Understanding Mastery Criteria for Opportunity Based Programs
- Brittney Kalicki
- Meredith Ouimette
- Kaitlyn Taylor
When setting mastery criteria for a program, staff should be mindful that all components in the mastery criteria MUST be met in order for mastery to trigger.
Opportunity Based Programs
Programs created with opportunity based data collection (with and without prompts) have three components:
Components of Mastery Criteria | Good to Know! | Images | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minimum Number of Trials to be ran in session | Staff can always collect MORE than the minimum number of trials for a target |  |
| 2 | Percent Correct of the trials that were ran during the session | If the percent correct is MORE than the minimum, it will count towards mastery criteria. | |
| 3 | Consecutive Number of Sessions where the above two components must occur | Sessions do not need to be consecutive on a calendar to count towards mastery criteria. Sessions can be two separate occurrences of data collection. Each time a staff syncs data, this will count as a session. |
If all three components are not met, then the data will not count towards mastery. Thus, mastery will not be triggered.
Scenario
Program: Naming Colors
Target: Blue
Mastery Criteria: Min 5 trials: 80% across 4 consecutive sessions
On Monday, staff collect 5 trials of BLUE. 4 out of the 5 trials are correct (80%). This is the 1st consecutive session towards mastery.
On Wednesday, staff collect 8 trials of BLUE. 7 out of the 8 trials are correct (87.5%). This is the 2nd consecutive session towards mastery.
On Thursday, staff collect 7 trials of BLUE. 7 out of the 7 trials are correct (100%). This is the 3rd consecutive session towards mastery.
On Friday, staff collect 4 trials of BLUE. 4 out of the 4 trials are correct (100%). This is NOT the 4th consecutive session towards mastery because the minimum number of trials was not met. This target will now RESEST to 0 days of consecutive sessions towards mastery.
Tips
If you feel as though mastery criteria has been met, but is not triggering, view the details of the data for the target. Here is a guide on how to view raw data: Viewing Data Notes and Trial by Trial Data
When viewing the data for the target you will want to verify that:
The minimum number of trials was ran for the session
The minimum percentage was achieved for the session
The above components occurred for the number of consecutive sessions specified in the mastery criteria
If you would like to master individual targets prior to teaching the program, you can adjust your mastery criteria. Here is a guide on how to do so: How to Manually Master a Target