Interpreting NWEA & DIBELS for APS 4th grade

[Anonymous]

I find APS site entirely useless. Where I can find actual information to understand my child’s actual mid year scores?

[Anonymous]

https://masterygenius.com/blog/nwea-map-scores/

https://dibels.uoregon.edu/sites/default/files/2023-01/DIBELS%C2%AE%208th%20Edition%20Benchmark%20Goals.pdf

[Anonymous]

Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Are there percentiles associated with DIBELS? Last year, I think we got printouts that included them, but nothing like that has come home this year.

[Anonymous]

Here you go

https://dibels.uoregon.edu/sites/default/files/DIBELS8-Percentiles-2020.pdf

from page 104, read the legend at the bottom to understand the meaning of each column.

[Anonymous]

This is the latest version

https://dibels.uoregon.edu/sites/default/files/2022PercentileRanksDIBELS8Report.pdf

[Anonymous]

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

My 1st grader's NWEA score didn't change from the beginning of the year. It was high at the beginning of the year. Should I read the lack of change as an indication that she didn't learn any math in the first half of the school year?

[Anonymous]

Did you get numbers for DIBELS? My child’s mid year results say “core^” and I have no idea how to interpret that. (This is for 3rd grade) The test interpretation section of the APS website is useless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did you get numbers for DIBELS? My child’s mid year results say “core^” and I have no idea how to interpret that. (This is for 3rd grade) The test interpretation section of the APS website is useless.

We got the numbers and the "core^"....the core^ just signifies that the kid only needs core support, nothing extra. AKA, they're not at risk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you get numbers for DIBELS? My child’s mid year results say “core^” and I have no idea how to interpret that. (This is for 3rd grade) The test interpretation section of the APS website is useless.

We got the numbers and the "core^"....the core^ just signifies that the kid only needs core support, nothing extra. AKA, they're not at risk.

Thanks! It’s just strange that we got numbers for the fall tests but no numbers for the winter one.

[Anonymous]

I feel like my kid just isn't the best at DIBELS.

He has been struggling but this year he has made huge improves. Like he went from reading 30 WPM at the second grade level to reading 140 WPM at the 4th grade level (he is in 3rd). He used to refuse to read books and is now reading chapter books and stupid DIBELS is saying he is further behind than he was at the beginning of the year (needs strategic help vs core, but I guess was only off by one point). The kid got 100% on his writing assessment and is well into the range of well prepared for the VGA.

So I am a bit over DIBELS right now. It just made me feel like all the progress he made for the year meant nothing!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 1st grader's NWEA score didn't change from the beginning of the year. It was high at the beginning of the year. Should I read the lack of change as an indication that she didn't learn any math in the first half of the school year?

Wondering the same thing. My second grader's score actually went down by one point. Maybe a bad test day, but I also haven't been impressed with the rigor this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel like my kid just isn't the best at DIBELS.

He has been struggling but this year he has made huge improves. Like he went from reading 30 WPM at the second grade level to reading 140 WPM at the 4th grade level (he is in 3rd). He used to refuse to read books and is now reading chapter books and stupid DIBELS is saying he is further behind than he was at the beginning of the year (needs strategic help vs core, but I guess was only off by one point). The kid got 100% on his writing assessment and is well into the range of well prepared for the VGA.

So I am a bit over DIBELS right now. It just made me feel like all the progress he made for the year meant nothing!

My understanding is that the DIBELS test gets a lot harder in 4th and 5th grade. My kid is a very strong reader, who was 99th+ percentile for K-3rd, but is now only 80th percentile as a 5th grader. She also just finished reading the Hobbit for fun, reads a ton and understands everything you put in front of her. I have zero concerns about her reading.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel like my kid just isn't the best at DIBELS.

He has been struggling but this year he has made huge improves. Like he went from reading 30 WPM at the second grade level to reading 140 WPM at the 4th grade level (he is in 3rd). He used to refuse to read books and is now reading chapter books and stupid DIBELS is saying he is further behind than he was at the beginning of the year (needs strategic help vs core, but I guess was only off by one point). The kid got 100% on his writing assessment and is well into the range of well prepared for the VGA.

So I am a bit over DIBELS right now. It just made me feel like all the progress he made for the year meant nothing!

I’d take the DIBELs with a grain of salt. This winter is the first time my kid (4th grade) didn’t score “below goal” or “far below goal” on the DIBELs. But the kid is reading the Harry Potter series & got a 600 on the reading SOL last year.