If you look at the DIBELS website, you will see that even though they *claim* to be research based (as many programs do) they are actually NOT. I think they site 1 or 2 schools, and it is not real research at all.
A good question to ask the admin would be - Does having kids read nonsense words actually measure fluency? Wouldn't it make more sense to have them reading authentic texts for fluency? On 11/6/07, Melinda Haynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Who is the publisher? I have not heard from many teachers who find data > from this source useful. Unfortunately, with RTI requiring "research-based > interventions" and assessment, the publisher of this tool will likely pocket > lots of cash....I have heard similar complaints about Voyager and other > PROGRAMS..... > > "If you want to build a ship, don't herd people together to collect wood > and > don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the > endless immensity of the sea." (Antoine de Saint-Exupery) > > Melinda Hawkins > 5th Grade LA/SS > McCulloch Intermediate School > Highland Park ISD > (214) 780-2325 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>> Jason DeLuca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/6/2007 5:20 pm >>> > I am a fourth grade teacher. My principal is very concerned with using > research based instruction, as he should be, however he is having us assess > our kids' fluency by using dibbles. The staff is very angry because many > believe that this particular assessment does not measure much at all. Does > anyone know of any research that either supports or does not support the use > of this assessment? > > Thanks, > Jason > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > > > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > -- - Heather "The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments fall; nations perish; civilizations grow old and die out; new races build others. But in the world of books are volumes that have seen this happen again and again and yet live on. Still young, still as fresh as the day they were written, still telling men's hearts of the hearts of men centuries dead." --Clarence Day "While the rhetoric is highly effective, remarkably little good evidence exists that there's any educational substance behind the accountability and testing movement." —Peter Sacks, Standardized Minds "When our children fail competency tests the schools lose funding. When our missiles fail tests, we increase funding. " —Dennis Kucinich, Democratic Presidential Candidate _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
