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Two evaluations of your student data are completed, each at a strategic point in the school year.

Read Naturally Live Data Analysis Report - Checking Initial Placement (3rd to 4th week):

• Confirms which students are placed appropriately.
• Indicates students whose placements may need adjustment and recommends specific changes in level or goal.
• Helps to refine fidelity of implementation based on analysis of student data.

Read Naturally Live Data Analysis Report - Monitoring Performance (12th to 16th week):

• Confirms which students' levels and goals are appropriate for maximum progress.
• Identifies students whose goals (and occasionally levels) may need adjustment to accelerate progress.
• Indicates which students are not achieving expected performance and suggests changes in goals, story options, or instructional strategies.
• Provides ongoing insight into fidelity of implementation based on analysis of student data.

The Read Naturally Live Data Analysis Reports:

• Provide examples of how to review and analyze student data.
• Help teachers understand how to accelerate student progress by making appropriate changes in goal, level story options, or instructional strategies in response to data.
• Show how student data can affirm effective implementation of Read Naturally Live.
• Provide troubleshooting tips for common problems identified through data analysis.
• Reinforce the importance of the critical elements of the Read Naturally Strategy that result in maximum student progress.
• Build site capacity for analyzing data in order to increase student achievement through program adjustments.

You receive two evaluations of your student data, each at a strategic point in the school year. 

Read Naturally Data Analysis Report: Checking Initial Placement:

• Created when most students have completed at least three stories (3rd to 4th week).
• Confirms placement or provides recommendations for adjusting initial levels and/or goals.
• Focuses on analyzing data to better implement Read Naturally Live with fidelity.

Read Naturally Data Analysis Report: Monitoring Student Performance:

• Created after students have completed significantly more than three stories (12th to 16th week).
• Monitors student performance and makes recommendations to accelerate student progress.
• Continues to monitor implementation fidelity of Read Naturally Live as shown by data.
• Highlights program features to differentiate instruction and support student achievement.

Both reports include:

• The specific student data used to check the level and the goal.
• The suggested adjustment for each student's level and/or goal if a more appropriate level or goal is recommended.
• Instructional-strategy suggestions that may help to address red flags in student data.
• A report key that includes:
  • Lists of things to consider about the data or the recommendation.
  • Procedures for changing the level.
  • Level considerations when using the Phonics series.
  • Initial placement criteria.
  • Expectations for student progress for the year.
• A Troubleshooting Table listing possible causes and solutions when student data indicates a need for change.

To effectively implement Read Naturally Live, teachers need two kinds of professional development—Read Naturally Strategy training and hands-on training for the Read Live software.

Prerequisite 1: Read Naturally Strategy Training

Read Naturally Strategy training provides the information and skills necessary to accelerate the reading achievement of each student. Educators will learn how to:

• Identify the students who need the program.
• Place students using the built-in placement test.
• Monitor student performance.
• Make changes to accelerate student progress.
• Understand the critical elements of the Read Naturally Strategy that result in maximum student progress.

These are your options for Read Naturally Strategy training:

• The Read Naturally Live Online Course (free)
• The Read Naturally Seminar (not included in the price for Read Naturally Data Analysis Reports):
  • Public Read Naturally Seminars
  • District/Service Center Training
  • Read Live Hands-On Training

Prerequisite 2: Read Live Hands-On Training

Read Naturally hands-on training provides step-by-step instructions for how to use the software and illustrates the tasks and training concepts of Read Naturally Live.
​ Learn more about Read Live Hands-On Training