What in the world is DIBELS?
DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills)is a set of tests which measure a child’s early literacy skills. Students are tested at the beginning of kindergarten on Initial Sounds Fluency (Example– Can the student identify that the SOUND at the beginning of the word “cat” is /c/?) and Letter Naming Fluency (correctly naming letters within a 1 minute time constraint). In January, students are assessed again in the areas of Initial Sound Fluency, Letter Naming Fluency, and Phoneme Segmentation Fluency (breaking words apart into their sounds–for example, the word “grab” has 4 sounds /g/-/r/-/a/-/b/). In May, kindergarten students are tested for a final time in the areas of Phoneme Segmentation Fluency, Letter Naming Fluency, and Nonsense Word Fluency (decoding words such as vat, nix, etc.) The DIBELS assessment is simply used as an indicator of a student’s progress and to identify areas of strength and areas which need further instruction. Please see the “LINKS” section of
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