I will measure your child to see what grade level curriculum they have mastered and need to master. I utilize an error analysis approach to specifically depict what reading and math concepts they should know at their age and grade level vs what they actually know. With this knowledge I will generate specific evidence-based research-based interventions necessary to be on grade level.

A major responsibility of schools is to teach children the academic skills that they will eventually need to take their place as responsible members of society. Schools not only teach crucial academic skills, they are also required to measure individual children’s acquisition and mastery of these skills. The measurement of a child’s school abilities is just as important as the teaching of those skills. After all, only by carefully testing what a child has learned can the instructor then draw conclusions about whether that student is ready to advance to more difficult material.

Curriculum-based measurement, or CBM, is a method of monitoring student educational progress through direct assessment of academic skills. CBM can be used to measure basic skills in reading, mathematics, spelling, and written expression. It can also be used to monitor readiness skills. When using CBM, I give the student brief, timed samples, or “probes,” made up of academic material taken from the child’s school curriculum. The child’s performance on a CBM probe is scored for speed, or fluency, and for accuracy of performance. Since CBM probes can be given repeatedly (for example, twice per week). The results are then charted to offer a visual record of a child’s rate of academic progress.

In addition to norm-referenced academic achievement tests (which I will be administering to your child), CBM offers distinct advantages. Using CBM, I can quickly determine the average academic performance of your student. By comparing a given child’s CBM performance in basic skill areas to local, norms, I can then better judge whether that child’s school-skills are significantly delayed in relation to those of classmates. Visit Intervention Central for more information.