Computer Applications for Monitoring Student Outcomes: Behavior

Rob HornerUniversity of Oregon

www.pbis.org

Goals• Define dual function of monitoring systems

o Assist schools and community personnel in effective decision-making

o Provide the data summaries needed for assessing student outcomes.

• Propose features of a multi-tiered system for monitoring student behavior.

• Describe features of SWIS Suite as one example

Dual Function

Collecting and Using Data for Evaluation

Collecting and Using Data for Problem

Solving

Features of a Functional Decision

System

• Multiple Tiers: Three Tiers----Three levels of Data Precision o Intensity of data system matches intensity of intervention support.

• Useful for Problem Solvingo Universal Screening, Progress Monitoringo Problem Identificationo Problem Solving

• Useful for District, State, Federal Reporting

• Can be Integrated: with Educational SIS; Community and Justice databases.

• Efficient: Requires less than 35 sec to enter an Office Discipline Referral

• Use A Common Set of Behavioral Categories that are Operational, Mutually Exclusive, and Exhaustive

Measures of Student Behavior

Measures for All Students

Measures for Some Students

Measures for a Few Students

Tier ISchool-wide ODR Patterns

The Basics

How often, Who, What, When, Where

The Basics for Decision - Making

How often, Who, What, When, Where

Why? Disruption in Cafeteria

Disruption in Classroom

Obtain Peer Attention

Avoid Tasks

Additional Key Indicators

Multi-Year Data Summaries

Tier II

Behavior Patterns for Targeted Groups

CICO-SWIS

CICO-SWIS

CICO-SWIS

CICO-SWIS

2nd Period

3rd Period

Tier III

Individual Student Support

Fidelity of Implementation

Possible Measures of Student

BehaviorMeasures (www.swis.org)

Individual Student Information System (ISIS-SWIS)

1. Monitor team, assessment, selected outcomes2. Completely individualized3. Includes assessment of plan implementation

fidelity

Check-in/ Check-out SWIS (CICO SWIS)1. Monitors daily report data2. Monitors by student, by period, by goal

School-wide Information System (SWIS)Office Discipline Referrals1. ODR per day per month2. ODR per location3. ODR per time of day4. ODR per student5. ODR per problem behavior6. ODR per ethnicity7. Drill Down Function to assess with precision

1. Aggression in Cafeteria by certain students.

License Fee

$300/school/year

first application

$100 for each

additional

application

Main Messages• Establish school-level data systems that fit the Multi-tiered

approach.o More specific information as intensity of support increases

• Establish school-level ODR data systems that BOTH facilitate problem solving AND provide the data needed for performance reports

• Include fidelity of behavior support implementation as part of the individual student support system

• Questions

• Breakout Plan