Anonymous wrote:The oral accuracy national average seemed strangely high to me in relation to the others, or at least my dd’s score on that one in particular seemed strangely low. She was in the blue zone for every section except that one, and even though she was above goal she was only at 30th percentile nationally. Maybe it has something to do with the way the test was administered in APS this year- easier to screw up.

OP here. The above is my exact experience and you make a great point. My daughter was in blue on all the other ones too, though some of the national comparisons even there seemed oddly high compared to other tests I’ve seen (and experiences in general). But with oral accuracy specifically, my daughter scored at 97 percent accuracy, which was 30 percentile nationally. It’s possible that 98 percent accuracy takes you up substantially on a percentile basis. But it’s still hard for me to believe that 70 percent of national 5th grade readers read at higher than 97 percent accuracy.

The oral accuracy national average seemed strangely high to me in relation to the others, or at least my dd’s score on that one in particular seemed strangely low. She was in the blue zone for every section except that one, and even though she was above goal she was only at 30th percentile nationally. Maybe it has something to do with the way the test was administered in APS this year- easier to screw up.

Anonymous wrote:I believe DIBELS dings the kid if they skip words. My way above average reader skips words all the time. I used to make her go back and she'd pick them up, but her brain reads faster than reading aloud. I assume she'll fair poorly on the test but I know it won't reflect her actual reading level.

Yes this makes a lot of sense to me. I recall my daughter doing this years ago. I still may have her practice reading aloud - it’s a good skill - but this resonates with me.

I believe DIBELS dings the kid if they skip words. My way above average reader skips words all the time. I used to make her go back and she'd pick them up, but her brain reads faster than reading aloud. I assume she'll fair poorly on the test but I know it won't reflect her actual reading level.

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Anonymous wrote:OP how did you get the scores? My Kinder kid got his PALS in the mail, but haven't heard anything about DIBELS scores yet. Do they come in the mail or are they up on parentvue?

You won’t get DIBELS if you got PALS

I think she means for an older kid.

Anonymous wrote:Have her read aloud to you? Maybe you haven’t heard that in a while. I test kids using DIBELS a lot and I bet parents haven’t heard their 5th graders reading aloud in years. Many struggle with multi syllabic words.

No believe this. My kid is having panic attacks about having to read aloud during virtual school. I haven’t seen the assessment yet though I am pretty certain he’s behind grade level.

Anonymous wrote:OP how did you get the scores? My Kinder kid got his PALS in the mail, but haven't heard anything about DIBELS scores yet. Do they come in the mail or are they up on parentvue?

You won’t get DIBELS if you got PALS

OP how did you get the scores? My Kinder kid got his PALS in the mail, but haven't heard anything about DIBELS scores yet. Do they come in the mail or are they up on parentvue?

Have her read aloud to you? Maybe you haven’t heard that in a while. I test kids using DIBELS a lot and I bet parents haven’t heard their 5th graders reading aloud in years. Many struggle with multi syllabic words.

Anonymous wrote:Remember the Dibels is a screener. It’s purpose is. It to measure your child’s achievement or potential. It’s meant to flag at-risk students. The virtual administration IMO affected both PALS and DIBELS scores. If your child is a strong reader and you didn’t have concerns prior, and you still don’t have concerns (meaning, the test says your child is meeting grade level benchmarks, in the green zone which is grade level), I would not worry. Also it’s the first year of DIBELS. did your child score in the yellow or red zones in any subtest?

This is OP. Thanks for the responses. No, no yellows or reds, but for accuracy of oral fluency (reading aloud), she barely scored in the green, with abysmal national percentiles on that one. And this is someone who has always read way above grade level and never have any concerns been raised about reading aloud. I asked my daughter and she said she didn’t think it was hard. I also asked about the virtual format and she said it was ok, but that the text was a little small.

My 5th grader scored as expected.

Sorry typos: it’s purpose is NOT to....

Remember the Dibels is a screener. It’s purpose is. It to measure your child’s achievement or potential. It’s meant to flag at-risk students. The virtual administration IMO affected both PALS and DIBELS scores. If your child is a strong reader and you didn’t have concerns prior, and you still don’t have concerns (meaning, the test says your child is meeting grade level benchmarks, in the green zone which is grade level), I would not worry. Also it’s the first year of DIBELS. did your child score in the yellow or red zones in any subtest?

What tests was she given? What were the scores?

APS is using the DIBELS reading assessment for the first time this year. My 5th grader just received her scores. Her percentile scores were not nearly as strong as I would have expected nor nearly as strong as she’s scored on the prior reading assessment, PALS. I’m wondering whether the virtual testing channel could have had anything to do with it. Are others seeing unexpected scores on DIBELS? Thanks in advance.