Monitoring Student Performance

You need to monitor student performance to make sure students have been placed correctly and are appropriately challenged as they work through the program.

To monitor performance, you need to check students' data for trends. To access the student data, generate Read Naturally Live reports. Each report includes important information about a specific student's progress or the progress of a group of students. Use the data from the reports to check initial placement and keep students challenged.

Note

• To conveniently report on a specific group of students, you can add a personal group. Groups let you quickly access a specific set of students, including when you need reports. Only you will be able to see groups you have created.

Topics

• Creating Read Naturally Live Reports
• Creating Read Naturally Live–Español Reports
• Checking Initial Placement
• Keeping Students Challenged
• Exiting Read Naturally Live

See Also

• Adding a Personal Group
• Working with Personal Groups

Checking Initial Placement

Once a student has finished three stories, check the student's data to see whether he or she is placed correctly. Refer to the student's reports, including the Student Read Naturally Live Placement Report, to find the necessary data.

To check placement, ask yourself:

• Is the student's cold-timing score approximately 30 less than the goal for students below fifth grade, or 40 less than the goal for students in fifth grade and above?
• Can the student read at the goal rate after practicing three to ten times?
• Is the hot-timing score at, or just above, the goal?
• Does the student answer most of the questions correctly?

Students are correctly placed when most of their data fit within these suggested ranges for cold and hot timings, number of practices, and comprehension questions. Use these guidelines and your judgment to determine whether placement is correct.

If a student has been incorrectly placed, explain to the student that you made a mistake when placing him or her. Then, adjust the student's level or goal as needed, and continue to monitor the student until you feel confident that the student is placed correctly.

• Creating a Student Read Naturally Live Placement report
• Creating Read Naturally Live Reports

Keeping Students Challenged

After checking placement, turn your attention to accelerating learning by keeping students challenged as they improve.

To make sure your students continue to be challenged after you have confirmed their placement, regularly monitor their performance to determine if they need a change in level or goal. Typically, after a student has completed 12 stories, you should carefully review his or her performance and consider changes.

Topics

• Determining When to Make a Change
• Determining Whether to Raise the Level or the Goal
• Changing a Student's Series, Level, or Goal

Determining When to Make a Change

If you see a trend in one or more of the following, it may be time to make a change.

• The student's cold- and hot-timing scores improve significantly.
• The number of practices the student takes to reach the goal reading rate has decreased significantly. If a student typically reaches the goal in fewer than three practices, this is a strong indication that it is time for a change.
• The student consistently exceeds his or her goal on the hot timing.
• The student's behavior indicates the student is no longer challenged. For example, the student may appear bored.

• Creating Read Naturally Live Reports

Determining Whether to Raise the Level or the Goal

Once you determine that a change in level or goal is needed, you must decide which one to raise. When changing levels and goals, raise only one element at a time.

After a student completes all of the stories in a series/level, raise the student's level. Typically, a student works in only one series per level. But, if a student would benefit from staying in the current level and if you have another series available that would be appropriate, you can keep the student in the level by assigning him or her another series.

If you need to make a change after the student has completed only a portion of the stories in a level, consider the student's comprehension and accuracy, and use your judgment.

• If the student frequently scores less than 80 percent correct on the quiz questions on the first try, do not change the level.
• If the student has high error rates during cold or hot timings because he or she lacks the oral vocabulary to read the current level of material or lacks the phonics skills to decode the words in this level, do not change the level.
• If the student has high error rates due to carelessness or a desire for speed, do not change the goal reading rate.

If the student's comprehension is good and error rates are low, consider the gains he or she needs to make in level of material and reading rate to achieve his or her long-term fluency goal. The student's long-term fluency goal is typically reading unpracticed, grade-level material at a rate that is at least at the 50th percentile of national norms.

Jan Hasbrouck and Gerald Tindal have completed an extensive study of oral reading fluency. The results were published in a technical report entitled "Oral Reading Fluency: 90 Years of Measurement" in The Reading Teacher in 2006. The following table shows the mean (average) oral reading fluency in words correct per minute (WCPM) of students in grades 1 through 8 at the 50th percentile as determined by Hasbrouck and Tindal's data (Hasbrouck & Tindal, 2006). Use the information in this table to help decide whether to raise a student's level or goal. Or use the link below to access the 2017 update to the norms for grade 1 through 6. 

2006 Hasbrouck & Tindal Oral Reading Fluency Data, 50th Percentile

* WCPM: Words Correct Per Minute

Once you've decided which element to raise—level or goal—follow the guidelines below to help ensure the student's continued success.

• Typically, raise levels by half a year at a time. In rare cases, you may raise levels by a whole year if a student is reading in level 3.0 or above and has made significant fluency progress, comprehends well, and can handle the extra challenge.
• Raise goals by ten words at a time.
• Discuss the change with the student, asking for his or her input.

Changing a Student's Series, Level, or Goal

The ability to change the series, level, story goal, or word list goal of students is limited by each student's lead teacher assignment and school as follows: 

• Any Teacher, School Coordinator, or Account Administrator can change the series, level, story goal, or word list goal of a student for whom they are the lead teacher. They can also change the same settings for any student without an assigned lead teacher.
• School Coordinators can change the series, level, story goal, or word list goal of all students at their school, including students with another lead teacher.
• Account Administrators can change the series, level, story goal, or word list goal of all students in the account, including students with another lead teacher.

You can change a student's series, level, story goal, or word list goal from either the Staff Member Module or a student's workstation. Assignments for English- and Spanish-language applications are separate, allowing students to work in both applications at the same time.

To make a change from the Staff Member Module:

1. From the navigation menu, select Student Activity.
2. Use the Choose Students to View search feature to view the student whose series, level, story goal, or word list goal you need to change. 
3. Click the expand arrow to the left of the student's name to expand the application level for that student.
4. On the appropriate application's row, choose the pencil icon to the right of the Assignment column.
   For Read Naturally Live, the Change Series, Level, or Goal page opens for the student.
   For Read Naturally Live-Español, the Change Level, or Goal page opens for the student.
5. Change the series, level, story goal, or (for students in Read Naturally Live's Phonics series) word list goal as needed.
6. Click Save & Close.
7. If asked, select when you would like to apply the change. You can apply the change to the next new story selected by the student (click Next Story), or immediately (click Immediately; then Yes to confirm).
   If you apply the changes to the next story, the student will complete the current story with her or his current assignment before any changes are applied.

To make a change from the Student Module:

1. With the student logged in, click Teacher.
2. If prompted to log in, enter your user ID and password, and click Log In.
   The Teacher Menu opens.
3. Click Change Series/Level/Goal or Change Series/Level.
4. Change the series, level, story goal, or (for students in Read Naturally Live's Phonics series) word list goal as needed.
5. Click Save.
6. If asked, select when you would like to apply the change. You can apply the change to the next new story selected by the student (click Next Story), or immediately (click Immediately; then Yes to confirm).
   If you apply the changes to the next story, the student will complete the current story with her or his current assignment before any changes are applied.

See Also

• Starting the Program
• Assigning Students to Read Naturally Live–Español

Reviewing Data Mentor suggestions from the Teacher Menu

Read Live’s Data Mentor feature uses a student’s recent performance to give teachers data-driven suggestions intended to increase student achievement or reduce student frustration. Periodically, Data Mentor can make new suggestions at the Pass/Review Work step of a story based on updated data. Teachers can choose to accept Data Mentor’s suggestions or not, depending on their deeper knowledge of the student.

Because proper placement is critical to student success, some suggestions recommend adjustments to a student’s level or goal. Others suggest areas where the student may need additional support, like reading comprehension.

Currently, Data Mentor suggests possible changes in Read Naturally Live’s Sequenced series. 

To review Data Mentor suggestions during a student's story: 

1. At the student's workstation, choose the Teacher button at the top of the screen.
2. Log into the Teacher Menu using your user name and password.
3. Choose the Data Mentor item from the Teacher Menu.
   The Data Mentor page displays basic information about the student's Read Naturally Live assignment and progress through the current level.
   Any suggestions and notifications from Data Mentor are present at the bottom of the page.
4. Review the suggestions and notifications. 
   On the right side of the page, explanations for each suggestion include relevant student data from recent work.
   Other possible suggestions, including resources for helping students with comprehension, can also be listed in the right.
5. Determine whether to Accept the set of suggestions. 
   • If you want to make suggested changes, choose the Accept button.
     The student's assignment will be adjusted. Data Mentor's suggestions will no longer be visible on the page.
   • If you do not want to make the suggested changes, simply ignore them.
     No changes will be made to the student's assignment. Data Mentor's suggestions will continue to be displayed.
   • Note: You can wait to resolve any suggestions. If the student reads more stories, Data Mentor will reassess and update its suggestions based on added data over time. 

Notes: 

• Because adequate data is necessary to support valid recommendations, Data Mentor only suggests changes for students who complete cold timings with a teacher present, and complete the Quiz step. Use the Change Story Options feature to set a student’s Cold Timing and Quiz options.
• A Data Mentor tab is also present on the Pass/Review Work step of each story. 

Creating Read Naturally Live Reports

Use the following reports to help you monitor performance in Read Naturally Live's English language levels:

• Creating a Students At-a-Glance report
• Creating Student Level reports (Student Level Summary, Fluency Graph, Comprehension Graph, Retell Graph, and Word List Graph)
• Creating a Story Details report
• Creating a Student Read Naturally Live Placement report

Creating a Students At-a-Glance Report

This report includes a student-by-student summary of results for Read Naturally Live stories passed for a selected set of students. Use this report to quickly identify students who may not be making adequate progress in fluency and comprehension and who therefore may require adjustments in their programs or additional instruction.

Staff members in the Teacher role can create a Students At-a-Glance report only for students for whom they are the lead teacher. Account Administrators and School Coordinators can create a Students At-a-Glance report for any students, regardless of the students' lead teachers.

To create a Students At-a-Glance report:

1. Log in to the Staff Member Module.
2. From the navigation menu, select Reports.
3. Select the Read Naturally Live Reports tile.
4. Click the Students At-a-Glance tile.
5. On the Students At-a-Glance page, use column filters and the Search by Group menu to narrow the list of students displayed.
6. Select the students you want to include in the report by checking the boxes next to their names. You can select one student at a time, or shift-click to choose a range of students from the list.
7. Click the Generate Report for Selected button.
8. Select the beginning and ending dates for the report period.
9. Click Generate Report.
10. To print the report, click the Print button. To download a CSV file of the report, click the Download CSV button.

Note

• A student's lead teacher should be the staff member who makes educational decisions in Read Naturally Live for that student. Lead teachers are assigned whenever students are given a Read Naturally Live license.

See Also

• Sorting and Filtering
• Searching By Personal Group

Creating Student Level Reports

The student level reports are a series of reports that, together, describe a student’s progress in all aspects of a particular level of Read Naturally Live. The student level reports enable you to spot trends in different measures of fluency and comprehension. The reports include:

• Level Summary report—a tabular summary of results for each story a student has passed at a given Read Naturally Live level, including cold- and hot-timing results, number of practices, quiz results, and more.
• Fluency Graph—a bar chart displaying a selected student's cold- and hot-timing scores for all stories passed in a specified series and level.
• Comprehension Graph—a graph showing the quiz questions a selected student answered correctly on the first try for each story in a specified level. Quiz results are reported by question type and story.
• Retell Graph—a graph showing the number of words a selected student used to retell each completed story on the first try and whether or not the student met the teacher's expectations on the first try.
• Word List Graph—a graph showing the rate at which a selected student read the word list for each story the student completed in a specified level. The rate, in words correct per minute, reflects the most recent attempt by the student at that word list.

Staff members in the Teacher role can create student level reports for students for whom they are the lead teacher. Account Administrators and School Coordinators can create reports for any student, regardless of the student's lead teacher.

To create student level reports:

1. Log in to the Staff Member Module.
2. From the navigation menu, select Reports.
3. Click the Read Naturally Live Reports tile.
4. Click Student Level Reports (Recent) to include as many as three recent levels for each student in the report.
   - or - 
   Click Student Level Reports (Archived) to generate a report for a single level for a single student.
5. Choose the students for whom you need a report:
   • On the Student Level Reports (Archived) page, click the Generate button for the student whose report you want to generate.  
   • On the Student Level Reports (Recent) page, use column filters and the Search by Group menu to narrow the list of students displayed. Then select the student(s) on whom you would like to report by checking the box next to the name(s), and click the Generate Reports for Selected button. 
6. Choose the reports you want to generate. You can include any combination of the reports listed above.
   Note that the Retell Graph / Word List Graph option depends on whether a Phonics level has been selected. Word List Graphs are included for phonics levels, and Retell Graphs are included for others.
7. Under Level, select the level(s) on which you want to report.
   • On the Student Level Report (Archived) page, choose the level you want to report on for the student.
   • On the Student Level Report (Recent) page, you can choose the number of levels on which to report for multiple students. The default setting generates a report for each student's most recent level. You can also choose to include two or three most recent levels for each student.
8. Click Generate Reports. 
9. To print the report, click the Print button. 

Note

• A student's lead teacher should be the staff member who makes educational decisions in Read Naturally Live for that student. Lead teachers are assigned whenever students are given a Read Naturally Live license.

See Also

• Sorting and Filtering
• Searching By Personal Group

Creating a Story Details Report

The Story Details report provides detailed results about a student's work in a specific Read Naturally Live story.

Staff members in the Teacher role can create Story Details reports only for students for whom they are the lead teacher. Account Administrators and School Coordinators can create Story Details reports for any students, regardless of the students' lead teachers.

To create a Story Details report:

1. Log in to the Staff Member Module.
2. From the navigation menu, select Reports.
3. Click the Read Naturally Live Reports tile.
4. Click Story Details.
5. On the Student Story Details page, use column filters and the Search by Group menu to narrow the list of students displayed.
6. Click the Generate button for the student for whom you want a report.
7. Under Level, select one of the levels in which the student has worked. 
8. Under Story, select the story to include in the report.
9. Click Generate Reports.
10. To print the report, click the Print button. 

Note

• A student's lead teacher should be the staff member who makes educational decisions in Read Naturally Live for that student. Lead teachers are assigned whenever students are given a Read Naturally Live license.

See Also

• Sorting and Filtering
• Searching By Personal Group

Creating a Student Read Naturally Live Placement Report

The Read Naturally Live Placement Report provides detailed information about a student's most recent placement in Read Naturally Live. Information is provided about each placement story read during the process, and the decision made by the placing teacher at the end of the process is highlighted.

Staff members in the Teacher role can create this report only for students for whom they are the lead teacher. Account Administrators and School Coordinators can create reports for any students, regardless of the students' lead teachers.

To create a Student Read Naturally Live Placement Report for a student:

1. Log in to the Staff Member Module.
2. From the navigation menu, select Reports.
3. Click the Read Naturally Live Reports tile.
4. Click the Student Read Naturally Live Placement tile.
5. On the Student Read Naturally Live Placement page, use column filters and the Search by Group menu to narrow the list of students displayed.
6. Select the students you want to include in the report by checking the boxes next to their names. You can select one student at a time, or shift-click to choose a range of students from the list.
7. Click the Generate Report for Selected button.
   A document with all the requested reports opens in the Print Preview page. 

See Also

• Sorting and Filtering
• Searching By Personal Group

Creating Read Naturally Live–Español Reports

Reports available for the Read Naturally Live–Español application mimic those used with Read Naturally Live's English content.

For a description of each type of report, refer to Creating RN Live Reports.

Use the following reports to help you monitor student performance in the Read Naturally Live–Español application:

• RNL–Español: Creating a Students At-a-Glance report
• RNL–Español: Creating Student Level reports (Student Level Summary, Fluency Graph, Comprehension Graph, and Retell Graph)
• RNL–Español: Creating a Story Details report

Read Naturally Live–Español: Creating a Students At-a-Glance Report

This report includes a student-by-student summary of results for Read Naturally Live–Español stories passed for a selected set of students. Use this report to quickly identify students who may not be making adequate progress in fluency and comprehension and who therefore may require adjustments in their programs or additional instruction.

Staff members in the Teacher role can create a Students At-a-Glance report only for students for whom they are the lead teacher. Account Administrators and School Coordinators can create a Students At-a-Glance report for any students, regardless of the students' lead teachers.

To create a Students At-a-Glance report for Español levels:

1. Log in to the Staff Member Module.
2. From the navigation menu, select Reports.
3. Select the Read Naturally Live–Español Reports tile.
4. Click the Read Naturally Live–Español Students At-a-Glance tile.
5. On the Read Naturally Live–Español Students At-a-Glance page, use column filters and the Search by Group menu to narrow the list of students displayed.
6. Select the students you want to include in the report by checking the boxes next to their names. You can select one student at a time, or shift-click to choose a range of students from the list.
7. Click the Generate Report for Selected button.
8. Select the beginning and ending dates for the report period.
9. Click Generate Report.
10. To print the report, click the Print button. To download a CSV file of the report, click the Download CSV button.

Note

• A student's lead teacher should be the staff member who makes educational decisions in Read Naturally Live for that student. Lead teachers are assigned whenever students are given a Read Naturally Live license.

See Also

• Sorting and Filtering
• Searching By Personal Group

Read Naturally Live–Español: Creating Student Level Reports

The student level reports are a series of reports that, together, describe a student’s progress in all aspects of a particular level of Read Naturally Live–Español. The student level reports enable you to spot trends in different measures of fluency and comprehension. The reports include:

• Level Summary report—a tabular summary of results for each story a student has passed at a given Read Naturally Live level, including cold- and hot-timing results, number of practices, quiz results, and more.
• Fluency Graph—a bar chart displaying a selected student's cold- and hot-timing scores for all stories passed in a specified series and level.
• Comprehension Graph—a graph showing the quiz questions a selected student answered correctly on the first try for each story in a specified level. Quiz results are reported by question type and story.
• Retell Graph—a graph showing the number of words a selected student used to retell each completed story on the first try and whether or not the student met the teacher's expectations on the first try.

Staff members in the Teacher role can create student level reports for students for whom they are the lead teacher. Account Administrators and School Coordinators can create reports for any student, regardless of the student's lead teacher.

To create student level reports:

1. Log in to the Staff Member Module.
2. From the navigation menu, select Reports.
3. Click the Read Naturally Live–Español Reports tile.
4. Click Read Naturally Live–Español Student Level Reports (Recent) to include as many as three recent levels for each student in the report.
   - or - 
   Click Read Naturally Live–Español Student Level Reports (Archived) to generate a report for a single level for a single student.
5. Choose the students for whom you need a report:
   • On the Student Level Reports (Archived) page, click the Generate button for the student whose report you want to generate.  
   • On the Student Level Reports (Recent) page, use column filters and the Search by Group menu to narrow the list of students displayed. Then select the student(s) on whom you would like to report by checking the box next to the name(s), and click the Generate Reports for Selected button. 
6. Choose the reports you want to generate. You can include any combination of the reports listed above.
   Note that the Retell Graph / Word List Graph option depends on whether a Phonics level has been selected. Word List Graphs are included for phonics levels, and Retell Graphs are included for others.
7. Under Level, select the level(s) on which you want to report.
   • On the Student Level Report (Archived) page, choose the level you want to report on for the student.
   • On the Student Level Report (Recent) page, you can choose the number of levels on which to report for multiple students. The default setting generates a report for each student's most recent level. You can also choose to include two or three most recent levels for each student.
8. Click Generate Reports. 
9. To print the report, click the Print button. 

Note

• A student's lead teacher should be the staff member who makes educational decisions in Read Naturally Live for that student. Lead teachers are assigned whenever students are given a Read Naturally Live license.

See Also

• Sorting and Filtering
• Searching By Personal Group

Read Naturally Live–Español: Creating a Story Details Report

The Story Details report provides detailed results about a student's work in a specific Read Naturally Live–Español story.

Staff members in the Teacher role can create Story Details reports only for students for whom they are the lead teacher. Account Administrators and School Coordinators can create Story Details reports for any students, regardless of the students' lead teachers.

To create a Story Details report:

1. Log in to the Staff Member Module.
2. From the navigation menu, select Reports.
3. Click the Read Naturally Live–Español Reports tile.
4. Click Read Naturally Live–Español Story Details.
5. On the Read Naturally Live–Español Student Story Details page, use column filters and the Search by Group menu to narrow the list of students displayed.
6. Click the Generate button for the student for whom you want a report.
7. Under Level, select one of the levels in which the student has worked. 
8. Under Story, select the story to include in the report.
9. Click Generate Reports.
10. To print the report, click the Print button. 

Note

• A student's lead teacher should be the staff member who makes educational decisions in Read Naturally Live for that student. Lead teachers are assigned whenever students are given a Read Naturally Live license.

See Also

• Sorting and Filtering
• Searching By Personal Group

Exiting the Read Naturally Live Intervention

A student is ready to leave Read Naturally Live when he or she can read unpracticed, grade-level material at a rate that is at least at the 50th percentile of national norms.

Because Read Naturally Live students read along with audio recordings of the stories and practice each story multiple times, their levels and goals in Read Naturally Live do not reflect the level and rate at which they read unpracticed material. So, in Read Naturally Live, a student needs to work in material that is at least half a year to one year above his or her grade level before he or she is ready to leave the program.

Use a benchmark assessment tool to determine whether a student has met his or her long-term fluency goal.