Are there accommodations that can be made to the DIBELS administration procedures to ensure valid assessment of students with special behavioral and/or cognitive needs?
The University of Oregon has established accommodations that can be made to the administration procedures when certain conditions indicate that the assessment of the student will be more accurate if minor adjustments are made to the standardized procedures. For example, students with limited vision would profit from having the student materials enlarged, students who have difficulty following oral directions would profit from a repeat of the directions or the examples that are given to help the student understand the requirements of the measure. One accommodation that cannot be made is to change the timing of the measures. DIBELS is a fluency measure, and the performance of each student must be calculated within the timed procedures in order to determine the level of fluency that the student has with the early literacy skill. It is recommended that any accommodation be implemented only when an accurate assessment of the student would otherwise be in jeopardy. It is further recommended
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