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Data Collection Options for Speech Therapy!

If I know anything about SLPs, it is that we looooooooove data.  Big pink fuzzy heart.  What comes with data?  Forms.  So as the school year draws closer and closer (agh!), many of us are looking for how we can start a fresh year with a fresh take….and what better way to discover new ideas that me and your favorite bloggers linking up to bring you Linky party for data collection?!

I have previously written a blog post on how I collect data, but I am sharing again!  This system has worked for me for two years, with a little refinement here and there.

I start with a binder, one for each grade level (except 6-8, they share since there are not that many students).  Each student has a tab in the binder, which houses their data sheets…

These are my data sheets.  It was a lot of work to get these going, putting all of the students’ goals in, but now I just update them as I write new IEPs and it is wonderful!  I reference the goal in the box and keep data.  For the first one, I used a 5 by 10 table for the data column, which makes it easy to calculate percentages for numerical data.  The second has blank boxes, which I tend to use more for language kids.  You can download it HERE in a Word document, so you can add your students information.


I also let my students collect their own data, which they love.  They keep these in their speech folders (cause I do NOT need another piece of paper in my life).  You can grab it HERE.

This system works for me….I whip out the binder I need for each session and the tabs make it easy to flip back and forth between kids.  I try to print them front to back, so that I have no more than 1 page a quarter (if they are 2 x’s week)….that’s only 4 sheets to file at the end of the year!

This year I am also excited to start using these Common Core Rating Scales to gather data about classroom performance for my kids on the Speaking & Listening standards.  You can find those HERE!

Want to see more?  Just click on this link to see how other bloggers do data collection:  Data Collection Link-up

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  1. Lauren LaCour says

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    Thanks for hosting!! I love seeing how everyone collects data and getting great ideas! 🙂

    Lauren
    Busy Bee Speech

    • SLP Gone Wild says

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      Thanks for participating! Me too!!

  2. Stacy Burrall says

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    I would also love to know, not just the TYPES of FORMS that people use, but how other SLP’s actually compute or determine progress during a session. Monitoring fluency or artic is much easier, but with language tasks, do you guys use tally marks in response to questions, “guessimate” a percentage correct, or what?

    • Miss Speechie says

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      Hi! I always try to reserve time at the end of a session, to either give a review worksheet, or drill per student the skill being addressed that session. I always have post-its right nearby to easily jot down data and then I transfer it to a data form later on when I have time.

    • SLP Gone Wild says

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      I’m similar to Miss Speechie. And I don’t take numerical data every session, or even every week. But when I am progress monitoring, I do plus or minus based on correctness of questions or a review sheet.

  3. cee says

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    Thanks so much. This is great! Last year I used a form that was kind of a compilation of all of it in some form. Still cumbersome but getting better. Thanks again

    • SLP Gone Wild says

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      You’re welcome! I am glad that you can get some ideas and hopefully find something that works even better! Thanks for reading 🙂

  4. Speech2U says

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    Thanks for hosting this! I’m loving the opportunity to get more ideas for data collection.

    • SLP Gone Wild says

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      Thanks for participating!! Me too, it’s awesome!

  5. Shari says

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    I’m merging ideas from several of the links to create a system that works better than what I’ve been using. Thanks for hosting!!!

    • SLP Gone Wild says

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      That’s awesome Shari! Glad you are finding something that will work for you!

  6. Stacey says

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    Thanks for hosting this! I found some great new ways to keep track of data and organize it as well. Thanks everyone for sharing!

    • SLP Gone Wild says

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      You’re welcome!!! I am so glad to hear that…that was my goal for everyone with this linky!!!! Thanks for reading Stacey!

  7. Susan Haseley says

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    lOVE ALL OF THIS INFO! It is so helpful. Even after 27 years, I always think I could do a little better. Thanks folks!

    • SLP Gone Wild says

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      I’m so happy that you think so!!! I think we all can always do a little better…that’s what keeps us on our toes 🙂

  8. TeachSpeech365 says

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    Thanks for hosting this amazing linky party! It’s so interesting to see how everyone keeps data. I know my system will be changed (again), but now I have tons to reference!

    • SLP Gone Wild says

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      Of course! I agree, I love taking a peek into other people’s brain!

  9. Anonymous says

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    I LOVE this. Especially the student monitoring sheet. I do the same thing, but yours looks much pretty than mine 🙂 My one question is this: If you have a binder for each grade level and grab that binder when working with the students, what do you do for groups that have more than one grade? Like if a group is mixed with first and second graders? My goal this year is to find a more comprehensive way to take data, so I’d love to hear more about this. THANKS!!! -Theresa

    • SLP Gone Wild says

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      Thank you! I don’t typically have mixed groups. I only had one last year, and it was one 4th grader who was in a 5th grade group, so I just added his tab/pages to the 5th grade binder. If you do a lot of that, you could have combo binders…like a 1/2, 3/4, or whoever you mix together.

  10. Sarah says

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    Hi Jenn, I really love your data sheets and the idea of keeping them in a binder with tabs since I will be traveling between two schools next year. I cannot get the data sheet to open in DropBox. Could you email the link to me? Thanks SOOO much! sarah.marie.tigo@gmail.com

    • Jenn says

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      Hey Sarah! I fixed the link, so you should be able to grab it now 🙂

  11. Lori says

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    Hi! I love your sheets, thanks got sharing. I have 2 questions. How do you keep data within one session, if you have 5 students , all language goals and they have differing goals? I see each sheet is generally devoted to each student (I think), so I am having trouble keeping data quickly , as they are answering, but not wanting to flip pages as I jot down each students response. How do you record your data on multiple students at one time? Do you turn the data page each time you pose a question to that student, or write it down in a post it and then record later? I also love the binder idea too..thank you! ( I hope that all wasn’t too convoluted!!)

    • Jenn says

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      Hi Lori! Thank you! I just flip through my tabs for each student or sometimes I just use a sticky note and then transfer…it just depends on what we are doing. I don’t take data for every session, so the days I do take data, I have it set up to be able to collect data easily. For my non-data days, I usually just jot down quick notes for each student after our session. I hope that makes sense! Data collection can be so tricky!

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