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Progress Monitoring Tools Chart

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The tools chart below reflects the results of the first annual review of reading and math progress monitoring tools by the Center's Technical Review Committee (TRC).

The Center defines screening as follows:

The National Center on Response to Intervention defines progress monitoring as repeated measurement of academic performance to inform instruction of individual students in general and special education in grades K-8. It is conducted at least monthly to (a) estimate rates of improvement, (b) identify students who are not demonstrating adequate progress and/or (c) compare the efficacy of different forms of instruction to design more effective, individualized instruction

For more information on how to conduct progress monitoring in an RTI context, see the Center library's resources on progress monitoring here.

For a glossary of terms related to the technical adequacy of progress monitoring tools, click here. pdf

Chart Features

  • The tools in this chart have been rated against one or both sets of technical adequacy standards related to progress monitoring: General Outcome Measures (GOMs) and Mastery Measures (MMs). The tabs above the chart will bring you to the tools rated under the set matching the tab name.
  • Across the top of the chart are the standards by which the TRC reviews each tool. Click on each standard for a detailed description of how the rating was defined.
  • The vendors of the tools have provided implementation information which includes the cost of the tool, what is needed to implement it, the support you will receive from the vendor, how the tool is intended to be used, and with whom it should be used. To access this information, click on name of the tool in the "Area" column.

The National Center on RTI publishes this tools chart to assist educators and families in becoming informed consumers who can select progress monitoring tools that best meet their individual needs.

The Center's Technical Review Committee (TRC) on Progress Monitoring independently established a set of criteria for evaluating the scientific rigor of progress monitoring tools. The TRC rated each submitted tool against these criteria but did not compare it to other tools on the chart. The presence of a particular tool on the chart does not constitute endorsement and should not be viewed as a recommendation from either the TRC on Progress Monitoring or the National Center on RTI.

Please note that all submissions to the TRC review process were voluntary. An individual, firm, or other vendor whose tool appears on the chart chose to submit its tool for TRC review and then to have its tool and TRC ratings displayed on the chart. The National Center on RTI does not publish the names of individuals, firms, or other vendors who submit tools for review but decide against having the results included on the tools chart.

The National Center on RTI will issue another review of available progress monitoring tools in fall 2009.



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Chart Legend: convincing direct evidence Convincing Direct Evidence | partially convincing evidence or convincing indirect evidencePartially Convincing Evidence or Convincing Indirect Evidence |unconvincing evidenceUnconvincing Evidence | no evidence submitted No Evidence Submitted