Bridging for Success

Ian Allen - A Case Study

Michele Lockley
SPED 531
Azusa Pacific University

Student History
Personal
Taekwondo (black belt and demo team), likes
art but says he isnt good at it, friendly, likes
to help teachers

Medical
ADHD (medication), Neutropenia (high fevers)

Educational
Benchmarks and CA STAR (below basic to
Proficient), concerns low test scores on class
tests.

Woodcock Johnson III

ELA Scores
for Concern
Broad
Reading GE
score 5.0
Reading
Fluency GE
score 4.5

Accelerated Reading STAR

Test

Grade Equivalent 5.4

Zone of Proximal Development
4.2-6.4

Passage Fluency on
easyCBM.com

Score

Percentile
Rank

CBM Name

Passage Reading Fluency 4_5

127.0CWPM

75th

Passage Reading Fluency 5_5

142.0CWPM

50th

Passage Reading Fluency 6_5

130.0CWPM

20th

Passage Reading Fluency 7_3

115.0CWPM

10th

Comprehension Issues?
Fluency can
adversely
affect
comprehensi
on. Through
assessment
we can
determine
that is not
the case for
Ian.

Bridging Fluency
Ian will benefit from:
20 minute RTI block 3x a week,
individual and small group instruction
Reading to and with adults and peers
Sight word work
Focus on content area vocabulary, audio
CDs
Silent and sustained reading - DAILY

Common Core
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.2 determine a theme or central
idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of
the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.4 Determine the meaning of words
and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative
and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and
other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific
verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.10By the end of the year, read
and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and
poems, in the grades 68 text complexity band proficiently,
with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

IEP Goals
Ian will increase his CWPM by 20 (to 135 CWPM)
within 3 months as measured on easyCBM.com.

Ian will accurately read aloud (80% to 100%)
material from the grade level core curriculum
within 6 months.

Ian will decode words on the 6th and 7th grade
word list using words he knows with 90%
accuracy within 6 months.

References
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http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RL/7
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Woodcock Johnson III Diagnostic Reading Battery. (n.d.).Faculty Web Sites at
the University of Virginia. Retrieved October 15, 2013, from
http://faculty.virginia.edu/PullenLab/WJIIIDRBMo
Woodcock-Johnson III Normative update Tests of achievement (Form A): WJIII
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http://riversidepublishing.com/products/compuscore/index.html
Wendling, B. J., Schrank, F. A., & Schmitt, A. J. (2007). Educational Interventions
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