More Assessments...

Currently at my school we are assessing all our student using the STS (Scholastic Testing Services) Illinois Learning Standards Battery. It is not state mandated so I don't know why we take it along with the ISAT test. I personally think the test is poorly written and we receive good scores so that is why we still use it. But anyways...our RtI program is put on hold so I haven't seen my kidos since last Friday:(
I am not sure how other schools figure out who is in the tiers, but at our school (grades 2-8) we take the MAP/NWEA test 2x's/year, AIMSWeb R-CBM 3x's/year and STAR 3x's per year to see who falls under the 25th percentile (Tier 2) or the 10th percentile (Tier 3). We then triangulate the data to see where the student falls. I feel it is a highly effective way to find each student's placement.
This year I started out with 22, 3rd and 4th graders and currently I only see 13 because our tiers are fluid. Once the student meets their goal 3 out of 5 times they move out of that tier. Unfortunately, I did have to send 5 students into special education because they weren't  making adequate progress, but on the plus side I did have 6 student meet both their goals in fluency and comprehension. I also was sent 2 students who weren't making progress in tier 2, but that was just a few weeks ago.
Our reading students are progress monitored every week in both AIMSWeb R-CBM (Fluency) and on STAR for comprehension. Our math students are also progress monitored once a week for computation and concepts using both AIMS and STAR.
Below is the form we use to document the students progress monitoring and interventions. We also send home the computerized graphs every month to the parents so they are kept in the loop. I find it very helpful to use this form on a weekly basis to see if I should change the intervention.