Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills:
Measures designed to quickly and efficiently access reading and pre-reading skills in Kindergarten through Sixth Grade.
Indicators of Essential Skill Areas
The DIBELS measures the indicators of the skill area they are designed to assess. Just as a pediatrician measures a child's height and weight as a quick and efficient indicator of the child's physical development, each DIBELS measure is a quick and efficient indicator of how well a child is doing in learning a particular early reading skill.
The Five Essential Skill Areas of Early Literacy
The DIBELS measures were developed to be indicators of the essential early literacy skills that a child must master to become a good reader.
Why Does My Child's School Use DIBELS?
The DIBELS measures are fast and efficient indicators of critical early literacy skills.
Research on DIBELS
A series of research studies conducted beginning in the early 1990s and continuing today has documented that children's performance on DIBELS is predictive of and strongly related to children's reading success.
How Can I Get DIBELS?
Measures designed to quickly and efficiently access reading and pre-reading skills in Kindergarten through Sixth Grade.
Indicators of Essential Skill Areas
The DIBELS measures the indicators of the skill area they are designed to assess. Just as a pediatrician measures a child's height and weight as a quick and efficient indicator of the child's physical development, each DIBELS measure is a quick and efficient indicator of how well a child is doing in learning a particular early reading skill.
The Five Essential Skill Areas of Early Literacy
The DIBELS measures were developed to be indicators of the essential early literacy skills that a child must master to become a good reader.
- Phonemic Awareness: hearing and using sounds in spoken words.
- Alphabetic Principle and Phonics: Knowing the sounds of the letters and sounding out written words.
- Accurate and Fluent Reading: Reading stories and other materials easily and quickly with few mistakes.
- Vocabulary: Understanding and correctly using a variety of words.
- Comprehension: Understanding what is spoken and read.
Why Does My Child's School Use DIBELS?
The DIBELS measures are fast and efficient indicators of critical early literacy skills.
Research on DIBELS
A series of research studies conducted beginning in the early 1990s and continuing today has documented that children's performance on DIBELS is predictive of and strongly related to children's reading success.
How Can I Get DIBELS?
- Download the materials fro free from: http://dibels.uoregon.edu/
- Purchase the Palm Pilot version of DIBELS from Wireless Generation: http://www.wirelessgeneration.com/
- Dynamic Measurement Group: Home of DIBELS and official training on DIBELS by the authors http://dibels.org/
