Putting the precision in precision teaching: Using the standard celeration chart for ongoing assessment.

Abstract

Making programmatic decisions based on objective performance data is accepted as best practice by behavior analysts. Unfortunately, the data management system used can limit the rate of data based decisions. When assessment and intervention activities are discrete and consecutive, data-based decisions may be unnecessarily delayed. The Standard Celeration Chart affords immediate visual inspection of data, thereby allowing real-time decision making. When using the Standard Celeration Chart, assessment and intervention occur concurrently. A precise measurement tool gives practitioners the power to make an accurate data-based decision in the moment, rather than waiting for other data management processes to be completed. A Standard Celeration Chart demonstrating the benefit of frequent data based decisions is presented and illustrates how this analytical tool can be used to increase the efficacy and efficiency of treatment.