• Anne Ittner (Literacy Specialist/Coach) said

 We recommend that schools use the 90% accuracy point as a guideline for determining when to...

• Anne Ittner (Literacy Specialist/Coach) said

Hi Trina, That video was shown at a PRESS progress monitoring data workshop. However, it is not...

• Ryan Higbea (Premium User) said

This is our first year using PRESS materials. We work at Kaposia in South St. Paul (Title I School)....

• Cindy Holland (Premium User) said

Hello PRESS and anyone who can help, When giving the Skill Assessment probes from the Assessment...

• Anne Ittner (Literacy Specialist/Coach) said

Scroll through some of the postings on the community board for ideas suggested by other users about...

• Anne Ittner (Literacy Specialist/Coach) said

The Spanish Intervention Manual does not include the same type of intervention resources as the...

• Nancy Gibson (Premium User) said

Does the Spanish Press Manual include the same resources and interventions as the English program or...

• Heather Suckow (Premium User) said

I'm an instructional coach trying to support one of our 5th grade teachers using the Fluency,...

• Barb Rath (Premium User) said

Good morning, Our staff has a question regarding K - 2 strategies regarding Comprehension....

• Anne Ittner (Literacy Specialist/Coach) said

Please make sure that when you are preparing and finding decodable texts that they are...

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• Shona Burke (PRESS Coordinator) said

Premium members receive support by using the COACHING forum.  Post your questions and...

• Jana Southwick (Premium User) said

Is there any video available that shows the entire process from beginning to end during a 30...

• Jennifer Kinder (Premium User) said

Can you print from the ebook reader version of the Assessment Manual?  If so how can you do...

• Amber Junk (Premium User) said

Hi Ryan, When I have asked about exiting an intervention this is the answer I received: I...

• Anne Ittner (Literacy Specialist/Coach) said

Use the same type of assessment you used in your screener (in your case a NW in FAST. Use a NW...

• Jessica Powers (Premium User) said

A student is given the decoding diagnostic and it is indicated that he would benefit from an...

• Eric Kossoris (Premium User) said

Hi, I have analyzed my benchmark Dibles assessments and have students that are under the benchmark...

• Anne Ittner (Literacy Specialist/Coach) said

The skill assessments in the PRESS Assessment Manual are timed for one minute. You can use the...

• Angela Ellerbrock (Premium User) said

Is there a form that you suggest to use for collecting our data sample?  Use the charts in Tier...

• Lee B (Premium User) said

We are using the PRESS skill monitoring and would appreciate some guidance. 1. Are the word lists...

• Amber Williamson (Premium User) said

Hi Chris! Thank you for your comment. We do use Fast Bridge (CBMr, aReading, aMath), but we only...

• Ryan Higbea (Premium User) said

Hi Heidi, Thanks for your ideas. You and I are on the same page. I've talked w/ some...

• Carol Tornquist (Premium User) said

When students read those word list on the skill monitoring assessments, are they supposed to read a...

• Amber Junk (Premium User) said

For the fluency interventions, aren't the passages supposed to be at the student's...

• Ashley Brogard (Premium User) said

I am looking for anyone who has created or found reading passages that correlate with the different...

• Karli Nesvik (Premium User) said

When pairing students for a classwide fluency intervention I know you are suppose to break your...

• Ashley Brogard (Premium User) said

If you click on the "tools" tab at the top of the screen, and then click phonics, phonemic...

• Ryan Andreassen (Premium User) said

Hello,  We are having a question regarding how to move through the interventions... If on...

• Anne Ittner (Literacy Specialist/Coach) said

This response is to clarify the question about the diagnostic assessments used after universal...

• Heidi Kelley said

I am new to all of this also.  From what I understand, you would want to start with the Quick...

• Chris Bretz (Premium User) said

We use FAST, too, but we look at both the earlyReading composite score and the NWF results...

• Chris Bretz (Premium User) said

Hello: We are interested in exploring the PRESS vocabulary intervention within the PRESS model....

• Chris Bretz (Premium User) said

Is there a screening assessment and/or progress monitoring assessment we can use to select and...

• Anne Ittner (Literacy Specialist/Coach) said

Thank you so much for this feedback Wendy! We will make adjustments in our next edition. For now,...

• Ashley Brogard (Premium User) said

1. I am wondering if anyone has created stories for the P-3 intervention that they would be willing...

• Michele Chapin (Premium User) said

We use books from our Anchor Comprehension Workshop, Readworks, Newsela, and Reading A-Z. We have...

• Lee B (Premium User) said

We check for fluency in mid May and then the following school year in early September.  We...

• Rhonda Schmidt (Premium User) said

I am wondering if anyone is aware of any data related to the growth associated with using PRESS? I...

• Emily Helwig said

Where do I find the website to get fluency passages?

Thank you!

• Press Moderator (Classroom Teacher) said

Welcome to the PRESS Community!  This discussion forum has been created so that you can...

• Anne Ittner (Literacy Specialist/Coach) said

Thanks for the following up after the webinar! Dr. Burns spoke about tier 1 interventions and...

• Anne Ittner (Literacy Specialist/Coach) said

Amber, Currently we do not have a letter or flyer explaining the program for parents. Thanks...

• Lori Helman (Professor/Director) said

One thing to keep in mind with the questions is not to use harder words than the word you are trying...

• Sandra Campie (Premium User) said

I just watched Professor  Burns webinar on this site and am even more convinced you cannot use...

• Anne Ittner (Literacy Specialist/Coach) said

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• Anne Ittner (Literacy Specialist/Coach) said

You do not have to wait until the end of the four week cycle to move students to a new intervention,...

• Anne Ittner (Literacy Specialist/Coach) said

There are no cut scores for the progress monitoring, "Skill Assessments",  for...

• Anne Ittner (Literacy Specialist/Coach) said

Hi Samantha and Laurie, Sorry, my post must not have sent! You ask such a good...

• Anne Ittner (Literacy Specialist/Coach) said

Hello Raelin, The post I was responding to was from a participant from a PRESS workshop gave that...

• Raelin Miller said

Thank you very much! this helped a lot!

• Samantha G (Premium User) said

Could classwide interventions be done in smaller groups to improve engagement as long as the whole...