Transcript Easy Curriculum Based Measurement (CBM)

Easy Curriculum Based
Measurement (CBM)
What is Easy CBM?
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EasyCBM® was designed by
researchers at the University of
Oregon as an integral part of an RTI
(Response to Intervention) model.
The goal of the system: to help
facilitate good instructional decisionmaking.
As of September of 2010, there are
over 68,000 users of CBM.
What are CBMs?
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CBMs are standardized measures that
sample from a year’s worth of curriculum to
assess the degree to which students have
mastered the skills and knowledge deemed
critical at each grade level.
At each grade level, alternate forms of
each measure type are designed to be of
equivalent difficulty, so as teachers monitor
student progress over time, changes in
score reflect changes in student skill rather
than changes in the test forms.
What Does CBM Measure?
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The reading tests include measures of:
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Alphabetic Principle (Phoneme Segmenting, Letter
Names),
Phonics (Letter Sounds),
Fluency (Word Reading Fluency, Passage Reading
Fluency),
Vocabulary, and Comprehension (Multiple Choice
Reading Comprehension).
These measures are based on the “Big Five” from
the National Reading Panel.
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Phonemic Awareness
Alphabetic Principle
Accuracy and Fluency with text
Vocabulary
Comprehension
What Does CBM Measure
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The math tests are based on the
National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics (NCTM) Focal Point
Standards in Mathematics and
include three test types per grade
(aligned with the NCTM Curriculum
Focal Points for each grade level).
Each of the math tests is comprised
of 16 items.
Refer to the Score Interpretation
Guidelines (norms) for your grade
level’s strands.
Where Do They Get These
Norms?
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Score guidelines are updated
annually.
Values for the reading measures are
currently based on approximately
2000 students per grade level, from
Oregon and Washington. Values for
the math measures are based on a
stratified national sample with
approximately 1500 students per
grade level.
How Could This Be Useful to
Me?
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Easy CBM is a convenient way of informing our
instruction. Adjustments can be made and tested for
effectiveness quickly with little instructional time
lost.
Provides visual representations (graphs, tables) of
progress for parents and students against a
standard or norm. We can compare our student’s
performance to that of the nation!
We can administer the tests to the whole class to
screen for intervention needs AND/OR we can
progress monitor for 6 weeks as part of the special
education process.
We have a common, standardized assessment, tied
to the standards within our PLCs and across grade
levels that can be accessed over time.
This prepares first and second graders for taking
standardized tests in the computer lab and it’s FUN!
How Do I Get Started?
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Go to http://easycbm.com
Once you have an excel document
with your student names, export it
into the website.
The website provides an easy-tofollow teacher manual, online
training, videos, and even optional
proficiency tests for you to take after
reading about each measure.