Comparing Numbers to 100 Progress Monitoring Probes

About this resource

One skill, start to finish. A number comparison IEP goal, six equivalent probe forms that measure it, and a graph scaled to the probe. Baseline on Monday, goal written by Tuesday, first data point on Friday.

Every form is ten pairs with a circle between them and it is untimed. Two pairs on every form are equal, which is the thing this probe does that a worksheet does not: a student who never writes the equals sign still scores eight of ten on a form without any, and looks fine.

WHAT IS INCLUDED - 14 pages, six probe forms, 301 type-in fields

The Goal Page

• What the probe measures, in one paragraph
• A sample goal, invented, with every bracket meant to be edited by the team
• The six-part goal frame as type-in fields: by (date), given, student will, criterion, on ___ of ___ consecutive probes, as measured by
• A baseline table: three probes and the median
• Three benchmark rows with target date, target score, actual score and met
• The administration and scoring directions
• Lines for this student's own scoring rules, and a box for what the errors say to reteach

Six Probe Forms, A Through F

• Ten pairs of numbers from 0 to 100 per form, a circle between them, printed large; the student writes the less-than, greater-than or equal symbol
• TWO of the ten pairs on every form are equal, by construction, so a student who never uses the equals sign is caught in week one rather than in March
• No pair repeats within a form. Forms are drawn independently, so a pair can recur across the set
• The directions say a backwards symbol is an error and that reading the symbol aloud instead of writing it is an accommodation to be written into the goal's conditions
• Every form carries the goal it measures: the sample goal, plus a type-in box for the goal as written for this student, so the goal prints on the sheet the person giving the probe is holding
• A teacher scoring strip, 1 to 10, and a Correct ___ / 10 box at the foot of every form
• Name, date and form letter at the top

The Data Log And Graph

• A y-axis already scaled 0 to 10, twelve probe columns, and the instruction to draw the aim line from the baseline to the criterion first
• A twelve-row log: date, form, correct, errors, the score used on the graph, and notes

The Caseload Summary

• Twelve student rows, baseline and criterion, eight probe columns, a trend column and a decision column
• For the data meeting: rows that are flat together are a group, a row that is flat alone is a different question

A Worked Example

• An invented second grader, twelve weekly probes: "both equal pairs wrong" on the first four, which is what sent the teaching to the equals sign on its own for a week. Baseline as a median, the aim line, three points under it, the change written on the row, the criterion met, and the progress-report sentence the log produces.

What This Is, And What It Is Not

It is a fillable PDF. The goal page, the goal box on every probe form, the data log and the caseload page are type-in fields: open the file in a PDF reader, click a line or a cell, type, and Save As once per student. The probe forms are meant to be printed: one copy per student per week, the student writes on the form, and that same sheet is the one you score. It works offline with no account or subscription. It does not calculate percents or draw the graph.

It is not a norm-referenced assessment and it carries no benchmark score or "typical" rate. The criteria in the sample goal are in brackets because your team sets them from the baseline and the student's IEP. Every probe is untimed on purpose; the goal page says so, so the condition stays the same all year.

Who This Is For

Special education teachers and case managers writing number comparison goals for any age student, first and second grade intervention teachers, and the paraprofessionals who give the weekly probe.

If You Want More Skills

This is comparing numbers on its own. Number Identification 0-20 and Missing Numbers to 30 are the number-sense probes before it. The twelve-skill pack, IEP Goals and Progress Monitoring Probes, carries all six math skills and six reading skills in one 69-page file.