Teaching · Related Services

Every piece of the reading evidence, and what is still missing.

Enter the achievement measures, progress monitoring scores, exclusionary factors and instruction. The summary computes the rate of improvement and lists each gap the group will ask about.

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The evidence record

One record per evaluation. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · Related Services$12 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
The reading evidence laid out against the federal requirements, a rate of improvement, and a list of gaps.
Who it is for
School psychologists, evaluation team members, special education coordinators and reading specialists.
Format
Browser organizer. One saved record per evaluation; printed with its summary or as a blank form; CSV; export and import a file.
Access
$12 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Related Services toolkit ($99) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Related Services space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
c a kesounded outevidence, from many angles
Drawn for this page. Decoding is one strand of reading; the record gathers evidence on each strand from more than one source.

How to use it

  1. Pick the reading skills the referral raises.
  2. Add each achievement measure with its result as reported and whether it is adequate for grade-level standards.
  3. Enter progress monitoring scores with dates, and the goal rate the intervention set.
  4. Work through the exclusionary factors with the team, one by one.
  5. Close the gaps before the eligibility meeting.

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What the organizer covers

The federal frame

Under IDEA, a specific learning disability in reading is identified by a group that looks at achievement against grade-level standards, the student’s response to scientific, research-based intervention or a pattern of strengths and weaknesses, the exclusionary factors, data that the student received appropriate instruction, and an observation. States set the detailed criteria.

Rate of improvement

The rate of improvement here is the slope of an ordinary least squares line through the dated scores, in score points a week. Compare it with the goal rate set for the intervention, on the same measure.

What it is not

The organizer collects evidence; it does not apply state criteria, compare scores with norms or decide eligibility.

Sources

  1. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 34 CFR 300.307 to 300.311: additional procedures for identifying children with specific learning disabilities.
  2. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 34 CFR 300.306(b): a child must not be determined to have a disability if the determinant factor is lack of appropriate instruction in reading, including the essential components of reading instruction, or in math, or limited English proficiency.
  3. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. Memo 11-07 (2011): a response to intervention process cannot be used to delay or deny an evaluation.
  4. National Reading Panel (2000). Teaching Children to Read (NIH Publication 00-4769): the essential components of reading instruction.

The example student and data are made up. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.