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? Phonological Awareness Accuracy & Fluency with Connected Text High- Stakes Reading Outcome Alphabetic Principle KindergartenGrade 1 Grade 2 & 3 Grade 3

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? Big Idea DIBELS Measure Phonological Awareness Initial Sounds Fluency (ISF) Phonemic Segmentation Fluency (PSF) Alphabetic Principle Nonsense Word Fluency (NWF) Fluency and Accuracy Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) Vocabulary Word Use Fluency (WUF) Comprehension Oral Reading Fluency & Retell Fluency (RTF)

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? Letter Naming Fluency > 37 Phonemic Segmentation Fluency > 35 Nonsense Word Fluency > 24 > 50 Oral Reading Fluency > 20> 40 DIBELS On-Track Performance Levels for First Grade DIBELS Measure Beginning Middle End Essential Measures in Fall of 1st Essential Measures in Winter of 1st Essential Measure in Spring of 1st

12 What is the Established Goal for that Measure ? MeasureHow Much?By When? Initial Sounds Fluency 25 or moreMiddle of K Phonemic Segmentation Fluency 35 or moreEnd of K Nonsense Word Fluency 50 or moreMiddle of 1st Oral Reading Fluency 1 st : 40 or more 2 nd : 90 or more 3 rd : 110 or more 1 st : End of year 2 nd : End of year 3 rd : End of year

13 WHAT THE READING COACH DOES WITH DIBELS? 1.Gives DIBELS in Grades K-3 with assistance of five member team. 2.Ensure that teachers, principals and parents understand why DIBELS is important. 3.Inspect scores quarterly (beginning, mid-year and end-of-year.) 4.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)  

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