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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"The first thing that we want these efforts to accomplish is to alert parents that there’s a problem. A very simple, culturally competent, easy to understand sheet of paper that says your child has a problem,” said Black and Brown Coalition Co-Founder Diego Uriburu."

I don't think this person understands the problem.

Parents who don't care about their children being able to read aren't interested in a "culturally competent" lecture about it from the school. [/quote]

No, they understand the problem and are proposing a document to help alleviate.  The problem is that parents don’t clearly understand how their kids are doing because there is conflicting information.  Grades saying A or B, and Dibels saying not on level but teachers saying everything is fine.  This goes on for awhile and then suddenly kids need intervention.

It’s the same problem that is seen across students grades vs district assessments vs external assessments.  [/quote]

This describes the problem perfectly. How can a parent know how their child is doing when the report card contradicts the DIBELS score?[/quote][/quote]

I always put the DIBELS score on the report card along with the child's grades even if they contradict. I send home the parent connect from the DIBELS reports three times per year. As teachers, we have been telling our admin and anyone who will listen about this disconnect. DIBELS is the one assessment that is pretty accurate IMO. It's given one-on-one by a teacher who knows the student. It isn't a computer based assessment that kids click through just to get done.

Parents should ask their kids' teachers for the DIBELS scores three times per year. The parent connect breaks down each subtests and gives parents simple activities for improvement. [/quote]

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