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From: Jennie
Date: Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 7:00 AM
Subject: SHARE: Webucation - our free grade by grade educational sites
To: lm_...@listserv.syr.edu
Terry - I think you are talking about the site that my husband, Paul
McKenzie, and I run...
http://www.webuc
Our system has just chosen to assess using DIBELS. For those of you who
use it, which students are you assessing? Do you use a different method
to assess comprehension, if so, what? Thanks for your input!!
Kendra Carroll
Elementary Teacher Coach
Sandy Ridge Elementary School: Amostown Rd;
We use DIBELS and use the retell section as a guide to comprehension. We can
assess the difference by noting whether the students did a word by word
retelling or gave a summary of the passage.
Ellen Stein
Reading Resource Teacher
Riverview Elementary School
410-887-1428
est...@bcps.org
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As a reading specialist, I would have to say that DIBELS in one of the worst
assessments I have ever worked with. There is a book written and supported by
the IRA called, "The Truth About DIBELS." It is essentially a test of speed,
not what the students actually know. For slow processors or stu
I thought when you make an inference you use your schema and the text evidence
to support your inference. Is drawing conclusions one and the same as an
inference then? I can see how we draw conclusions in math with graphing...but
when teaching reading how do I discuss or teach drawing conclusi
We use DIBELS in K-3. We assess every child. It does not assess
comprehension, so that's why it is not used in grades above 3. The K-3
teachers in our entire school system (Providence, RI) were given Palm Pilots
to assess the students. Every time we test a child, we sync the Palm and all
the data g
We used DIBELS for about 4 years with kindergarteners and first graders and
realized very quickly it was not philosophically in line with our classroom
teaching. We tried to ditch it quickly, but our Spec. Ed. Dept. thought it was
a 'great' resource. (Probably because it was FREE!) Each ent
