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Accelerating Student Learning: Monitoring Reading

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Graphing Data

  1. Draw Aimline: In colored pencil, draw line from baseline to goal

  2. Measure Student Performance: Twice per week

  3. Plot Student Performance: On graph in pencil

  4. Connect Indicators of Student Performance: to show trend line

  5. Analyze Student Performance: Show progress, by checking last six data points. If four of the last six points are below aimline, student is not making adequate progress

  6. Make Instructional Changes: If indicated by student performance

  7. Continue to Measure and Monitor Student Performance