This feature of RtI enables school teams to keep tabs on students' progress on a regular basis, and in an objective manner. Ongoing Progress Monitoring Helps Teams Answer Some Important Questions CBM: An Important Information-Gathering Strategy
Under RtI, school teams must use validated practices for progress
monitoring, meaning that the methods used have been supported by
scientific research. One approach to progress monitoring with
approximately 30 years of scientific support is called Curriculum-Based
Measurement (CBM, or perhaps known in some schools as CBA, short for
CBM in a Nutshell Why Do It?
The use of CBM is favored by many
educators because it offers them a reliable and valid method for
measuring student progress quickly and frequently, using a practical,
easy to administer assessment protocol that is very sensitive to
changes in student progress. By reviewing CBM data on a regular basis, school teams can determine
exactly where individual students stand relative to their classmates and relative
to established benchmarks, and they can make timely instructional decisions
based on this information.