DIBELS: Dynamic Indicator of Basic Early Literacy Skills

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DIBELSDynamic Indicator of Basic Early Literacy
Skills
DIBELS Coordinator Training September 24, 2007
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Why Use DIBELS?

• - Inexpensive
• - Quick Screening/Monitoring Tool
• - Based on the Big 5
• - Identifies Students Who Need Help Early
• - Allows Teachers to Monitor Progress Towards
  Literacy Goals

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School Responsibilities
- Assess all students in grades K-2 3
times per year. - Provide DIBELS Coordinator
with completed testing booklets including
scoring. - Monitor progress of students who
might need intervention according to the DIBELS
screener.
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School Responsibilities
SPED Special Education students with IEPs that
state they should take the Kansas Alternate
Assessment are not required to take
DIBELS. ESOL ESOL students take the English
version of DIBELS. The Spanish version may be
used in addition to the English version for more
information. Newcomers are exempt.
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School Responsibilities
DIBELS Testing Windows Benchmark 1    Aug 22
Sept 7 Benchmark 2    Nov 26 Dec 14
Benchmark 3    Apr 7 Apr 23
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Coordinator Responsibilities
- Attend Coordinator Training Sessions - Enter
Data on DIBELS Website - Order DIBELS Benchmark
and Progress Monitoring Materials - Print
reports and work with school faculty to utilize
and understand the DIBELS data
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Coordinator Responsibilities
- Make sure teachers in your building have been
trained to administer DIBELS - Contact Lorna
Wells to come and work with your staff to better
utilize the DIBELS assessments in your building
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Coordinator Responsibilities
DIBELS Coordinator Trainings Training 1   
September 4 Training 2    December 18
Training 3    April 28
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DIBELS Contacts
Laurie Brady - lbrady_at_usd259.net DIBELS
Website and Testing Lorna Wells
LDWells_at_usd259.net DIBELS Training/Professional
Development Requests Marcia Jeans -
mjeans_at_usd259.net Districts DIBELS Website
and Technology
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DIBELS Updates
Nonsense Word Fluency CLS (Correct Letter
Sounds) WRC (Words recoded Completely)
NEW Oral Reading Fluency Median Words Read
Correctly Median Errors NEW
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DIBELS Updates
Nonsense Word Fluency CLS (Benchmark 50 CLS
by Middle of 1st) WRC (Goal 15 WRC by Middle
of 1st) Oral Reading Fluency Median Words
Read Correctly Median Errors (Accuracy 90
or higher)
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OLD BOOKLET
NEW BOOKLET
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OLD BOOKLET
NEW BOOKLET
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OLD BOOKLET
NEW BOOKLET
X X X
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OLD BOOKLET
NEW BOOKLET
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OLD BOOKLET
NEW BOOKLET
X X
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ORF Median Accuracy Rate (Correct Median)
(Correct Median Median Errors)
45 (456)
45 (456)
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45 51
88

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Progress Monitoring
Note Progress Monitoring scores can also be
entered in the DIBELS Website.
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Progress Monitoring
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Progress Monitoring Booklet
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SETTING THE GOAL The aimline connects where you
are to where you want to get to, and shows you
the course to follow to get there.
Aimline
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10
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EVALUATING SUPPORT Modify Instruction?
Whoops! Time to make a change!
Aimline
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X
X
X
X
X
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13
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EVALUATING SUPPORT Is Instructional Support
Sufficient Now?
A change in intervention
Aimline
X
X
X
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X
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X
X
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DIBELS Websites
Official DIBELS Homepage http//dibels.uoregon.ed
u/ USD 259 DIBELS Homepage http//technology.us
d259.org/resources/dibels/DIBELS.htm Roadmap to
Data Analysis USD 259 http//data.usd259.org/
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DIBELS Reports
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SUMMARY REPORT
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SUMMARY REPORT
Sub-test Acronyms
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Testing Periods
SUMMARY REPORT
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SUMMARY REPORT
Some goals increase throughout the year, while
others do not
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SUMMARY REPORT
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DIBELS Terminology
Odds in favor of achieving subsequent literacy
goals
Odds unclear regarding subsequent literacy goals
Odds against achieving subsequent literacy goals
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DIBELS Terminology
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Class List Report
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Class List Report
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Class List Report
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Class List Report
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Class List Report
Percentiles are based on district norms
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Class List Report
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Class List Report
Based on all sub-tests
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Class List Report
Sorted by most important sub-test for the
specific time of year and grade level
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Individual Performance Profile
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Individual Performance Profile