DIBELS Clearinghouse --

Welcome to the new DIBELS site

Case studies

This site, sponsored by the Vermont Society for the Study of Education (VSSE), offers information and opinion about DIBELS.

We welcome comments and contributions.

Educators and parents: We welcome first-hand accounts of how DIBELS has impacted your students and your children's lives.

We welcome classroom research.

We welcome university research.

We welcome examples of how DIBELS drives homework and curriculum.

We welcome examples of media coverage of the DIBELS mandate.

style="font-size:85%;">The Test Puts Children In Their Place--And They Know It

Outrages

And so the sorting begins, as does the training of children to accept the place they are assigned.

Boston Grandpa: Honey, how is first grade?

Child: I don't know yet. My teacher hasn't corrected my DIBELS test--to see which group I belong in.

DIBELS™Kindergarten Grade Classroom Set

Outrages

Comment: Here's the premise: The kindergartner takes this test and then everybody will know if he'll pass the federally-imposed, high stakes third grade reading test. This is being marketing as assessing the vital signs of students' reading health. Heretofore, vital signs referred to the pulse rate, temperature, and respiratory rate of an individual. Now, by corporate-politico mandate, it means how fast a five-year-old child can decipher such stuff as

hoj rij ad bol em
buv haj en wof loj
tuc rul vab fum han
hol mun yud dav dub

National Clout of DIBELS Test Draws Scrutiny: Critics say reading tool's scope fails to justify its broad use.

And on and on. This is a site to watch. Bookmark it and visit often.

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