An ideal companion to Academic Skills Problems, Fourth Edition, this indispensable Workbook provides practice exercises and reproducible forms for use in direct assessment and intervention. Updated to reflect the changes in the fourth edition of the text, the Workbook includes teacher and student interview forms, a complete guide to using the Behavioral Observation of Students in Schools (BOSS) observation code, tools to support RTI, and exercises in administering assessments and scoring, interpreting, and graphing the results. This book will be invaluable to school psychologists, K-12 school administrators, special educators, and classroom teachers; graduate students and researchers in these fields. Together with Academic Skills Problems, Fourth Edition, it will serve as a text in graduate-level courses dealing with academic assessment and intervention.
Introduction STEP 1. ASSESSING THE ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT - Teacher Interview - Academic Performance Rating Scale - Student Interview - Direct Observation: Manual for the Behavioral Observation of Students in Schools (BOSS) Rationale Identifying the Behaviors for Observation Use of Technology in Conducting Systemic Observation Guidelines for Paper-and-Pencil Direct Observation Making a Coding Interval Recording Completing Identifying Information Observing Peer Comparison Students Coding Academic Engagement Coding Nonengagement Coding Teacher-Directed Instruction Review: Procedure for Conducting the Observation Scoring the BOSS Interpretation of BOSS Data STEP 2. ASSESSING INSTRUCTIONAL PLACEMENT - Reading Oral Retell Techniques Retell Techniques: Examples and Exercises - Math Using Digits Correct in Scoring Math Probes Scoring Digits Correct in Addition and Subtraction Problems Scoring Digits Correct in Multiplication Problems Scoring Digits Correct in Division Problems Math Concepts-Applications -Spelling Using Correct Letter Sequences in Scoring Spelling Scoring Correct Letter Sequences - Written Language Scoring for Words Written Scoring for Writing Mechanics Assessing Quality of Longer Writing Samples Scoring Brief Written Language Samples: Examples and Exercises - Summary Form for Academic Assessment STEP 3. INSTRUCTIONAL MODIFICATION - The Folding-In Technique Example: Folding-In Technique for Word Acquisition and Reading Fluency Example: Folding-In Technique for Multiplication Facts - Cover-Copy-Compare Example: Cover-Copy-Compare for Addition Facts, Sums to 18 Example: Cover-Copy-Compare for Spelling STEP 4. PROGRESS MONITORING - Graphing Data Setting Up Graphic Displays Interpreting Graphic Data Preparing CBM-Type Graphs Answer for Exercise 13 - Developing Local Norms Creating the Measurement Net Selecting the Sample Data Collection Data Analysis and Results - Using Goal Charts - Tools for Response to Intervention: Data-Based Decision Making Levels of Implementation-Data Analysis Grade-Level Group Goal Setting Meeting Grade-Level Goals Data Displays for Grade-Level Meetings Tool for Individual Student Decisions Exercise in Data-Based Decision Making
