Curriculum-Based Measurement
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A brief, standardized assessment method used to monitor student progress in basic academic skills like reading fluency, math computation, and writing. CBMs are administered frequently (weekly or biweekly) and the results are graphed to show growth over time.
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The systematic, ongoing collection of data to assess whether a student is making adequate progress toward IEP goals or responding to an intervention. Progress monitoring uses brief, repeated assessments (like CBMs) to track growth and inform instructional decisions.
A multi-tiered framework used to identify students who are struggling and provide them with increasingly intensive levels of support. RTI is often used before a special education referral to determine if a student's difficulties can be addressed through general education interventions. It typically has three tiers of increasing intensity.
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