Comments on: Dibels Test http://www.bellevueschooldistrictparent.com/dibels-test/dibels-test/ Bellevue School District Parents discussing Bellevue School District and Bellevue Tutoring Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:47:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: David http://www.bellevueschooldistrictparent.com/dibels-test/dibels-test/comment-page-1/#comment-5 David Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:01:49 +0000 http://bellevueschooldistrictparent.com/wordpress/?p=5#comment-5 Spoke to a couple of Bellevue School District principals over the last couple days. Both indicated that there have been a LOT of issues with DIBELS adoption this year. The issue primarily seems to be teachers getting a brand new shiny tool then putting to much emphasis on this initial round of testing. As the second round of testing has come and gone, it seems that teachers have been much more reticent to "cry wolf" and are treating the scores as one "lens" instead of the final word on reading skill. Spoke to a couple of Bellevue School District principals over the last couple days. Both indicated that there have been a LOT of issues with DIBELS adoption this year. The issue primarily seems to be teachers getting a brand new shiny tool then putting to much emphasis on this initial round of testing. As the second round of testing has come and gone, it seems that teachers have been much more reticent to “cry wolf” and are treating the scores as one “lens” instead of the final word on reading skill.

]]> By: David http://www.bellevueschooldistrictparent.com/dibels-test/dibels-test/comment-page-1/#comment-2 David Thu, 19 Feb 2009 07:08:39 +0000 http://bellevueschooldistrictparent.com/wordpress/?p=5#comment-2 Found some interesting comments by a classroom teacher, WITH scoring results from a class of kids tested with Dibels at the beginning of the year. <a href="http://teach5.wordpress.com/2008/12/24/dibels/" rel="nofollow">Find them here.</a> Basically, his experience is that 3 of the four kids that scored at the bottom of his class (indicating that they need intensive help) weren't the kids that really need the help!! He advocates using Dibels as an indicator but would like to be able to adjust groupings to fit reality.... Which brings back the question, just what is Dibels giving us? Found some interesting comments by a classroom teacher, WITH scoring results from a class of kids tested with Dibels at the beginning of the year. Find them here.

Basically, his experience is that 3 of the four kids that scored at the bottom of his class (indicating that they need intensive help) weren’t the kids that really need the help!! He advocates using Dibels as an indicator but would like to be able to adjust groupings to fit reality…. Which brings back the question, just what is Dibels giving us?

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