SUBSCRIBE chat center Gazette|Chatboards|Lessons|Projects|Classifieds|Mailrings|Jobs|Harry Wong|Live!|Advertise SUBMIT POST ALL POSTS TOP POSTS Share | Print | Report Post Building Blocks Literacy Chatboard Search Teachers.Net Advanced Quick Links: Set Hot Now... • September 2008 Gazette • Teacher Tech Center • The Lesson Bank Most Popular • Set Your Quick Links • Chat Center • All Chatboards • Lesson Bank • Teacher Mailrings • Project Center • Classified Ads • Live Chat & Meetings Select by • State/Region • Grade Level • Curriculum • Interest Group • Teaching Method Special Topics • Technology • Languages • Hot Topics • Career Center • Distance Learning • Fundraising • Tutoring Center • Teacher's Bookshelf • Free Printables • Classroom Photos • Meeting Archive • Teaching Articles • Library • Web Tools • Webring • Search • Advertise   Re: Dibels reading assess. Posted by a reading teacher on 5/30/07 > > We use it as part of our Reading First program, and the kids > enjoy it a lot. Wow. It makes our kids (and teachers) crazy! This can be used as a tool BUT it is being misused all over the place. Schools and teachers are being evaluated based on this. Kids are being retained based on it. The one minute time sounds great because we are all short on time, but it actually takes much longer than that. It also doesn't allow students to actually read---it just chops it up into little parts. Reading is working ALL those parts at the same time or it doesn't make sense and they don't comprehend. I find DRA or some other form of running record to be more helpful. The Observation Survey (from Reading Recovery) is more helpful for K & 1. The selections are not on grade level and there is no introduction. Even if I don't understand mechanics and someone hands me a manual about cars, I have some idea about the contents---I have context to use to read it. With DIBELS just gives the kids a page of words. They claim that fluency is the key to it all, but too often we get kids who just call out those words as fast as they can. Too much class time is spent teaching how to DIBEL instead of just how to read and write. It's just not all that good. Most of the time, we have to give another assessment (like the DRA) to find out what we need to work on. Posts on this thread, including this one Dibels reading assess., 2/25/04, by Nancy. Re: Dibels reading assess., 2/29/04, by Amy. Re: Dibels reading assess., 5/15/04, by Rachel. Re: Dibels reading assess., 6/05/04, by ellie. Re: Dibels reading assess., 7/03/04, by Rose-Ann McKernan. Re: Dibels reading assess., 3/25/05, by Cheryle. Re: Dibels reading assess., 3/25/05, by Cheryle. Re: Dibels reading assess., 7/14/05, by A. Re: To A:Dibels reading assess., 7/14/05, by kteacher271. Re: Dibels reading assess., 7/14/05, by Cheryle. Re: Dibels reading assess., 10/26/05, by Jeff. Re: Dibels reading assess., 10/31/05, by Monica. Re: Dibels reading assess., 11/27/05, by Mary Kay Starkey. Re: Dibels reading assess., 12/08/05, by Maureen. Re: Dibels reading assess., 12/08/05, by Maureen. Re: Dibels reading assess., 1/11/06, by Kim. Re: Dibels reading assess., 2/04/06, by Pearl. Re: Dibels reading assess., 2/08/06, by Darlene. Re: Dibels reading assess., 2/11/06, by been there, done that. Re: Dibels a toothpick!, 2/11/06, by Nancy. Re: Dibels reading assess., 3/04/06, by Kathy. Re: Dibels reading assess., 4/04/06, by Margaret Turner. Re: Dibels reading assess., 4/06/06, by Nancy. Re: Dibels reading assess., 6/28/06, by Kathy. Re: Dibels reading assess., 7/06/06, by Robin. Re: Dibels reading assess., 9/03/06, by Ginny. Re: Dibels reading assess., 9/03/06, by Ginny. Re: Dibels reading assess., 9/10/06, by Parent1115. Re: Dibels reading assess., 9/23/06, by Kathy. Re: Dibels reading assess., 9/23/06, by Kathy. Re: Dibels reading assess., 11/02/06, by Sandi. Re: Dibels reading assess., 11/22/06, by Ms. Altman. Re: Dibels reading assess., 12/03/06, by Jane Bain. Re: Dibels reading assess., 1/01/07, by plcarlson. Re: Dibels reading assess., 1/30/07, by Kristin. Re: Dibels reading assess., 5/15/07, by Thomas Davis. Re: Dibels reading assess., 5/30/07, by a reading teacher. Re: Dibels reading assess., 5/30/07, by a reading teacher. Re: Dibels reading assess., 6/02/07, by k teacher. Re: Dibels reading assess., 3/10/08, by JULIE. Re: Dibels reading assess., 3/10/08, by julie. Re: Dibels reading assess., 3/11/08, by capitalize I. Re: Dibels reading assess., 4/17/08, by Michelle.

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