Technology in Action!

1. Using DIBELS to Improve Reading Outcomes in Grades 3-5 Technology in Action!

2. To improve the essential reading skills of Fluency and Comprehension, Brosville Elementary will implement a standardized, broad–outcome benchmark assessment and progress monitoring program in grades 3-5. Performance data will help identify students in need of more intensive instruction, inform effective teaching strategies, allocate appropriate resources, and foster the home/school connection. In communicating project progress to faculty, staff, parents and community stakeholders, the following technologies will be utilized: The Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) materials and online database Power Point Presentations School Media Lab Facilities A Wiki planning site for the DIBELS Leadership Team District email accounts, Google Docs, and other Microsoft Office applications including Excel and Word The DIBELS project:our vision

3. The DIBELS Project Broad-outcome measures: a critical component

4. “Is the student learning and making progress toward a long-term goal?” • Broad-Outcome Measures are basic skill probes often referred to as “indicators” • Used to measure a student’s overall academic health • Examples may include oral reading fluency, comprehension, computation fluency • Frequently show up as screeners Why use Broad Outcome Measurement?

5. They can also… • Identify students who need additional support • Monitor pre-referral interventions • Assist general educators plan more effective instruction • Help special educators design more effective instructional programs for students who do not respond to general education • Document student progress for accountability purposes, including IEPs • Communicate with parents or other professionals about student progress Broad-outcome measures: more than just a screener!

6. Primarily used for screening purposes: • Brigance (K) • PALS (K-2) Fall, Winter, Spring • PALS (3rd grade) Fall only • Currently, grades 3-5 are not utilizing a standardized Broad Outcome Measurement tool. This is the purpose of our project!! How is Brosville using boms?

7. Take student temperature of “overall reading health” with a focus on Comprehension and Fluency • Research indicates positive correlation between BOMS and high-stakes testing • Two measures will be utilized for both benchmark assessment and weekly progress monitoring: • DORF: Oral Reading Fluency and Retell of Information • Students given three 1-minute reading probes • Median WCPM/Errors recorded • Administered individually • DAZE: Reading Comprehension • Students administered one 3-minute timed silent reading cloze passage • Number correct/incorrect recorded • Administered in class-wide format How can dibels help us?

8. Sample dibels database spreadsheet

9. How should our numbers fall out? • 5% will need more intensive, personalized interventions to be successful. Intensive Support 5% • 15% will need additional strategic support or different strategies to “get it”. Strategic Support 15% Met or Exceeded Benchmark Composite 80% 80% will “get it” as a result of initial instruction. Need Core Support

10. Initial use… • Identify (and quantify!) students in need of support • Small-group instruction in the classroom • Better focus I/E instructional time • Moving forward… • Ongoing weekly progress monitoring for those students who did not make benchmark • Data collection for CSIT purposes Using the Data

11. The DIBELS Project Using technology to get us there!

12. The DIBELS Database system

13. Wiki planning site

14. SmartBoardClassroom Sites

15. Excel PowerPoint Word Microsoft Office applications

16. District email accounts& Google Docs