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[quote=Anonymous]A few useful resources that I think APS doesn’t send because they don’t want to deal with Arlington parents but would be so much better if they did:

1) for DIBELS, the composite score breakdowns are here: https://dibels.uoregon.edu/sites/dibels1.uoregon.edu/files/2021-06/DIBELS8thEditionGoals.pdf
As someone else noted, the tests are different year to year so you can’t look at a K 550 and think “oh, my child is hitting the 3rd grade benchmark!” But you can look at the breakdown and see that a EOY 550 for K is “blue” (the step above green/proficient) which means your kid is very unlikely to need any additional support. DIBELS is really just a way of identifying students who need intervention or not.

2) for Math Inventory, the score ranges are here: https://sbcobbstor.blob.core.windows.net/media/WWWCobb/fgg/4441/Math%20Inventory%203.1%20%20Overview%20for%20Parents.pdf
It’s computer adaptive (which means the questions get harder as a student gets things right). I am not a testing expert, but it makes sense to me that these tests would have more variability across benchmarks (eg from BOY to MOY) because if a kid is having a slightly off day, the assessment will start offering easier questions, and the score would drop, particularly if the child scored very high for the first benchmark. [/quote]

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