FAST Projection™ Enhanced Progress Monitoring for Student

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FAST Projection™ Enhanced Progress Monitoring for Student Success

Rachel Brown, Ph.D., NCSPSenior Academic Officer

FastBridge Learning®

With assistance from:Danielle N. Dupuis, Ph.D.

PsychometricianFastBridge Learning

Presenter

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ü Importance of progress monitoringü Data requiredü Prior researchü New FAST Projection™ method

Learning Objectives


üShows whether intervention is working

üGuides instructional changes

Importance of Progress Monitoring


Required Progress Data Features


üMinimal administration and scoring time

üWeekly completion

üPart of regular school routine

Time


üEasily administered by teachers or paraprofessionals

üData are understandable and interpretable

Simplicity


üScores need to show student improvement• Weekly intervals• Easy to graph

Sensitivity


üDoes it measure what it says it does?

üIs the content matched to what the student is learning?

Validity


üWhen used over time, the scores reflect the same information

üScore variation is predictable

Reliability


ü40+ years

üDocuments validity

üReliability varies based on the number of data points• Christ, T. J., Zopluoglu, C., Monaghen, B. D., & Van Norman, E. R.

(2013). Curriculum-based measurement of oral reading: Multi-study evaluation of schedule, duration, and dataset quality on progress monitoring outcomes. Journal of School Psychology, 51, 19-57. doi: 10.1016/j.jsp.2012.11.001• Thornblad, S. C., & Christ, T. J. (2014). Curriculum-based

measurement of reading: Is 6 weeks of daily progress monitoring enough? School Psychology Review, 43, 19-29.

Prior Research


üThere are many progress measures that are valid, but

üThere must be at 10, 12 or more data points for the data to be reliable

üNational Center on Progress Monitoring recognized too few data points as a frequent progress monitoring error

üEducators need accurate and reliable data in order to make timely instructional decisions

Research Conclusions


üNew research indicates that it’s possible to have accurate information in as few as 6 data points

FAST Projection™ Line


üBayesian statisticsüUse of prior progress

data points to predict future patterns

How Does this Work?


üOrdinary Least Squares Regression (OLSR)• Trend line• Current data only• Estimates the relationship

between 2 scores • Minimizes the sum of the

squares in the difference between the observed and predicted values

• Limited prediction

Other Solutions


üUses prior data to adjust prediction based on actual cases• Conditional probability

üRequires fewer current data points

Bayesian Method


üDissenting English minister• 1702-1761

üChallenged teachings of the Church of England

üMajor work published after his death• Towards Solving a Problem in the Doctrine of

Chances

Who Was Rev. Thomas Bayes?


üBayesian methods were time prohibitive without computers

üRequires a large database of progress data

üProgress monitoring not widely used until 2006• Response to Intervention• Multi-Tiered System of Supports

Why Has this Not Been Done Before?


What Does this Look Like?


Old Method

New Method

üUses conditional probability to calculate a student’s predicted future progress• Patent pending

üRequires as few as 6 data points

üOptional: can be turned off and on by users

üAdditional: builds on current progress report layout

üAllows teachers to evaluate student progress faster

New FAST Projection™ Line


Example: Student Improving


Example: Student Not Improving


üTeachers can make better decisions in less time

üInterventions can be reviewed and updated more quickly in relation to student learning needs

üStudent learning can be accelerated

FAST Projection™ Line


üFastBridge Learning platform: fastbridge.org

üAll customers will have access• 9/21/2018

üAvailable for the most frequently used progress measures

Accessing the FAST Projection™ Line


üFAST CBMreading English™

üFAST CBMreading Spanish™

üFAST earlyMath™ • Decomposing DC-1• Numeral Identification NI-1

üFAST CBMmath Automaticity™

üFAST earlyReading English™• Decodable Words• Letter Names• Letter Sounds• Nonsense Words• Onset Sounds• Word Segmenting• Sight Words 150

FAST Projection™ Line Availability


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Questions?

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ü Importance of progress monitoring

ü Data requiredü Prior researchü New FAST Projection™ method• Patent pending

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I learned…

Learning Objectives Revisited

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