The FastBridge trend line (also referred to as the Total Trend in PM reports) uses Ordinary Least Squares Regression (OLSR) to compute a line the fits the student’s progress monitoring scores. The line requires a minimum of 3 data points and is updated with each successive PM score. The line is extended to the goal date to provide an estimate of where the student will be by the goal date assuming her/his growth remains constant. Research shows that by around the 12th week with at least 9 data points, the projected score based on the trend line is fairly accurate as long as the intervention remains the same.
Articles in this section
- Why is the start score higher than they screening score at Progress Monitoring setup?
- What is the FastBridge Projection line?
- Why is the FastBridge Projection line important?
- What assessments include the FastBridge Projection line?
- Why does the FastBridge Projection line look different than the current trend line?
- Can I turn the FastBridge Projection line off?
- What interventions should I use?
- How do I set up a group or student to progress monitor off grade level?
- What happens if we use all of the progress monitoring probes?
- What do we do if a student misses a week of progress monitoring. How do we get back to that probe?