Disaggregating Data

Did you know that you have the tools to disaggregate your own data that you have been collecting on your students?  And it's not that hard.  RTI requires that data be collected on students to determine what their needs are and whether or not they move into another tier.  The benchmark and progress monitoring tests are given by the reading lab folks, but you have more data than that at your disposal.  Before students are sent to the lab for higher level interventions you can collect your own data to help establish the need for intervention.  Your gradebook is chock full of data.  To help you determine what areas of weakness need addressing, you can, with just a little tweaking, use your gradebook and Excel to disaggregate that information.  By using the 5 areas of reading instruction in the title of your activities you can easily reorganize a student's comprehensive progress report to easily see where his/her weaknesses are.  If you are interested in learning how to work with your gradebook in Excel to disaggregate data, come to the training sessions this week and next and we can streamline the disaggregation process.  (I love that word!)