"Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> writes: >Okay, I need some feedback. > >Our district is looking for a common screening assessment for the middle and >high school. What has been suggested is the DIBELS tools at the 6th grade >level. I am not confident that using a 6th grade reading passage with older >students will produce reliable and valid information. We want to use the >score, >with the DRP ( Degrees of Reading Power) score to determing what students may >benefit from a Reading Intervention class. Anyone have information about the >appropriateness and effectiveness of using DIBELS, or other fluency tools to >identify struggling readers?
Stay away from DIBELS!!!!! _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
