Kaye Bertels Janet McLelland

Federal Programs Conference 2009

Title I Targeted Assistance Program

Eligibility of students

• multi-criteria approach

• use same criteria for all students in the same grade level

Use minimum of two criteria

Each criterion must be objective and academically related

Teacher judgment should be quantified on a rating scale or checklist

Criteria should be consistent within each grade level served

Criteria may vary from school to school in multiple attendance centers and for participating nonpublic schools

MAP scores should be used as one of the criteria for all grades in which MAP is administered

If available, other standardized test scores may be used in addition to MAP

PRESCHOOL must be selected based on objective, developmentally appropriate criteria

EXAMPLES:• PAT screening• DIAL III• Denver Developmental Screening• Parent questionnaire

KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 2

EXAMPLES• teacher rating scales• Project Construct assessments (School Entry Profiles)• other developmentally appropriate measures

GRADES 3 through 12

EXAMPLES• MAP and EOC scores• teacher checklists• grades• locally developed assessments • other standardized test scores

• Point values will be assigned and an overall cutoff score established.

• Point values and cutoff scores should ensure that no student qualifies (or disqualifies) based on a single criterion.

Title I Reading for 4th grade:

• District selects MAP scores, grades, and teacher checklist.

• Criteria are assigned point values.• Criteria may be assigned any point

values deemed appropriate.• The cutoff score should be established so

that a student cannot qualify based on one criterion.

Student proficiency level for MAP• advanced = 0 points• proficient = 0 points• basic = 15 points• below basic = 20 points

Grades:• C or above = 0 points• D or below = 10 points

Teacher checklist• 14-32 points on checklist = 0 points• 33-51 points on checklist = 5 points• 52-70 points on checklist = 10 points

Student Eligibility Profile

• Contains data about each student in relation to multiple criteria • Is used to rank students in order of need

• Is used to develop master list of eligible students

1.criteria used

2.points for each criterion total points for each student indicated

3.eligible students’ names

4.served (+) or not served (-)

5.reason for exclusion

• Students ranked according to educational need

• Establish overall criteria cutoff score

• Students must be served in order of greatest need

• Master list for each grade level served

http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/fedprog/ Grantmgmnt/documents/Student_Selection_

Multiple_Criteria