Elementary Tier 2 Manual

Canyons School District

Instructional Supports Department

Universal Screening Data

DRAFT Multilingual: WIDA ACCESS for Multilingual learners screens and monitors student progress toward English language profciency in four domains: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. WIDA is administered on a yearly basis in January to serve as just one of the many criteria that educators consider as they determine students’ current levels of English language profciency. See resource: WIDA ACCESS Level Descriptors. Behavior: Universal screening for behavior is a systematic way of identifying student behaviors that may serve as a barrier to student success. CSD uses the Systematic Risk Screening Scale - Internalizing and Externalizing ( SRSS-IE ) as a universal behavior screener for all students in Kindergarten through grade 5. Elementary students are screened three times a year (Fall, Winter, Spring). The SRSS-IE is based on teacher perceptions; teacher ratings are aggregated, resulting in identifcation of students as either low risk, moderate risk, or high risk for externalizing and/or internalizing behaviors. SRSS-IE data, when used in conjunction with other data, will help generate plans for interventions for targeted students using the school’s MTSS framework. Parents/guardians are notifed at registration of universal screening that occurs systematically in CSD. Following screening assessments, it is important to inform parents/guardians if screening assessments result in an identifed area of concern for their child along with details about additional supports that their child may need. Follow your school’s communication plan. Academics: Systematic screening can be used to proactively identify students who may be in need of more intensive instruction. At the elementary level, CSD universally screens all students in kindergarten through grade 5 three times per year (Fall, Winter, Spring) using district approved Curriculum-Based Measurements (i.e., Acadience ) in reading and math. It is important to note that these assessment tools are not designed to be diagnostic, rather they aim to promote the early identifcation of students who may be at-risk for poor reading or math outcomes and would potentially beneft from intensifed instruction and/or specifc intervention. Screening also results in school-wide data that can be used to inform school staff about the needs of their population to assist with planning and resource allocation. See accompanying resources for math (K-3) and reading (K-5). Universal screening is part of CSD’s Assessment System and serves as an important indicator of both the health of a school’s system of supports (MTSS) as well as to guide the application of available resources and supports in a more effective and effcient manner so that all students can achieve success. Refer to CSD’s Assessment System in the CSD Instructional Guides for more information.

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