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[quote=Anonymous][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]

[b]So why do they include the benchmark for the next grade up as well as the current grade?  [/b]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]

I find this confusing too. My rising 2nd grader's report has the 1st G benchmark and 2nd G benchmark listed for MI. I think this is new, and also only for the lower grades? I have DC in upper elementary and her report only has the benchmark for her grade.[/quote]

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