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DIBELS scores should never be used to grade a student. The measures should only be used for instructional decision-making (i.e., to identify students who need additional instructional support and monitoring response to intervention). DIBELS scores should only be given to parents in conjunction with an appropriate explanation. Use our Parent Tip Sheet and our Parent Guide

No, you should teach your students letter-sound correspondences and blending. Once students begin developing these skills, their performance will generalize to the NWF score.

The passages are intended to be equivalent in grade level. They do not progress in difficulty in any systematic manner. Each passage balances decodability, Lexile level, and various measures of comprehensibility. You can find out more about this in the Appendix A of the Administration and Scoring Guide.

The guide can be accessed from the Testing Materials Page. Just click on the "DOWNLOAD DIBELS MATERIALS" button and the Guide is the first link on the page after the click-through use agreement. https://dibels.uoregon.edu/materials