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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, 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]

Thank you so much for sharing these resources! It helps to have some context for the scores (although what I’m really taking away is not to put too much stock in them)[/quote]

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