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FASTBridge Math & Behavior Webinar Schedule

Training Information for FASTBridge Implementation Spring 2018

Purpose

This training is intended to support districts and schools that signed up to 
use the FASTBridge behavior and math assessments suites in 2018-19 and plan 
to use the assessments in the spring screening window which is April 23 - May 18. 
Districts and schools that signed up to use the assessments beginning in the fall 
are also welcome to participate. (Please note that these sessions will support 
schools using the K-6 assessments and also are applicable for schools using them 
for grades 7-12. Schools that want to purchaseFastBridge for grades 7-12 should 
email the name of the their district, school, contact person, grade levels requesting
to purchase and student enrollment in those grades to sales@fastbridge.org.)

Audience

Attendees might include administrators, teacher leaders and teachers responsible 
for selecting which math measures will be administered and those who are responsible 
for training staff on the math and behavior measures. AEA consultants and leaders are 
also welcome to attend.   

Webinar Outcomes

Attendees will: 

• Understand the purposes of the assessments
• Navigate the layout of the assessments
• Learn how to administer the assessment
• Locate the training modules and other supports within the system  

Webinar Registration

Attendees can register for the webinar sessions here. This webinar is offered several times. 
Select the date and time that works best for you.

Webinar Schedule

Separate webinars are available for math and behavior.

Click here to access this document which will have ALL up-to-date recordings

Note: The webinars for each area are the same and are repeated at various dates and times.

Topic Date & Time	Details
earlyMath March 28 8:30 - 10:30 a.m.	Grade Level: K-1 Webinar Recording: earlyMath Description: earlyMath - Student works individually to complete tasks related to early numeracy and  mathematics. The screening composite includes  three subtests and progress monitoring includes  one subtest at a time. Assessment Focus: Early numeracy Screening: Yes (Composite)*        Progress Monitoring: Yes (Subtests)**    Format: Teacher and student Score(s): Raw score (number correct)    Admin Time: Screening (5 min.) / Monitoring (1-2 min.)
earlyMath April 3 8:30 - 10:30 a.m.
earlyMath April 11 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
aMath March 28 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.	Grade Level: K-8 Webinar Recording: aMath Description of aMath: Student answers questions  about areas of math using a computer.  The questions adapt to the student’s math level  during the assessment.     Assessment Focus: Items tap a variety of skills  including counting and cardinality, operations  and algebraic thinking, number and operations in  base ten, numbers and operations,  measurement and data, and geometry. Screening: Yes        Progress Monitoring: No Format: Computer-Based Score(s): Scaled score between 150-250    Admin Time: 15-30 min.
aMath April 5 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
aMath April 12 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
CBM Automaticity and Concepts & Applications April 3 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.	CBM Automaticity: Grade Level 1-3 CBMmath Concepts and Applications: Grade Level 1-8 Webinar Recording: CBMmath Automaticity  and CBMmath CAP Description of CBMmath Concepts & Applications:  Student uses a computer to solve a variety of math  problems that require both fact and  procedural knowledge. Assessment Focus: Applied math problems Screening: Yes        Progress Monitoring: Yes CBM CAP - Grades 1-8 Format: Computer-based Score(s): Raw score (number correct per 10 min.) Admin Time: 20-30 min. Description of CBMmath: Automaticity - Student  uses a computer to answer math fact questions  about addition, subtraction, multiplication  and/or division. There are both multi-skill  and single skill versions. Assessment Focus: Computation facts (add/sub/mult/div) Screening: Yes        Progress Monitoring: Yes CBM Automaticity - Grades 1-3 Format: Computer-based Score(s): Raw score (number correct per 10 minutes) Admin Time: 1-4 min.
CBM Automaticity and Concepts & Applications   April 6 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
CBM Automaticity and Concepts & Applications   April 12 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
CBMmath Process April 5 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.	Grade Level: 2-6 Description of CBMmath Process: Student uses  paper and pencil to complete multi-step  math problems.  There are both multi-skill and single skill versions. Assessment Focus: Problem solving process Screening: Yes (Rapid Scoring) CBMmath Process - Grades 2-6        Progress Monitoring: Yes (Error Analysis) Format: Teacher and student or group Score(s): Raw score (number correct per 10 min.) Admin Time: 15-20 min.
CBMmath Process April 10 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Data Reports & Interpretation for Math May 16 9:00  - 11:00 a.m. June 7 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

*The earlyMath Composite consists of three subtests that vary by screening period and grade level.

**earlyMath measures are available for progress monitoring, but the composite is not. Just like reading, 
the individual measures are used for progress monitoring.

Topic Date & Time	Details
SAEBRS April 6 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.	Grade Level: K-12 Description of SAEBRS: Teacher uses a computer to  rate each student’s skill level on 19 items related to  social, academic and emotional behaviors. Assessment Focus: Social, academic and emotional skills Screening: Yes    Progress Monitoring: No Format: Computer-based Score(s): Raw scores (sum of scores) Admin Time: 3-5 min. per student
SAEBRS April 9 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Data Reports & Interpretation May 14 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Data Reports & Interpretation June 5 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

Accessing the Math and Behavior Assessments

The information that schools and districts submitted to their AEA in the past two weeks has been submitted
 to FASTBridge. Once they have entered the necessary school/district data, FASTBridge will email the 
District Manager and let them know that the expanded assessment suites are available for participating schools.   

Additional Information

• Here is the Q&A pertaining to FASTBridge implementation.
• As a reminder, the spring screening window is April 23 - May 18.
• Training sessions will be available in July and/or August for districts that
  are beginning the screening process in the fall. These sessions will be finalized by April 15.
• There will be additional communication regarding supports for districts and schools
   that are using the expanded assessment suite for the first time during the 2018-19 school year.

If you have questions, email the contact at your AEA below.  

Central Rivers	Julie Davies (jdavies@centralriversaea.org)
Grant Wood	Kris Donnelly (kdonnelly@gwaea.org)
Great Prairie	Cindy Yelick (cindy.yelick@gpaea.org)    Lonna Anderson (lonna.anderson@gpaea.org)
Green Hills	Theresa Bush (tbush@ghaea.org)
Heartland	Kevin Fangman (kfangman@heartlandaea.org)
Keystone	Tesha Ruley (truley@aea1.k12.ia.us)
Mississippi Bend	Shane Williams (swilliams@mbaea.org)
Northwest	Tim Grieves (tgrieves@nwaea.org) Katy Evenson (kevenson@nwaea.org)
Prairie Lakes	Linda Spencer (lspencer@plaea.org)