Education Week

Reading Experts Question Efficacy of DIBELS Test

Your front-page story (“National Clout of DIBELS Test Draws Scrutiny,” Sept. 28, 2005) gives the impression that the argument is whether the right reading test to give young children is the Dynamic ...
AOL

LAUSD caves to public outcry: No more timed testing for 4-year-olds

Following a public outcry from parents and teachers, the Los Angeles Unified School District has decided to make timed reading tests optional for most transitional kindergarten students. School ...
Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: Why standardized testing for 4-year-old students makes no sense

To the editor: As a former kindergarten teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District and National Board Certified teacher, I completely agree with educators and parents who oppose using the ...
WFAE 90.7

Hidden Valley Elementary tries new approach for literacy test: teaching families

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is trying to increase scores on the DIBELS exam, a test that measures early literacy skills for ...
Education Week

Defending DIBELS Author Against Conflicts Charge

The article “House Panel Grills Witnesses on Reading First” (April 25, 2007) describes the contentious investigative hearing by the U.S. House of Representatives’ Education and Labor Committee about ...