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Wisconsin’s Literacy Screener
• A training for the administration and scoring of the Phonological Awareness Literacy Screener
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PALS Background
Wisconsin Statute 118.016(1) now requires that an early literacy screener be administered to all 4 year old kindergarten thru first grade students beginning in 2013-14 and expanding to second grade beginning in 2014-15
DPI was charged with selecting a screener that met these criteria:▫ Is valid and reliable▫ Assesses phonemic awareness and letter sound
knowledge
PALS was selected to provide educators with helpful information to guide instruction
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Administration Windows•Fall window for 1st grade
September 16 --- October 11 (data due Oct. 25)
•Fall window for 4K and 5K October 14 --- November 8 (data due Nov.
20)•Winter window for all grades (optional)
January 6 --- February 28 (data due Feb. 28)•Spring window for all grades
April 28 --- May 23 (data due June 6)
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PALS Connections to Wisconsin Initiatives
•Common Core Standards in English Language Arts and Wisconsin Model Early Learning Standards
•Response to Intervention
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PALS Connections to the Standards
•The PALS subtests are representative of the understandings, knowledge and skills identified in the:▫Reading Foundational Skills – Common Core
State Standards in English Language Arts (CCSS)
▫Early Literacy Standards - Wisconsin Model Early Learning Standards (WMELS)
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PALS Connections to Response to Intervention (RtI)• PALS meets the definition of a universal
screener within an RtI framework:
– A screener is an assessment given as one part of the screening process to establish a baseline from which students are beginning and to align the instructional starting point to student need.
– Universal screening data can be examined to determine if a change in core curriculum and instruction is needed.
– Data from the universal screening process are used to make decisions about interventions and additional challenges.
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PALS and Response to Intervention
•Collaboration•High Quality Instruction •Balanced Assessment•Culturally Responsive Practices
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PALS Implications for School Literacy Teams and Data Teams
• Review data as a team (principals, classroom teachers, reading specialists and reading teachers, special education teachers, ELL teachers, school psychologists, speech and language teachers) following the fall and spring administration
• Develop a plan for progress monitoring for students with areas of deficit or strength
• Share PALS assessment information regularly
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Think-Pair-Share
•Discuss with a partner how you see PALS fitting into your current instruction and assessment plan.
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Parent Communication
•One-page parent brochure available on PALS Wisconsin website for districts to copy and distribute in the fall
•http://www.palswisconsin.info/parents.shtml
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Other Parent Communication Hints
•Plan to share results from the fall administration at parent-teacher conferences
•On-line module that will assist teachers with interpreting student results
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Other PALS ResourcesPALS Quick Checks
• Used to monitor student progress on targeted literacy skill acquisition areas and gauge response to instruction and/or intervention
• Available in the areas of:▫ Alphabet Recognition▫ Letter Sounds▫ Beginning Sound Production▫ Concept of Word▫ K Spelling
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PALS Quick Checks
• Recommended to be administered only once every two weeks
• Available as PDF files through the Online Score Entry and Reporting System account
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Additional PALS Professional Development and Support
•Using PALS to Drive Instruction module
•Online instructional strategies and lesson plans
•Early Literacy Courses for teachers (Optional)
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PALS SummaryThings to Remember
•View the professional development modules by September 15 for 1st grade and by October 1 for 4K and 5K
•Share the Parent brochure prior to the fall administration
•Administer PALS in the fall and spring***choose a consecutive two week window within these
administration windows.
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PALS Resources and Support• PALS Wisconsin Resource Center
http://www.palswisconsin.info/
• PALS Toll-Free Hotline for District Assessment Coordinators: (888) 728-7257
• PALS E-Mail Hotline for all teachers and District Assessment Coordinators: [email protected]
• DPI PALS Contact Duane Dorn (608) 267-1069 [email protected]