Dibels

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Dibels

• Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills

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FLUENCY

• fluency n
• 1. the ability to speak a language effortlessly
  and correctly
• 2. the ability to express something effortlessly
  and clearly

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Classroom Bags

• Administration Materials and Scoring Guide
• Administration and Scoring Workshop
• Student Materials
• Kindergarten Materials
• Quick Reference Guide
• Timer
• Norm Reference Chart

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Benchmarks

• Fall (Aug)
• Winter (December)
• Spring (April)
• Predicts how children will read
• Low Risk of failure
• Moderate Risk of failure
• High Risk of failure

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Initial Sounds Fluency

• Do they know the beginning sound of a word
• Cat Ball Horse
• Timed only as they think

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Letter Naming Fluency

• Can they name their letters
• Are they confused by capital or lower case
  letters
• A d h e T n v o y e b s k
• 1 minute

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Phoneme Segmentation Fluency

• Do they hear all the sounds in a word
• Cat
• /c/ /a/ /t/
• Ball
• /b/ /all/
• Timed as they speak only
• This skill is lost as they begin to read

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Nonsense Word Fluency

• Can they read CVC words
• (consonant vowel consonant)
• v i p
• /v/ /i/ /p/ or /vip/
• 1 minute

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Oral Reading Fluency

• How do they read a story
• Can they put it all together
• Three stories - 1 minute each -
• middle score used

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• Kindergarten Scoring Book
• Not all are given every time
• Use National Norm Chart to Mark
• LR, MR, HR

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Remediation

• Progress monitoring booklets

• Same tests, different content
• Given week/monthly
• Have shorter targets

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Norm chart
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FREE HELP!

• http//dibels.uoregon.edu/index.php
• Training videos / Downloadable manual
• Scoring sheets
• Assessment Integrity Checklists
• Report graphs
• mcaswell_at_gccsda.com
• Downloads - get log in name from GCC

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Pathways SlideshowDIBELS Slideshow

• www.dacschool.com
• Links
• Teacher Convention Materials
• Pathways
• shellycaswell_at_gmail.com