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Welcome!. to Leeds Elementary ARI Reading Coach Cynthia Wallace. LET’S TALK ABOUT DIBELS. What is DIBELS? Why is it so important? How do you get your child’s data? What should we do with DIBELS data?. WHAT IS DIBELS?. Assessment of Early Literacy Skills Administered statewide K- 3.

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  1. Welcome! to Leeds Elementary ARI Reading Coach Cynthia Wallace

  2. LET’S TALK ABOUT DIBELS

  3. What is DIBELS? • Why is it so important? • How do you get your child’s data? • What should we do with DIBELS data?

  4. WHAT IS DIBELS? • Assessment of Early Literacy Skills • Administered statewide K- 3 Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills

  5. What Matters Most? Kindergarten Grade 1 Grade 2 & 3 Grade 3 Phonological Awareness Alphabetic Principle Accuracy & Fluency with Connected Text High-Stakes Reading Outcome

  6. WHY IS DIBELS SO IMPORTANT? • It assesses what matters most in grades K, 1, 2, 3 • It has predictive validity! ( how they will score on SAT’s )

  7. What Essential Big Idea is Assessed?

  8. WHY IS TESTED CONTENT SO CRITICAL? Phoneme Segmentation Fluency • Phonemic awareness is the single best predictor of reading acquisition • Skill needed to write (spell) any word • Which is a more serious spelling error? Plej pedge * Because, no pl (blends)

  9. WHY IS TESTED CONTENT SO CRITICAL? Nonsense Word Fluency • Is the only way of assessing the alphabetic principle • Lays the ground work for reading multi-syllable words fantastic magnitude

  10. WHY IS TESTED CONTENT SO CRITICAL? Oral Reading Fluency • Predicts comprehension scores on Stanford better than a passage followed by questions • Is a necessary (but not sufficient) condition for comprehension • Size of vocabulary is also critical • Range of experience also counts

  11. What Essential Big Idea is Assessed? DIBELS On-Track Performance Levels for First Grade Essential Measures in Fall of 1st Essential Measures in Winter of 1st DIBELS Measure Beginning Middle End Essential Measure in Spring of 1st

  12. What is the Established Goal for that Measure?

  13. WHAT THE READING COACH DOES WITH DIBELS? • Gives DIBELS in Grades K-3 with assistance of five member team. • Ensure that teachers, principals and parents understand why DIBELS is important. • Inspect scores quarterly (beginning, mid-year and end-of-year.) • Distribute results to teachers to study and use the DIBELS data to inform and adjust instruction for every student. Reading Coach assist teachers in modifications needed.

  14. First Grade Assessment Results

  15. THINGS YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR CHILD AT HOME Read aloud with you child daily (You read to model and then have your child read to you) Practice timed reading, how many words in a minute. We want your child to be a fluent reader. Read like we talk. (No robots or race cars) http://dibels.uoregon.edu www.readinga-z.com

  16. THANK YOU!I HOPE THIS GIVES YOU A BETTER IDEA ABOUT DIBELS. IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT ASSESSMENT.

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