (Phonological Awareness Screening Test)

Quick Phonics Screener (QPS) * Grade 1 & 2, if under the 25th percentile

DIBELS (ORF) * Grades 3-8, if under the 25th percentile

  • Oral Reading Fluency (ORF)

(Once 3-5 students are assigned to AIS groups, administer QPS to identify skill gaps to inform instruction.)

*OPTIONAL: PIPI can be used for additional diagnostic information

STAR CBM Passage Oral Reading

STAR CBM Nonsense Word Fluency

* If student scores in the red, continue with STAR CBM Letter Naming Fluency and Letter Sounds

Language Comprehension

MAZE Diagnostic

Consider for future:

CASL (oral language processing)

CFOL (Comprehension, Fluency and Oral Language)

MAZE (Reading Comprehension)

Math Math Computation

enVision Diagnostic Assessments

*Basic Facts or Computation

Star CBM’s

*OPTIONAL: Acadience can be used for additional information

Math Application

enVision Diagnostic Assessments

*Counting, Place Value, Fractions, or Problem Solving

enVision Progress Monitoring

*Same subtests as Diagnostic

Diagnostic Data - All diagnostic data will be recorded by AIS teachers, into spreadsheets

Goal Setting - All instructional targets/goals will be created, and tracked by AIS teachers on spreadsheets

Progress Monitoring - All Progress Monitoring data will either be recorded by AIS teachers into spreadsheets so that targets/goals can be monitored, adjusted and achieved

Assessment Tree

Start: Star Assessment

  • Scores below the 25th percentile
    • Diagnostic Assessment
    • Tier 2 or Tier 3 Intervention
  • Scores between the 25th and 40th percentile
    • Review Records
      • Local Assessments
      • NYS Tests
      • Grades
    • If local assessments and grades <65% and NYS test scores <level3 → Diagnostic Assessment → Tier 2 or Tier 3 Intervention
    • If average → Tier 1 Instruction
  • Scores above the 40th percentile
    • No diagnostic needed
    • Tier 1 Instruction
  • Scores above the 90th percentile
    • Enrichment

Elementary AIS Criteria

Cut Points to Determine AIS

Reading K-1

Grade Level If Then BOY MOY
K

Below 25th percentile on STAR Early Literacy (BOY)

Below 40th percentile on Star Early Literacy (MOY)

Letter ID

Letter Sound

Heggerty (Phonemic Awareness)

  • Rhyme production < 3/5
  • Letter identification <20/54
  • Consonant Sounds <3/20
  • Rhyme production < 3/5
  • Onset Fluency < 3/5
  • Letter identification <44/54
  • Consonant Sounds <15/20
1

Below the 40th percentile on Star Early Literacy AND 50% or below benchmark on QPS

Letter ID

Letter Sound

Heggerty

  • Onset Fluency <3/5
  • Rhyme production < 3/5
  • Phoneme Segmentation < 3/5
  • Letter identification <54/54
  • Consonants sounds <17/20
  • Vowel sounds <3/5

Below the 40th%ile on Star Early Literacy AND 50% or below benchmark for “skills taught” on Star phonics

DRAFT August 23, 2023

Reading 2-5

Grade Level If Then If Then
2 Below 25th%ile on STAR Reading QPS Below 90% of each skill measured on QPS AIS for word recognition
If green on Star Reading and below 90% of each skill measured on QPS AIS for Word Recognition    
If below 25th percentile on Star reading but above 90% on QPS MAZE MAZE Reveals a deficit AIS for comprehension
3-5

Below 25th percentile of Star Reading AND NYS Test < 3

  • Incoming 3rd grade students will not have a previous NYS assessment score
Dibels ORF

Green

Yellow or Red

ORF AND NWF are both yellow or red

ORF is yellow and NWF is green

MAZE

NWF

Tier 2 AIS

Tier 1 differentiation

 

Math

  If Then BOY MOY
K   N/A   < 65% on Trimester 1 Assessment
1 Below 25th percentile on STAR math Give enVision Diagnostic based on identified skill deficits <65% on enVision Diagnostic(s) <65% topic assessment average and enVision Diagnostic(s)
2 Below 25th percentile on STAR Math Give enVision Diagnostic based on identified skill deficits <65% on enVision Diagnostic(s) <65% topic assessment average and enVision Diagnostic(s)
3 Below 25th percentile on STAR math Give enVision Diagnostic based on identified skill deficits <65% on enVision Diagnostic(s) <65% topic assessment average and enVision Diagnostic(s)
4-5 Below 25th percentile on STAR math AND NYS Test<Level 3 Give enVision Diagnostic based on identified skill deficits <65% on enVision Diagnostic(s) <65% topic assessment average and enVision Diagnostic(s)