Handout for Horizon School Division AISI PD Day presentation. More resources, templates and related blog postings at www.jigsawlearningca.wordpress.com

1. Kurtis Hewson and Lorna Adrian March 5, 2012
DIBELS
One Piece of the Puzzle
Assessment is one component of a
Collaborative Response Model, a
school-wide framework to identify and
meet the individual needs of students
Effective When…
• Part of a responsive school-wide model that includes collaboration and Literacy Assessment
interventions Profile
• Flag students for conversation
• Focus on trends, not scores DIBELS
• Focused on student growth • Benchmark (3x a year)
• Indicate students for further investigation • Progress Monitoring
• One assessment within a student profile
GRADE
Ineffective When… • Annual common assessment
• Inform student transition,
• Used as the sole or primary measure of student reading achievement instruction
• Progress monitoring for all students
• Summative (reporting to parents) Teacher Assessments
• Focus on scores, not trends • Relation to learner outcomes
• Drives instruction (fluency is more than words per minute) • Further diagnostic evaluation
• Used as sole evidence to evaluate reading programs
• Determine teacher effectiveness Other
• Library circulation
• Home reading survey
What We Learned • Reading attitudes survey
• Focus on purpose – Indicators
• Utilize with a pilot grade when starting
• Determine passages for progress monitoring
• Administer using an assessment team
• Assessment schedule determined annually
• For use by staff
• Kept student focus at the forefront
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