At the middle school in our district, the AIMSweb Maze (for "comprehension") is used as a universal screener as well as for progress monitoring. I would not recommend its use, as it really only asseses sentence level comprehension. And when struggling readers (in RtI) take this test so frequently, it seems to me that gains made may be more of an indication they have improved their ability to take this type of test than a true measure of comprehension improvement. The results can also be deceiving in that students can reach an appropriate number of "words circled correctly" yet have MULTIPLE errors. Like Melanie said about DIBELS, I don't think this is a great assesssment tool and hope we discontinue using it, soon!
----- Original Message ---- From: "Flemming, Melanie E." <mflemm...@bcps.org> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Sent: Mon, January 3, 2011 8:25:43 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Using DIBELS for older students We use DIBELS at the elementary level. I do not think it is a reliable source. Students that can read fluently based on the DIBELS information can be placed in higher level reading classes even if their comprehension is terrible! Then on the other hand students have poor fluency but high comprehension can be placed inappropriately as well. It is just not a great tool and I wish we didn't use it! ________________________________ Our district is looking for a common screening assessment for the middle and high school. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org 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. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org 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. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org 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.
