Fast+ForWord

__End of Year Guides for Data Archive and Transfer: __



There are several resources available if you go to [] and chose Legacy Products. Here is an example of the resources available:

**Fast ForWord Training Workbook**: This is a great guide to use of you have questions about certain pieces of FFW. Look at pages 52-55 for more information about Progress Tracker and the flags your students may be getting. Remember to only have them on one product at a time! :) 

Resources for Virtual Academy:   Where do I start a child in Fast ForWord? 

PLEASE NOTE SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM THE SUPPORT TEAM!

The Reading Progress Indicator is given to a student prior to them beginning a new Fast ForWord Product (Initial RPI Assessment) and after the completion of each Product (Follow-up RPI Assessments). The exception to this is the Language Basics (LB) Product… there is not an Initial RPI Assessment before beginning this Product. The student will receive the Initial RPI after completing LB (prior to beginning their next Product in the sequence, which is usually either Reading Prep or Language, depending on the grade/skill level of the student).

If a student is not receiving an RPI Assessment, it might be due to the fact that the student had already started a Product and is “Resuming” their work in the Product. In this case, since the student is already in the middle of a Product, they would not get an RPI until they finish that Product and get ready to begin their next Product in the sequence.

With this long of a break, I would recommend most students begin a Product over again (if they were in the middle of the Product last year). Our “end of the guidelines” are as follows: 1. In addition, for students who are returning to FFWD after summer break, here are the recommendations from Research:
 * A. ** If the student is 75% complete without complete or switch status, continue them in existing product until switch or complete status is reached
 * B. ** If the student is lower than 40% complete, start them over in the product they are currently in
 * <span style="color: #ff6500; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">C. **<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> For those that are between 40-75% complete, consider the following factors (in addition to those above):
 * <span style="color: #0fb80f; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">I. **<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> motivation of the student- how will they respond to repeating content, the effort they’ve already put into the product, the expected benefit from starting over, etc…
 * <span style="color: #0fb80f; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">II. **<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> prior attendance/participation and impact on progress to this point
 * <span style="color: #0fb80f; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">III. **<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> how they performed in the past several weeks on product (did they start out slow and pick up recently? Have they been at a plateau in one or more exercises for several weeks, etc…)
 * <span style="color: #0fb80f; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">IV. ** A <span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> student who has struggled with the content, is progressing very slowly, and who will not lose motivation at starting over, should be started over. However, in most other cases, the student should continue where they left off.

<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The teacher should be able to look in either Progress Tracker (will need to change the date range to include the dates that students last worked) or on the Results tab in SciLearn Gateway to see what total Percent Complete the student had reached prior to the break. <span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">If the teachers have questions about specific students, they should call Customer Support at 888-358-0212 to get immediate assistance with their questions/concerns. <span style="color: #ff4300; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #ff4300; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> media type="youtube" key="ftvvtHs3ZAY?hl=en" height="344" width="425"

Check out [] for helpful guides to get you through.

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