In Montgomery County public schools, the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills test, or DIBELS, is used as a screening tool for kindergarten through second grade students, said Ann ...

LAUSD is giving transitional kindergarteners a test meant for kindergarteners. Some worry the district’s unusual decision won't accurately assess their skills.

The DIBELS test is intended for kindergartners, however, and is not intended for preschool-aged children such as those in TK, according to one of the test’s developers.

The DIBELS test is intended for kindergartners, however, and is not intended for preschool-aged children such as those in TK, according to one of the test's developers.

(" LAUSD parents and teachers in uproar over timed academic testing for 4-year-olds," May 14) Kindergarten teachers already have to give the DIBELS test to students when they begin kindergarten.

Devon Hamner, West Lawn Elementary kindergarten teacher, said prior to the DIBELS assessment, kindergarten teachers spent relatively little time working with students on that skill.

State officials said Thursday that they expect the share of third graders who are held back to be much smaller than the 23% who scored at the lowest level on the reading test, called DIBELS.

Literacy levels have gone up across the board young readers in the Montgomery County Public School system, according to DIBELS assessment test results.

This is one part of the Dynamic Indicator of Basic Early Literacy Skills test - commonly known as DIBELS - given to Decatur's kindergarten through third-grade students at the beginning, middle and ...