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 * Partridge Elementary School**

**Using Aimsweb to Identify the Gap**


 * Problem Summary**

Partridge Elementary has been able to make AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) by Missouri standards since 2003. The current problem Partridge is currently experiencing is the ability to continue to make AYP. The school district has purchased and started using Aimsweb to track students’ abilities for Response to Intervention (RTI) during the 2010-2011 school year. The district has established a testing window for all students to complete two math and two reading tests three times a year. From the results of these tests teachers may begin interventions that are needed for students who are performing below grade level. If students are in an intervention group the teachers will then begin weekly progress monitoring to see if the abilities of the students are increasing. Several teachers at Partridge have decided not to implement the intervention process or the weekly progress monitoring. The Waynesville R-VI School District in which Partridge Elementary is affiliated with has begun using Aimsweb this current school year. Aimsweb is a research based screening to help determine which students are in need of math and reading interventions. Teachers must enter scores for students through the computer. The data tracked in this manner which some teachers are finding more time consuming than helpful. Once students are entered in the Aimsweb system any testing results that have been entered future teachers using Aimsweb will be able to review. Once a student is placed in the intervention process and progress monitoring begins, teachers, the individual student, the student’s parents, and the principal are able to see the progress the child is or is not making. This screening process is to help better place individual student for special services that may be missed in the normal screening process. There will not be any additional cost for Partridge Elementary to continue to use Aimsweb since it is a district purchased program. As long as every teacher is implementing the program and using it in the proper manner more students that need extra help are identified. Those students can then receive the interventions they need.


 * Background of Organization**

The current principal of Partridge Elementary has been there since the 2005 – 2006 school year. The vision and mission at Partridge Elementary is "all children can learn and we will establish high standards of learning for all students to achieve". Partridge is located on Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. The population of the school is mainly military dependent children. The student population is very transient. 2009 demographics state that 56.3% of the students receive free and reduced lunch rates. 73% of the teachers in the building have a masters degree or higher. The average number of years in education for the building is 11. The current website for Partridge Elementary is http://waynesville.k12.mo.us/schools/partridge_elementary/. The information for background information that I received about Partridge was found through Missouri Department of Education website: []
 * Stakeholders and Decision-Makers.**

The people affected by this plan are the students, parents, and teachers within the Partridge Elementary community. The principal, George Lauritson, and the teaching staff are the personnel who make the ultimate decision to implement a plan once it is developed. The key personnel at Partridge that will provide insights into the performance problem will be Mr. George Lauritson. He will see the results from each grade level that is using Aimsweb.
 * Performance Gap: Cause Analysis**

Currently not all of the teachers at Partridge Elementary are using Aimsweb to progress monitor at risk students. Students who are identified as being at risk academically should begin interventions and progress monitoring in the students' area of need.

Partridge has been able to meet AYP in the past, however, by NCLB standards each year the ability to make AYP becomes harder. The administration would like to see Aimsweb used in grades K – 6 to progress monitor and track student intervention progress. Currently all grades are completing the required probes for beginning, middle and end of the year, but only a small percentage of teachers are monitoring progress on a weekly basis and completing intervention groups as suggested by the Aimsweb program.
 * Actual Current Performance.**

All teachers will begin interventions with the students at risk academically and progress monitoring the progress of those at risk students. Over time, the academic needs of these students would be addressed along with having a record of student performance for the students’ records. Some of this information will need to be placed after I meet with the principal on January 4. I will compare the current scoring based off of Aimsweb to what would be comparable with our end of the year results. To make AYP for this school year in communication arts and math 70% of students will need to score a proficient or advanced on the MAP test. Have to wait to interview Mr. Lauritison after returning from Christmas break. Everyone is on break until January 4, 2011. My belief is that for many this is just one more thing of a long list of “fix-it” solutions that they have seen in their teaching career. Many also feel that they cannot add one more thing to their already busy teaching plate to begin a new program.
 * Desired Performance.**
 * Performance Gap.**
 * Cause Analysis.**


 * Organizational History and Background**

Goals. The school goal overall is to have all students reach academic success. Established building goals are: MAP 2010, Partridge will score on the Communication Arts and Math test AYP of 70 points or higher with an increase of 5 points each year for the next four years. http://waynesville.k12.mo.us/fileadmin/wps/home/Partridge/Lauritson/Partridgecommarts.pdf http://waynesville.k12.mo.us/fileadmin/wps/home/Partridge/Lauritson/PartridgeMath.pdf

Partridge is one of five elementary schools in the Waynesville R-VI School District. The school is a K-6 school. Kindergarten to 4th grade have three classrooms each. There are only two classrooms for 5th and 6th grade. Currently the student population is 442 which is a large increase from only 325 students last year.
 * History.**

Partridge Elementary believes all children can learn, and we will establish high standards of learning for all students to achieve.
 * Mission and Vision.**

**Three Intervention Strategies** All three interventions provide extra support to the teachers. By having this extra support they will then have the resource of time to be able to provide interventions and be able to monitor progress of students that are at risk. **Low end intervention.** A low end intervention would be to have special resource teachers such as art, music, physical education, and library assist in different grade levels for an extra 30 minutes a day between 8:30 – 9:00 before students start special area classes. This would allow teachers time to give the weekly progress monitoring tests and enter the data for students who are being monitored. Each grade level would work together to create interventions based on skills needed by students. The grade levels would have to determine their 30 minutes of time 2 times a week to provide students with interventions. As the grade levels continue to progress monitor the students that receive intervention services would change based on need. **Middle end intervention.** The principal would hire a three all day substitutes at least three times a week. The substitutes would be there to cover kindergarten through 6th grade. Each teacher would have the substitute for at least one hour when the substitutes are there. The teachers could have the substitutes provide interventions to the students as needed, the teachers can complete the monitoring of progress for the at risk students, and data could be entered into Aimsweb. The cost of hiring substitutes would be $74 per day per substitute. The total cost for a school year would be approximately $24,000. . **High end intervention.** The high end intervention would allow for three paraprofessionals be hired to provide assistance to the grade levels each day of the school week. The paraprofessionals would be assigned to two or three grade levels. One paraprofessional would cover kindergarten and1st grade, six classes, one paraprofessional for 2nd and 3rd grade, six classes, and one paraprofessional for 4th, 5th, and 6th grade, seven classes. The grade levels and paraprofessionals would work together to develop a plan of how interventions for at risk students work best. The paraprofessionals would also be trained in the use of Aimsweb. The teachers and paraprofessionals would enter and track data for students at risk. This intervention would cost approximately $54,000 for a school year. This is the highest cost intervention, but would most likely be the most effective in be able to help interventions for at risk students and the ability to properly apply the use of Aimsweb.

**Justification for Intervention Strategy** The high-end intervention is the intervention that is recommended the school applies. The strength of this intervention is that it will allow teachers time to enter and analyze data through Aimsweb®. The hired paraprofessionals are a strength for this intervention. They will provide a consistency for students and staff that is beyond what the substitutes can do for the middle-end intervention. The middle-end intervention substitutes may vary from day to day due to them not being a contracted employee. The main limitation is the cost of the intervention. The high-end intervention would provide the best results for intervention and success for teachers to use Aimsweb® properly. Having trained paraprofessionals to use Aimsweb® along with the teachers would be strength of this intervention. This intervention would be more likely to resolve the gap of properly using and understanding Aimsweb®. The most cost effective intervention would be the low-end intervention. It resolves the lack of time problem for regular classroom teachers, but then special service teachers would now have more problems with time allowed for planning. In discussing this to be used as an intervention, Mr. Lauritson felt this would cause problems between staff. One group of staff members would be shorted on some of the time they have had for planning. This intervention would not allow as much time providing academic interventions for at risk students. Teachers might not be able to enter all of the data needed in the Aimsweb® program during this intervention. The middle-end intervention strengths are that it would allow time for teachers and substitutes to meet with at risk students, monitor progress of students, and review data collected through the Aimsweb® program. Another strength of this intervention is that the substitutes for the Waynesville R-VI School District do have to have at least 60 college hours. Partridge Elementary takes it even a step further and requires that the substitutes visit the building to see the culture of the school, review the rules for the building, and take a tour of the building. I did not realize this strength until Denise Ogden stated in our Wiki discussions that in her district, the substitutes, might only be high-school graduates (Ogden, 2011). A limitation of this intervention from the high-end intervention is that substitutes are not contracted as paraprofessionals are so the same substitutes might not be there from day to day. They also would not be required to attend weekly meetings to discuss data from Aimsweb®, problems with the program, entering data, or anything else that might happen during the time. The role of the project manager is to provide motivation and coaching to this intervention. The building currently has a delayed start each Wednesday morning that provides an hour of cooperative planning by building, grade levels, and vertical teams. Each Wednesday morning the project manager would be able to check in with teams to find out frustrations and successes with the Aimsweb® data collection and implementation. The project manager and principal would have access to the same data so that they could provide teachers with support in organizing their students’ progress data. **Manager’s Role **  The role of the project manager is to provide motivation and coaching to this intervention. The building currently has a delayed start each Wednesday morning that provides an hour of cooperative planning by building, grade levels, and vertical teams. Each Wednesday morning the project manager would be able to check in with teams to find out frustrations and successes with the Aimsweb® data collection and implementation. The project manager and principal would have access to the same data so that they could provide teachers with support in organizing their students’ progress data. **Financial and Budget Information ** The only additional cost for the proposed intervention would be to hire three paraprofessionals for the building. Aimsweb®, training, and technology have already been purchased and paid for. The length of a paraprofessional’s contract is 8.46 months. Based on this and the classified salary schedule, [] , for 2010 – 2011 the annual estimated cost would be $54,896.94 (Waynesville, 2010). See Appendix A  **Technical Information ** Aimsweb® provides a progress monitoring component that follows the RTI solution. With this program there is the need to have time for the teachers and paraprofessionals to provide the intervention and assess students. When teachers monitor the progress of students it is then compiled into electronic data that can be saved. This data can be shared with the administrator and resource teachers. See Appendix B  **Project Assessment/Evaluation ** All teachers and paraprofessionals are evaluated at least one time throughout the school year by their administrator using district approved evaluations. The building administrator will also be monitoring and evaluating the use of Aimsweb® and implementation of academic interventions for both the teachers and the paraprofessionals using a different evaluation format. This evaluation method will be done three times a year to follow the whole school testing schedule. See Appendix C and D  During the school year all students are tested three times a year using Aimsweb® in the areas of math and reading. The data obtained from these tests would be able to show that the intervention plan that is chosen would not only increase at risk students’ performance, but also all other students. There would not be a need to purchase or create another type of assessment for the summative assessment.  **References ** Department Elementary Secondary Education. (2010, October). Adequate Yearly Progress Partridge Elementary. Retrieved from [] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> Department Elementary Secondary Education. (2009, November). Student <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> Demographics. Retrieved from <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">[] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> Department Elementary Secondary Education. (2010, November). Faculty Information. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> Retrieved from <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">[] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> Ogden, D. (2011, January 14). Kelli…Your Middle End Intervention [Wiki message]. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Retrieved from <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">http://group1leadandmanagetechconrad.wikispaces.com/message/view/Kellie+Scott/32715904 <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Pearson. (2010). Aimsweb® Assessment and Data Management for RTI. Retrieved from <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">[] Waynesville R-VI Schools. (2010). Classified salary schedule. Retrieved from http://waynesville.k12.mo.us/fileadmin/wps/home/District/Human_Resources/Salary_Schedules/2010-11_Classified.pdf <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Waynesville R-VI Schools. (2011). Partridge Elementary. Retrieved from <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">[] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Waynesville R-VI School. (2011). Partridge Elementary Building Goals. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> Retrieved from <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">[] <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Waynesville R-VI. (2011). Partridge Elementary Building Vision and Mission. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> Retrieved from <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">[] **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Appendicies ** <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Appendix A Financial Budget <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Appendix B Technical Information <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Appendix C Teacher Evaluation <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Appendix D Paraprofessional Evaluation <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">

**<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Appendix A ** **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Financial Budget for the 2011 – 2012 School Year ** **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Appendix B **
 * || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">What Areas   ||  <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Cost   ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Aimsweb Program  ||  <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Kindergarten – 6th grade at Partridge Elementary   ||  <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Already purchased – No additional cost   ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Paraprofessional A  ||  <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Kindergarten and 1st Grade   ||  <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">$18298.98   ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Paraprofessional B  ||  <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">2nd grade and 3rd Grade   ||  <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">$18298.98   ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Paraprofessional B  ||  <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">4th, 5th, and 6th Grade   ||  <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">$18298.98   ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Total Cost  || ||  <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">$54896.94   ||

|| || || Yellow data points have corresponding program interventions. M represents missed scheduled dates. || || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">ROI – Rate of Improvement **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Appendix C ** **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Teacher and Paraprofessional Evaluation ** **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Teacher: **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> __________________________ **Date:_____________Grade Level:** _____________ <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">1.) Has the classroom teacher completed the most current classroom assessments for Fall/Winter/Spring?  <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">2.) Is the teacher monitoring the progress of students that fall in the 25% or below categories for math and reading? If not, has the teacher assigned this to the paraprofessional assigned to the grade level? <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">3.) How many students is the classroom are currently under monitoring progress status ?  <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Teacher Signature: ___________________________________ Date: ___________________   <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Administrator Signature: ______________________________ Date: __________________    **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Appendix D **    **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Paraprofessional Evaluation **   **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Paraprofessional: _____________________________ Date:_____________ ** **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">What grade level(s) is the paraprofessional working with: _______________________ ** <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">1.) Has the paraprofessional completed at bi-weekly or weekly assessments for students performing in the 25% or below range for the assigned grade level?  <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">2.) How many students is the paraprofessional working with for the grade levels assigned to? <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">3.) If more students are in the 25% range then which students is the classroom teacher currently progress monitoring?  <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Paraprofessional Signature: ___________________________ Date: ___________________   <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Administrator Signature: ___________________________ Date: __________________
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Progress Monitoring Improvement Report for Student A **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> **from 09/13/2010 to 03/18/2011**
 * || **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Goal Statement **  ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In **26.6** weeks, Student A will achieve **34** Points from grade **3** Math Computation. The rate of improvement should be **1.08** Points per week. The current average rate of improvement is **0.83** Points per week. ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In **26.6** weeks, Student A will achieve **34** Points from grade **3** Math Computation. The rate of improvement should be **1.08** Points per week. The current average rate of improvement is **0.83** Points per week. ||
 * || **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Date **  ||  <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">09/13   ||  <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">10/01   ||  <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">10/08   ||  <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">01/28   ||  <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">02/08   || || || || || || || || ||
 * **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Points ** ||  <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">6   ||  <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">8   ||  <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">10   ||  <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">20   ||  <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">26   || || || || || || || || ||
 * **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Goal/Trend ROI ** ||  <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1.08/ 0.83   || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
 * **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Goal/Trend ROI ** ||  <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1.08/ 0.83   || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
 * || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Grey data points are baseline/goals sessions.
 * || **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Goal Changes & Intervention Descriptions: ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">9/13/2010 - **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">(Baseline Points = 6 : Goal Points = 34) ||
 * || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Fall - 2011 || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Winter - 2012  || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Spring - 2012  ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Percentage of students performing at 75% or above ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Percentage of students performing at 50% or above ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Percentage of students performing below 50% ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Grade level ______ || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Fall - 2011  || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Winter - 2012  || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Spring - 2012  ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Percentage of students performing at 50% or above ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Percentage of students performing at 50% or above ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Percentage of students performing below 50% ||   ||   ||   ||