Activity 2 Utilizing Decision Trees – Part 1 (2nd Grade)
You are on the SLT (School Leadership Team) at Awesome Elementary School, and you are helping
your teachers implement the RtI Process. Your 2nd grade teachers administered FAIR in
September, AP1. They come to you with the following results: (from four second grade classes, 64
students total).
FAIR AP1* Results from Class Status Reports
Student
PRS*
Nina, Class A
Clark, Class A
Dana, Class B
Ben, Class B
Jenny, Class B
Denny, Class C
Zane, Class C
Chris, Class D
Slade, Class D
Zander, Class D
60
18
16
16
65
71
84
72
82
84
Vocabulary
Spelling
Passage
#
Reading Comprehension
Fluency
WCPM*
Percent
Accuracy
Total
(5)
Percentile
Percentile
2.2
1.5
89
40
94
94
1.1
2.1
1.5
2.4
2.1
2.5
2.4
39
66
72
83
78
85
91
94
96
96
99
96
99
99
5
4
4
2
4
5
5
5
5
5
91st
30th
12th
15th
81st
68th
91st
81st
81ST
81ST
72nd
28th
4th
4th
78th
58th
88th
61st
91ST
72ND
* AP1 = Assessment Period 1; PRS = Probability of Reading Success; WCPM = Words correct per minute
Targeted Diagnostic Inventory (TDI)
ME = Met Expectations, BE = Below Expectations
Student/Class
Phoneme
Deletion
Initial
Nina, Class A
Clark, Class A
Dana, Class B
Ben, Class B
Jenny, Class B
Denny, Class C
Zane, Class C
Chris, Class D
Slade, Class D
Zander, Class D
ME
ME
ME
ME
ME
ME
ME
ME
ME
ME
Phoneme
Deletion
Final
ME
ME
BE
ME
ME
ME
ME
ME
ME
ME
Word Building
Consonants
Word Building
CVC/CVCe
ME
ME
BE
BE
Word
Building
Blends and
Vowels
BE
BE
ME
ME
ME
ME
ME
ME
ME
BE
BE
BE
ME
BE
ME
ME
BE
BE
BE
ME
BE
ME
ME
Multisyllabic
Word Reading
BE
BE
BE
Your assignment: Using the decision tree for Grade 2, for each student determine
if a diagnostic measure is warranted. If so, list the student name, the diagnostic
measure, and why you chose that measure (the criteria as per the decision tree).
Student:
Diagnostic Measure (if needed)
Criteria for Choosing:
SUGGESTIONS:
STUDENT
DIAGNOSTIC ACTION CRITERIA FOR CHOICE
Dana
Administer PASI
BE on Phoneme Deletion Final
Nina
Administer PSI
BE on Word Building
Clark
Administer PSI
BE on Word Building
Ben
Administer PSI
BE on Word Building
Jenny
Administer PSI
BE on Word Building
Denny
Administer PSI
BE on Word Building
Chris
Administer PSI
BE on Word Building
Zane
Continue core instruction <80% Multisyllabic words
Slade
Zander
in syllable types
“”
“”
<80% Multisyllabic words
<80% Multisyllabic words
Activity 2: Utilizing Decision Trees Part 2 - Intermediate
You are on the SLT (School Leadership Team) at Awesome Elementary School, and you are helping
your teachers implement the RtI Process. Your 3rd grade teachers administered FAIR in
September, AP1. They come to you with the following results: (from three third grade classes, 52
students total).
Student
Bebe
Rowan
Dyna
Malik
Makayla
Zorna
Hanson
Taylor
Mylie
Digger
Chloe
Maila
Allie
FSP
FCAT
Success
Probability
23%
40%
55%
67%
10%
31%
52%
79%
24%
12%
29%
76%
84%
RC
Reading
Comprehension
(Percentile
Rank)
44th
53rd
64th
73rd
22nd
45th
62nd
81st
3rd
35th
29th
55th
76th
MAZE
Percentile
Rank
4th
14th
25th
24th
84th
36th
83rd
93rd
25th
9th
29th
15th
44th
WA
Word
Analysis
(Percentile
Rank)
38th
38th
33rd
17th
33rd
3rd
33rd
57th
3rd
9th
29th
15th
76th
Lexile
Measure
590L
660L
730L
800L
435L
605L
715L
870L
455L
422L
399L
745L
815L
Your Assignment: The above data is a portion of a FAIR 3rd Grade Class Status Chart. Use the 3-6
Decision Tree to determine which students need further diagnostic information gathered and which
do not. List the student names, the diagnostic measure, and the criteria for choosing the measure
below.
Student
(Ex: Johnny, PSI, <30th percentile on WA)
Diagnostic Measure
Criteria for choosing diagnostic measure
For students who do not need diagnostic measures – what will you do?
STUDENT:
DIAGNOSTIC:
CRITERIA:
Bebe
Fluency Check
< 30th Percentile MAZE (Box 2)
Rowan
Fluency Check
< 30th Percentile MAZE (Box 2)
Dyna
Fluency Check
< 30th Percentile MAZE (Box 2)
Malik
Fluency Check
< 30th Percentile MAZE (Box 2)
PSI
< 30th Percentile WA (Box 4)
MaKayla
??
?? What would you do?
Zorna
PSI
< 30th Percentile WA (Box 4)
Mylie
Fluency Check
< 30th Percentile MAZE (Box 2)
PSI
< 30th Percentile WA (Box 4)
Fluency Check
< 30th Percentile MAZE (Box 2)
PSI
< 30th Percentile WA (Box 4)
Fluency Check
< 30th Percentile MAZE (Box 2)
PSI
< 30th Percentile WA (Box 4)
Fluency Check
< 30th Percentile MAZE (Box 2)
PSI
< 30th Percentile WA (Box 4)
Digger
Chloe
Maila
Monitor/Enrich:
Hanson, Taylor, Allie