DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills)

DIBELS is used in Kindergarten through the third grade in Skiatook to aid educators in targeting possible reading difficulties and provide early intervention for future success. Skiatook believes in the triangulation method and uses the Gates- Miginitie and STAR assessments, in conjunction with DIBELS, to provide teachers with a thorough look at each child for individualized instruction.

The Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) are a set of standardized, individually administered measures of early literacy development. They are designed to be short (one minute) fluency measures used to regularly monitor the development of pre-reading and early reading skills.

The measures were developed upon the essential early literacy domains discussed in both the National Reading Panel (2000) and National Research Council (1998) reports to assess student development of phonological awareness, alphabetic understanding, and automaticity and fluency with the code. Each measure has been thoroughly researched and demonstrated to be reliable and valid indicators of early literacy development and predictive of later reading proficiency to aid in the early identification of students who are not progressing as expected. When used as recommended, the results can be used to evaluate individual student development as well as provide grade-level feedback toward validated instructional objectives.

For more information about DIBELS please refer to their website at http://dibels.uoregon.edu/dibelsinfo.php