In literacy assessment, what is progress monitoring and why is it critical in RTI?

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In literacy assessment, what is progress monitoring and why is it critical in RTI?

Progress monitoring is about using brief, frequent checks to track a student’s growth in specific literacy skills over time. These quick probes target skills like decoding, fluency, and comprehension and are administered regularly so you can see the pace of improvement, not just a single snapshot. In RTI, this ongoing data is essential because it shows whether interventions are working and guides decisions about adjusting instruction or increasing support. If progress is steady, instruction can continue; if growth stalls, you shift strategies, increase intensity, or re-group, and you keep monitoring to gauge impact. It differs from a one-time standardized test, an end-of-unit project, or relying on intuition, since it provides continuous, evidence-based information to drive instruction.

Progress monitoring is about using brief, frequent checks to track a student’s growth in specific literacy skills over time. These quick probes target skills like decoding, fluency, and comprehension and are administered regularly so you can see the pace of improvement, not just a single snapshot. In RTI, this ongoing data is essential because it shows whether interventions are working and guides decisions about adjusting instruction or increasing support. If progress is steady, instruction can continue; if growth stalls, you shift strategies, increase intensity, or re-group, and you keep monitoring to gauge impact. It differs from a one-time standardized test, an end-of-unit project, or relying on intuition, since it provides continuous, evidence-based information to drive instruction.

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