Progress Monitoring

Progress monitoring is the ongoing, frequent collection and use of formal data in order to (1) assess students’ performance, (2) quantify a student's rate of improvement or responsiveness to instruction or intervention, and (3) evaluate the effectiveness of instruction and intervention using valid and reliable measures. Educators use measures that are appropriate for the student’s grade and/or skill level.

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Progress monitoring is a form of assessment in which student learning is evaluated on a regular basis (e.g., weekly, every two weeks) to provide useful feedback about performance to both students and teachers. The primary purpose of progress monitoring in RTI is to determine which students are not responding adequately to instruction. Progress monitoring also allows teachers to track students’ academic progress or growth across the entire school year. It is used in the following ways at the diff...