Proportional Relationships Progress Monitoring Probes

About this resource

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

Every form has eight problems over two student pages, four problems a page, each with a work box and answer boxes: two tables, two graphs, two equations and two stories, in the same places on every form, so the score means the same thing on Form A and on Form F. Students decide whether a relationship is proportional (YES or NO) and find k, the constant of proportionality, which is also the unit rate. Two of the four YES or NO problems on every form are proportional and two are not, in a different order on each form. All names and objects are everyday and invented.

WHAT IS INCLUDED - 28 pages, six probe forms of eight problems each (48 problems, none repeated), 12 student form pages, a graph-it page where the student plots two tables, a two-page answer key, a directions page, a teacher notes page, a four-ways reference page, a binder cover and divider tabs, a family update page

Start Here And The Goal

• A one-page quick start: six steps and which page is for which job
• A goal page with a sample goal (every bracket meant to be edited), the goal frame as type-in fields, a baseline table and three benchmark rows
• Lines for your district's own rules, this student's scoring rules and the supports the IEP allows

Six Probe Forms, A Through F

• A big My name line, one short instruction with a pencil picture, and a "Show your work" box and answer box for every problem
• Tables with a y divided by x row, graphs drawn with open dots on the gridlines, equations, and short stories with a unit rate or a YES or NO
• No answers, goal text or scoring strip on a student sheet

Graph It

• One student page with two blank coordinate grids and two given tables (one proportional, one not): plot the points, draw the line, decide

Directions, Answer Key And Teacher Notes

• A directions page: what to say, what is on every form, how each kind of problem is placed
• A two-page answer key with a mark box per problem, the working shown and the kind of problem named
• Reading the misses: k from one pair only, any straight line called proportional, misses on one kind of problem
• A four-ways reference page: the same relationship as a table, a graph, an equation and a story, proportional and not

Data Log, Graph And Caseload

• A graph scaled 0 to 8 with twelve probe columns and a ten-row log
• A caseload summary grid, a filled-in example with a plotted graph (Maya, invented) and a family update and team handoff page

What This Is, And What It Is Not

It is a fillable PDF. The goal page, data log, caseload page, family update page and the mark boxes on the answer key 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 print: the student writes on paper.

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. Your district's own rules for goals and scoring go on the blank lines provided.

Who This Is For

Seventh and eighth grade special education teachers and case managers writing proportional relationships goals, math intervention teachers, and the paraprofessionals who give the weekly probe.