DIBELS Resources

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DIBELS 8th Edition Resources

Find administration timelines, benchmark goals, tips, guides, and other testing resources. Our free training videos provide an introduction to DIBELS assessment and tools. For more comprehensive professional development, see our list of certified trainers.

Testing Resources

Student benchmark goals for all grades.

This document supplements the DIBELS 8th Edition Administration and Scoring Guide.

Handout with information to help families understand DIBELS scores. This also includes resources with additional information about screening and partnering with the school for literacy success.

This white paper summarizes changes to DIBELS measures and provides evidence to support the use of early screening tools such as DIBELS to screen for dyslexia and help educators intervene before significant reading difficulties materialize, thus reducing the number of students characterized with learning disabilities.

This handout explains the DIBELS assessment to parents.

This handout in Spanish explains the DIBELS assessment to parents.

This timeline shows the administration periods for each of the DIBELS 8th Edition measures.

This document describes the differences in administrating and scoring DIBELS 8th Edition compared to previous editions.

These worksheets provide teachers and other education professionals one strategy for determining the instructional needs of their students based on a pattern of performance on two or more DIBELS 8th Edition assessments.

This document describes various approaches in collecting school-wide DIBELS data.

This document describes how the DIBELS 8th Edition composite score is the most robust predictor of risk that DIBELS has ever offered.

Training Videos

2019, November

A researcher from the Center on Teaching and Learning describes each of the DIBELS 8th Edition measures. This includes a brief overview, what literacy skills are assessed and the time to administer each measure.

2019, May

This video highlights how easy it is to switch to DIBELS 8th Edition.

2019, May

Researchers from the Center on Teaching and Learning discuss why DIBELS 8th Edition was developed, including brief descriptions of improvements and updates.

2019, January

Watch a recording of our webinar from January 2019, where we shared information about the DIBELS 8th Edition research and development process and unveiled some of the exciting new features of DIBELS 8.

2019, June

Researchers from the Center on Teaching and Learning compare DIBELS 8th Edition to other reading diagnostic tools.

2019, October

This video helps you plan for the adoption of DIBELS 8th Edition. Training options, materials and preservation of historical data are discussed.

2019, November

In this video, researchers from the Center on Teaching and Learning describe the technical qualities of the DIBELS 8th Edition literacy assessment.

Certified Trainers

This list does not constitute an endorsement of any of the trainers. Our list is made available solely as a convenience and service to the public.

HILL for Literacy

Contact Information: Website

Professional development and informational webinars.

Amplify

Contact Information: Website

Online professional development courses and trainer certification.

Gail E. Lovette, Ph.D.

Contact Information: gel2fe@virginia.edu

Located in: Charlottesville, Virginia (will travel)

 

Shelby Skaanes

Contact Information: sjsedconsulting@comcast.net

Located in: Tacoma, Washington (will travel)

Marissa Suhr, Ph.D.

Contact Information: Marissa.l.pilger@gmail.com

Located in: Portland, Oregon (will travel)

Kaitlyn Roy

Contact Information: kaitlynmroy@gmail.com

Located in: Durango, CO (travel negotiable)

 

Lexie Domaradzki

Contact Information: lexiedom@gmail.com

Located in: Port Angeles, WA  (willing to travel)

David Fainstein

Contact Information: dwfainstein@gmail.com

Located in: Vancouver, BC (willing to travel)

Julianne S. Masser, Ph.D.

Contact Information: juliannemasser@gmail.com

Located in: Boise, ID (2021-2022); Hanover, NH (2022-2027); (willing to travel)

 

Dave Furjanic, Ph.D., NCSP

Contact Information: dfurjanic@gmail.com

Located in: Austin, TX (willing to travel)