TUTORIALS

What is a Tutorial? A tutorial is a pre-recorded presentation that briefly walks the participants through specific tasks. Some tutorials simply give an overview of different aspects of an assessment or resource. Others can be used to familiarize students and staff with available resources.

• T-PRO Basics: Fall 2009 Administraion
  This tutorial will provide guidelines for administering the T-PRO Fall 2009 Diagnostic Assessment, including preparation of materials, additional resources to assist with administration and supplemental interventions, and a timeline for the fall testing process. This presentation also informs viewers about the types of skills assessed by T-PRO for each grade level and refers them to sample items.
• Fluency Administration
  An overview of the Fluency / Oral Reading Proficiency (ORP) section of T-PRO is provided in this tutorial. The basic steps in administering this section are outlined. Updated to reflect the Fall 2009 revisions to the Fluency section, detailed instruction is given in interpreting Fluency/ORP results, supplemental fluency materials, and examples for marking passage errors.
• Using Spring 2009 PRO-Reports Data to Drive Instruction for Fall: Part I
  This tutorial will provide an overview of PRO-Reports, explain score types, and share ways to use PRO-Reports data to guide instruction.
• Using Spring 2009 PRO-Reports Data to Drive Instruction for Fall: Part 2
  This tutorial covers PRO-Reports analysis, supplemental intervention activities, and administration schedule changes.
• Spring 2009 T-PRO Updates: Outcomes
  Assessment Preparation
  This brief tutorial discusses the administrative changes that affect Spring administration of T-PRO.
• Phonemic Awareness Administration
  This tutorial covers the basic steps in administering the Phonemic Awareness section of T-PRO. Sample items are discussed along with helpful tips on assessing students individually.
• Accessing PRO-Reports
  A brief “how-to” tutorial on accessing reports from the PRO-Reports web site
• Using PRO-Reports to Drive Instruction
  This tutorial describes the PRO-Reports format and the type of score information provided. It also discusses how to interpret results from PRO-reports in order to provide data-driven instruction.