Although teachers in the Moriarty, N.M., public schools report positive experiences with the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills, or DIBELS, the assessments have generated a lot of ...

DIBELS offers a quick snapshot of a child’s foundational reading skills, but understanding the results requires more than just looking at numbers. Knowing what each measure targets—like phonemic ...

DIBELS, or Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills, is a set of procedures and measures developed at the University of Oregon for assessing literacy development in students from kindergarten ...

I recently wrote a piece about reading fluency instruction for our special report on early literacy. Sometimes I’m asked how I come up with ideas for articles. And while the majority are based on news ...

Literacy levels have gone up across the board for kindergarteners, first- and second-graders in the Montgomery County Public Schools system, according to the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy ...

A variety of assessments are used in the Portage Township School System in order to help students meet their educational goals. In the earliest grades, one of the tools used is referred to as "DIBELS.

Reading fluency is more than speed — it’s about accuracy, expression, and comprehension. From DIBELS assessments to playful classroom activities, educators and families have powerful ways to help ...

Mr. Grayson, Chairman and CEO of istation, said, “The results of this study break new ground by proving that online computer-based continuous progress monitoring (CPM) of early reading skills can be ...

Reading fluency is the ability to read with proper speed, accuracy, and expression. Children, and people in general, must be able to read fluently in order to understand what they’re reading. This ...