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[quote=Anonymous][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, [b]the tests are different year to year[/b] 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]

So why do they include the benchmark for the next grade up as well as the current grade?  My rising 1st grader's report has their EOY score, and then the benchmarks for EOY 1st grade and EOY 2nd grade.  But if it's a totally different test and score range for 2nd grade, how is that even useful information?  This was confusing.

Thanks for linking that score breakdown doc, PP, I tracked it down yesterday and found it helpful - especially in trying to figure out the whole grade level thing. [/quote]

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