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  • Understand the Benchmark Assessment Cycle

    Maurya Buchanan

    by Maurya Buchanan

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    Discover the aimswebPlus Assessment Cycle

    As your district prepares students to achieve their end-of-year goals, you’re probably overwhelmed by all the preparation tools available. Students in need of additional support require frequent monitoring, while other students benefit from a few benchmarking assessments—or screenings—throughout the school year. What schedule and tools should you use to meet every student’s needs while running an efficient classroom?

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  • Charting Olivia's Progress

    Maurya Buchanan

    by Maurya Buchanan

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    Last month we started this journey, following Olivia's progress throughout the school year. For those who might have missed it you can find the first blog article here. And while Olivia isn't the name of an actual child we can track, she does represent the hundreds of thousands of students who are helped by aimsweb each year.

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  • The Trouble with Ducks: Olivia's Story

    Maurya Buchanan

    by Maurya Buchanan

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    What is the best way to get the power of aimswebPlus across? By telling the story of how it is used in the classroom. While I can’t tell the story of one specific student, this is the story of many students. Over the last year, I've spent a lot of time talking with educators to build a better aimsweb – aimswebPlus. This story is the culmination of all those conversations. And this is just one of many possible stories. Please share yours.

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  • Why is Silent Reading Fluency (SRF) Important?

    Maurya Buchanan

    by Maurya Buchanan

    Reading is a complex intellectual process that encompasses immense benefits. In the early stages of a child’s academic years, reading is one of the most important skills to learn. Reading helps a student communicate with others, discover and learn new things, complete day-to-day tasks, comprehend and retain what he or she is learning, master a language, generate new ideas, and form intellectual thoughts.

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  • How Benchmark Assessments Support an RTI Framework

    Maurya Buchanan

    by Maurya Buchanan

    When you arrive to school each morning, you know that your success lies in the success of your students. The daunting goal of every teacher is to provide students with instruction that targets their unique needs.

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