As educators, how do we know what specific skills learners are struggling with, and how can we tell if our interventions are actually working?  

Curriculum-based evaluation (CBE; Howell & Nolet, 2001) offers clear procedures for analyzing K-5 students' academic skills, determining where instruction needs to focus, and evaluating progress.This step-by-step training illustrates the problem-solving process using curriculum-based measurement (CBM) for collecting assessment information that is directly related to intervention and program planning.

Participants will learn about CBE for diagnostic reading assessment for pinpointing specific needs in decoding and interventions.

In sessions 1 and 2 participants will:

• Examine tools for CBE in early reading

• Practice step-by-step data-based decision making

• Design intervention program targeting specific needs

Introduction to Curriculum-Based Evaluation for focusing intervention

Session 1 occurs on April 12 from 4:00 until 5:30 in Knox Room 303

Session 2 occurs on April 26 from 4:00 until 5:30 in Knox Room 303