Mary's reply to Jan is a great illustration of how districts seem to adopt, and then misuse, the various programs associated with literacy instruction and assessment. DIBELS, (which I looked up and read more about after my previous post) was developed for assessing decoding ability in early readers, but will be used as a 'universal screener' and then 3 times a year, in a middle school!
Sally K. Caruso 8th Grade Language Arts Kickemuit Middle School 525 Child Street Warren RI 02885 401-245-2010 x 2233 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mary Dovey Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 9:23 PM To: A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades. Subject: Re: [LIT] RtI DIBELS is an assessment of a child's decoding ability. It was used by our Reading First coaches and teachers with kids from first to third grades, but not beyond that. It wouldn't have anything to do with writer's workshop, outside of helping teachers select mentor text for kids that they could read independently. Mary On 10/4/09 1:56 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > My middle school has just started writers workshop this year, and we will > probably implement readers workshop next year. We will probably also start > RtI next year. > > I love the workshop model although it has been harder to get going than I > expected. > > My question is about RtI. The plan right now is that we will use DIBELS as a > universal screener next fall and test all the students with DIEBELS three > times a year. From what I know about DIBELS, it seems contrary to the > workshop model. > > Is there a superintendent or middle school principal on this list willing to > write me (off list) about DIBELS? May I share your thinking with my > principal? > Thanks! > Jan > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
