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Re: Dibels reading assess.
Posted by Robin on 7/06/06

    On 2/29/04, Amy wrote:
    > On 2/25/04, Nancy wrote:
    >> Our school was just awarded a Reading First Grant. Dibels
    >> is one of the reading assessments approved by the state.
    >
    > We use Dibels with our kindergarteners. In the fall you
    > would test letter naming fluency ( they get a sheet of over
    > 100 letters and they have to name as many as they can in one
    > minute) and initial sound fluency ( 4 pictures on a page --
    > point to the picture that begins with ___). In winter you
    > test the 2 above plus phoneme segmetation ( you say a word
    > and they have to break it into each sound : for example ,
    > you say leaned they have to say /l/ /e/ /n/ /d/ they do not
    > get to look at the word) and nonsense word fluency ( they
    > have to read words such as um and zeb.) All test get 1
    > minute . In the spring they test on everything except
    > initial sounds ( it is over in the winter). LEtter naming I
    > beleive they have to be at 50 in the spring to benchmark (in
    > 1 minute) Phoneme segmentation they have to get 45 sounds
    > and nonsense words they have to get 25.
    >
    > The test takes alot of class time preparing (practicing
    > segmenting, reading the letters quickly, reading nonsense
    > words ect) We usually review during small groups. To me
    > the test isn't that informative. Some of my lower children
    > scored high on initial sounds because they guesseed really
    > fast and got more done in 1 minute. Also, I have children
    > that have a hard time with the letter naming but can sound
    > out great. The nonsense words are hard for your readers
    > becasue they don't make sense (and we spend a lot of time
    > saying does that make sense when we are learning to read) I
    > also have ESL students that show NO progress on the test but
    > that are making progress in the room.
    >
    > If I can help in anyother way please email me :)
    >
    > Amy

     
     

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