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Direct linkShelton, Nancy Rankie; Altwerger, Bess; Jordan, Nancy – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2009
Schools across the nation are responding to reading assessment mandates by turning to DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills), a program endorsed by the Federal Reading First Grant Office, to assess fluency on a range of reading-related tasks. DIBELS makes strong claims regarding its usefulness in documenting reading progress…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Standardized Tests, Emergent Literacy, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedGordinier, Cynthia L.; Foster, Karen – Childhood Education, 2004
The Reading First Initiative supports the importance of classroom teachers' use of diagnostic tests that are "scientifically based." This article focuses on the new assessment known as DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills. DIBELS is composed of the following subtests: phonological awareness (recognizing initial…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Federal Legislation, Phonology, Reading Rate
Corn, Jennifer – Educational Leadership, 2006
A teacher of Limited English Proficient elementary students in California describes how she put her students through daily timed read-aloud drills to boost their scores on a benchmark assessment of reading rate that her school district required. Corn briefly reviews the rationale behind measuring reading rate as an indicator of fluency. The reason…
Descriptors: Drills (Practice), Standardized Tests, Speed Reading, School Districts
