The Nuts and Bolts of Progress Monitoring: Word Reading and Comprehension - Monday, October 28, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. EST

Why This Workshop:

Progress monitoring is essential for educators, as it provides direct feedback about students’ skills and implications for instruction. This type of ongoing assessment allows educators to tailor their teaching strategies to meet individual student needs and track the impact of their instruction in real time. By participating in this workshop, educators will gain practical knowledge and strategies that can be applied to any curriculum.

Key Learning Objectives:

• Understand the purpose of progress monitoring in the context of daily reading instruction through materials that align with targeted outcomes

• Learn the most effective and feasible tools for word reading progress monitoring

• Identify the distinct roles of language and reading comprehension measures

• Engage with student case studies to collaboratively analyze formative and summative assessment results and determine implications for instruction

• Take away a “teacher toolbox” filled with instructional strategies that align with progress monitoring data, ready to be implemented across various curricula