FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

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STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

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JIM HORNE

Commissioner of Education

F. PHILIP HANDY,

Chairman

T. WILLARD FAIR,

Vice Chairman

Members

SALLY BRADSHAW

LINDA J. EADS, ED.D.

CHARLES PATRICK GARCÍA

JULIA L. JOHNSON

WILLIAM L. PROCTOR, PH.D.

June 25, 2003

M E M O R A N D U M

TO:

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District Superintendents

FROM:

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Jim Horne, Commissioner

Florida Department of Education

SUBJECT:

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Progress Monitoring and Reporting Network

The Department of Education commissioned the Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) to develop

a web-based data management system for entering and interpreting student assessment data as required by

Florida’s

Reading First

grant. All schools receiving a

Reading First

grant must use this data management

system, the Progress Monitoring and Reporting Network (PMRN). Staff from FCRR has already

communicated with MIS staff from each of the

Reading First

districts to discuss procedures for

implementing the PMRN in

Reading First

schools. This system operates from a secure website at FCRR

and is designed to provide comprehensive data reports to parents and educators on the progress

monitoring and outcome measures required by

Reading First

.

Although specifically designed for

Reading First

schools, the PMRN also will be made available to other

districts and schools that have received training from the FCRR in the

Reading First

progress monitoring

measures, the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS).

This memorandum is intended to inform you of the availability of this system to specific non-

Reading

First

schools in your district. Non-

Reading First

schools eligible for using the PMRN are, first, those that

developed school-based DIBELS assessment teams this past year through training provided by FCRR in

support of the Assistance Plus initiative and the Department’s Reading Coaches grants. Second, schools

that have scheduled training for school-based teams through the FCRR model and that will have

completed this training prior to the first 20 school days are also invited to participate in the PMRN

system. Finally, for this school year all participating schools must agree to include all K – 3 students in

the DIBELS assessment program.

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Memorandum to District Superintendents

June 25, 2003

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In order to set up non-

Reading First

schools to use the PMRN system it is important that designated staff

from your office contact Mr. Karl Hook, Director of Technical Projects for the FCRR, at 850-644-5966 or

by email at khook@fcrr.org on or before July 15, 2003. Mr. Hook will, in turn, contact your MIS office

staff to review procedures for uploading student information into the PMRN system.

Should you have any questions regarding schools that may be eligible for participation or training

requirements to participate, please contact Dr. Pat Howard, Director of Assessment Programs for the

FCRR at 850-644-8129 or by email at phoward@fcrr.org.

Additional information about the PMRN is available at the following web address:

http://www.fcrr.org/pmrn/. More detailed descriptions of the

Reading First

assessment requirements and

related training can be obtained from http://www.fcrr.org/assessment/.

JH/

CC:

Directors of Management Information Services

Directors of Elementary Education

Karl Hook

Pat Howard