Q&A – Calculating average ROI for a group of students
Great question from Pamela: Oregon sped regulations for LD referral through RTI specify that ROI needs to be calculated for the RTI group so that the individual ROI can be compared to the RTI group...
View ArticleQ&A – ROI for non-normed measures
Great question from Amber: For the past two years, I have worked in an Educational Life Skills Program for students with significant cognitive disabilities. Last year, we discovered a progress...
View ArticleQ&A – Realistic vs. ambitious goals for early literacy skills
Great question from Beth: I have seen where there is a chart to show what a realistic vs. ambitious goal for Rate of Improvement is for R-CBM or Oral Reading Fluency but is there a chart like that...
View ArticleEmerging Best Practice for Determining ROI #1
As part of my dissertation, I’ve compiled a list of what I think are emerging best practices for determining rate of improvement. In other words, what are the necessary conditions for having...
View ArticleNew Resource for Educators – Education ABA Website
My good friend and colleague Kevin Kuhn has recently created a website for educators interested in resources and tools related to applied behavior analysis called Education ABA (also listed on the...
View ArticleEffect and Cause
You know you’re a behaviorist when you hear a song with the following lyrics and get excited…. “You just can’t take the effect and make it the cause” Thank you, White Stripes! Listen to the song, here.
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