INSIGHT GUIDE 1
Utilize InSight as a Screener and Benchmark Assessment
Screen with InSightUse InSight as a screener to identify students who would benefit from Reading Plus instruction. Follow these guidelines to use InSight as a screener with a large body of students before they are enrolled in Reading Plus classes.
Ensure all Students Targeted for Insight Assessment Appear on Student Roster
• Select the Students tab• View names on Student Roster• If you must add a student who
does not appear on the Student Roster, press +Create
Note: If many students do not appear on your Student Roster, visit www.readingplus.com/imports for instructions about preparing your file for import.
Print Students’ Usernames and Passwords
• Select the Reports tab• From the drop-down menu,
select Student Usernames and Passwords Report
• Press Print
Students begin working in Reading Plus with an integrated assessment called InSight. InSight is a computer-adaptive assessment, created under the direction and guidance of leading reading researchers. InSight provides data to identify individual students’ instructional needs. InSight measures students' comprehension level, vocabulary knowledge, comprehension-based silent reading rate, and motivation for reading. The initial administration of InSight serves as a screener as well as the Reading Plus placement test. Administrators and teachers can also administer the InSight assessment up to two additional times throughout the year as a benchmark to measure student progress over time.
INSIGHT GUIDE 2
Prepare Staff to Administer InSight
InSight Assessment
Screener
Benchmark
Placement
Instructional Programs
Provide students with their Reading Plus usernames and passwords. To take InSight, students log in to login.readingplus.com.
Tell students how long the assessment will take—most students complete the assessment within 30 minutes. The assessment can be completed in two or more sittings.
Inform students that the assessment is divided into three parts.
Remind students to put on headphones before viewing the instructional movie for each part.
Ask students to have a book or other quiet activity nearby in case they complete the assessment before classmates.
If students move too quickly or very slowly through the assessment, cautionary messages will be displayed on the student’s screen. Messages remind students to stay focused and do their best work.
• Select the Reports tab• From the Site Reports tab, select
the Screening Report from drop-down menu
• Use the scroll bar or press Print to view the complete report
Review Data After Assessment
INSIGHT GUIDE 3
Take Inventory of Your StudentsThe Site Screening Report shows you which students can benefit from Reading Plus as an intervention, which students are proficient but can use Reading Plus for enrichment, and which students are either borderline or not ready for fluency development in the Reading (SeeReader) component.
Aug 29, 2016 3:51 PM
Mikaila Williams
Macon Gaines Middle School
Site Screening Report All Completed Weeks
COMPREHENSION & VOCABULARY (Capacity Index)
Q4
Q3
Q2
Q1
LOWER COMP/VOCABHIGHER FLUENCY
HIGHER COMP/VOCABHIGHER FLUENCY
LOWER COMP/VOCABLOWER FLUENCY
HIGHER COMP/VOCABLOWER FLUENCY
-8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 GRADELEVEL
1 2 3 4
FLU
ENC
Y (S
ilent
Rea
ding
Rat
e by
Qua
rtile
)
Higher Comp/VocabHigher Fluency
Higher Comp/VocabLower Fluency
Lower Comp/VocabHigher Fluency
Lower Comp/VocabLower Fluency
Borderline
Not Ready
Enrichment
Fluency/Efficiency Development
Comprehension and Vocabulary Development
Comprehension, Vocabulary, and Fluency/EfficiencyDevelopment
Intensive Comprehension and VocabularyDevelopment; Student May Need Teacher Support
Visual-Perceptual Skill Development and VocabDevelopment; Student May Need FoundationalSkill Development and/or Extra Teacher Support
2 (2%)
19 (15%)
14 (11%)
65 (52%)
18 (15%)
6 (5%)
Diagnostic Profile Primary Instructional FocusNumber of
Students (%)
Use the color-coded symbols to identify students who are either Not Ready or Borderline for the Reading component (SeeReader).
Not Ready: Student did not demonstrate mastery of first-grade-level reading passages and first-grade-level academic vocabulary during the InSight assessment. A Not Ready student who is known to have foundational reading skills such as phonics and decoding may not have put forth best effort during assessment.
Borderline: Student is marginally ready to earn 80%+ on the Reading lessons. Borderline students:
• are likely to benefit from comprehension development and stamina-building in the Reading program.
• should be encouraged to complete Reading (SR) lessons and monitored for comprehension improvement.
• typically begin earning comprehension scores of 80%+ after completing approximately 20 lessons.
Students in the orange, yellow, and red quadrants are likely to benefit from Reading Plus as an intervention:
Red quadrant students read at an inefficient rate and their comprehension and vocabulary skills are below grade level
Orange quadrant students are efficient readers, but only when reading below-grade-level content.
Yellow quadrant students can comprehend content at or above grade level, but they are slow, inefficient readers.
Green quadrant students are already proficient and can benefit from Reading Plus as enrichment.
Note the diagnostic profile and the primary instructional focus in Reading Plus for students in each of the scatterplot quadrants above. View the number and percentage of students appearing in each quadrant.
INSIGHT GUIDE 4
Benchmark Progress with InSightAfter the first administration, InSight can be administered as an optional assessment to benchmark progress up to two additional times per year (mid-year and end-of-year, for example). Teachers can reassign the InSight assessment to students in Reading Plus classes. Administrators can reassign InSight as an assessment to benchmark all students' progress, including students not enrolled in Reading Plus classes.
Follow these guidelines to utilize InSight as an assessment to benchmark the progress of students enrolled in Reading Plus classes.
Assign Mid-Year and End-of-Year InSight Assessment• From your Administrator
Dashboard, select Site settings tab
• Press InSight Settings• Check the box next to Assign
InSight Assessment• Select the option to assign mid-
term (benchmark 2) or end-of-year (benchmark 3) assessment.
• Press Save
Administer InSight• Follow previous instructions for
administering InSight (page 2)
Review Data After Assessment• Select the Reports tab• From the Site Reports tab,
select Benchmark Report from dropdown menu
• Use the scroll bar or press Print to view the complete report
INSIGHT GUIDE 5
Class Benchmark Report
Ms. Mora P3Macon Gaines Middle School
Ms. Mora P3
0% (0)
11% (2)
6% (1)
11% (2)
28% (5)
44% (8)
Benchmark 1(9/3/13-9/17/13)
28% (5)
6% (1)
17% (3)
22% (4)
11% (2)
17% (3)
18 Students
Avg
4.2
4.5
5.4
118
0%
11%
17%
0%
5.3
5.8
6.1
135
17%
28%
22%
11%
+1.1
+1.3
+0.7
+17
% at Grade Avg % at Grade Gain
18 Students(45.4 hrs)
94% of Studentsmade gains
83% of Studentsmade gains
6%
17%22%
17%
6%11%
28%
44%
17% (3)
3% (2)
7% (1)
17% (2)
31% (5)
41% (5)
Benchmark 2(12/9/13-12/10/13)
18 Students(22.9 hrs)
17%
11%
6%11%28%
28%
Benchmark 3(4/21/14-4/22/14)
At or Above Grade
Below 1
Below 2
Below 3
Below 4
Below 5
PROFICIENCY INDEX (Capacity and Efficiency)
11%
Proficiency Level
Very High
High
Neutral
Low
Very Low
Legend
Extrinsic
Self-Efficacy
Interest
Value
Benchmark 1 Benchmark 2 Benchmark 3
17%28%
MOTIVATION
Proficiency Level
Comprehension Level
Vocabulary Level
Reading Rate
6.7
7.8
7.0
145
28%
39%
28%
11%
+2.5
+3.3
+1.6
+27
Avg % at Grade Gain
Analyze GrowthUse the Site Benchmark Report to analyze student growth over time. This report displays the percentage of students above, at, or below grade level in overall proficiency, the percentage of students at or above grade level in comprehension, vocabulary, reading rate, and student scores on a scale of very low to very high within four domains of motivation. This information is displayed for each administration of InSight.
Please note that students should complete a minimum of 40 Reading (SeeReader) lessons before educators administer InSight as a benchmark assessment.
Proficiency Index is a composite of reading comprehension level, vocabulary level, and silent reading rate.
Note percentages of students demonstrating grade-level or above-grade-level capacity in reading comprehension, vocabulary, and silent reading rate on each benchmark administration.
View the percentage of students above, at or below grade level in overall proficiency on each benchmark administration.
• % of students at or above grade level
• % of students one level below grade level
View student growth over time in four motivation domains.
Press here to access individual student data on the Site Benchmark Comparison Report. See the following page for details.
Analyze Growth (continued)Use the Site Benchmark Comparison Report to analyze individual student growth over time based on InSight assessment results. This report displays student-level data for each administration of InSight.
Mikalia WilliamsMacon Gaines Middle SchoolMay 31, 2014
Site Benchmark Comparison Report All Completed Weeks
Student SR Total
Pulley P1
Garcia P2
Wilcox P3
Pulley P1
Garcia P4
Pulley P1
Wilcox P3
Garcia P4
Pulley P1
Garcia P4
Wilcox P3
Wilcox P3
Garcia P4
Garcia P4
Garcia P2
Pulley P1
Garcia P4
Garcia P4
Pulley P1
Garcia P1
Garcia P1
Wilcox P3
Garcia P1
Pulley P1
Pulley P1
Wilcox P3
B1 Prof L B3 Prof L Gain
Chung, Dai
Maltos, Felix
Burns, William
Ine, Eiko
Kan, Masana
Nicholson, Angelo
Sahaku, Honoo
Moreau, Aubrey
Gomez, Gordon
Sarraf, Zakiy
Hill, Alicia
Anaya, Macy
Wark, Taj
Hsiao, Jie
Furuya, Nishi
Higgins, Amy
Karlsen, Mark
Kjaer, Rosa
Hernandez, Ilana
Baumgart, Cindy
Howser, Cole
O’Brien Walter
Holtz, Carol
Petros, Milen
Saitou, Tokie
Wood, Noah
Class Grade SR Inter
7
6
7
7
6
7
7
6
7
6
7
7
6
6
6
7
6
6
7
7
7
7
7
6
6
7
2.9
5.3
4.3
5.3
4.0
2.5
5.4
5.8
6.1
4.5
4.0
4.7
3.9
5.3
4.7
4.9
3.1
5.4
4.7
4.3
4.4
7.9
4.4
2.6
4.5
3.4
5.5
6.0
4.7
6.3
7.4
3.9
7.6
8.7
7.8
8.2
7.8
4.9
5.9
6.4
7.3
6.3
7.5
8.7
5.3
6.7
6.2
5.5
4.7
4.7
5.2
6.2
2.6
0.7
0.4
1.0
3.4
1.4
2.2
2.9
1.7
3.7
3.8
0.2
2.0
1.1
2.6
1.4
4.4
3.3
0.6
2.4
1.8
-2.4
.03
2.1
0.7
2.8
125
72
128
111
130
125
137
115
177
90
109
145
128
90
189
96
120
108
102
133
110
117
155
84
101
75
121
72
120
109
127
121
131
108
169
85
98
137
122
89
184
94
115
103
98
125
103
111
149
77
96
73
Garcia P2
Garcia P2
Garcia P2
Garcia P2
Pulley P1
Garcia P2
Pulley P1
Pulley P1
Garcia P1
Garcia P1
Garcia P2
Joshi, Saniya
Keita, Tuma
Hillman, Lanora
Nerio, Isabel
Sanabria, Dario
Bora, Aja
Caro, Naseeba
Menz, Dwight
Ganim, Sumaira
Connelly, Ella
Toure, Ebele
59 Students
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
7
7
6
5.0
3.6
6.2
5.3
4.5
2.7
4.8
7.0
1.4
4.4
8.7
4.5
5.5
5.6
6.7
8.0
5.1
4.3
5.9
10.3
2.8
5.6
10.0
6.4
.05
2.0
0.5
2.7
0.6
1.6
1.1
3.3
1.4
1.2
1.3
1.9
52
55
48
83
54
48
23
42
24
37
32
106.2
48
49
42
74
48
41
17
36
16
30
22
100.3
View the total number of Reading lessons completed between initial assessment (B1) and subsequent benchmark assessment (B2 or B3).
View the overall proficiency level gain between assessments.
Press a student name to access the Student Assessment Report.
Press a class name to access the Class Benchmark Report.
Compare the proficiency level (Prof L) at initial InSight assessment (B1) with the level at subsequent benchmark assessment (B2 or B3). Proficiency level is a composite measure comprised of reading comprehension level, vocabulary level, and silent reading rate.
View the total number of Reading lessons completed over the course of the implementation.
View site averages for total Reading lessons completed, lessons completed between assessments, proficiency levels at initial and subsequent assessment, and total level gain.
Proficiency Level Color Key
At or above grade level
1 level below grade level
2 levels below grade level
3 levels below grade level
4 levels below grade level
5 levels below grade level
2015
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