Talk:DIBELS

States

The article mentions that many states use DIBELS, but does anyone have any proof? Is there a list somewhere of which states are using DIBELS? Or do the states mention it on their webpages? Where could we find this information and provide evidence for the statement? 24.177.128.131 15:58, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

I am a teacher in Massachusetts and the town I work in uses DIBELS. I assume that other towns must as well since if you search on the DOE website you can find information on it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.31.9.96 (talk) 21:04, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

I am a teacher in Louisiana. The whole state uses DIBELS. It is used mainly for K-3rd. However, our pre-K gives the letter naming and initial sound fluency at the end of the year. It would be interesting to find out how many states actually use it.

I am a parent in Georgia, and the Georgia Cyber Academy (which is part of the Georgia Dept. of Education) uses it. In fact, that is what brought me here because I wanted to know about the test! I am concerned with the criticism of its validity after reading the wiki page. I studied tests & measurements in college and this is pretty common with tests of this type. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:CD:301:8931:5045:6657:F017:DE8D (talk) 18:10, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

Potential article sources

Thompson article on Inspector General's investigation:

"The creator of one of the selected assessments, committee member Roland Good, wrote an article about his product that was included in the handbook and guidebook for the Reading Leadership Academies in 2002, which were designed to help state officials understand the complex requirements of the statute. The product, the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills or DIBELS, has become the most widely used assessment in Reading First schools. While DIBELS was one of many screening tools on the market that could have been used to perform Reading First assessments, according to the OIG, only DIBELS was featured in the academy materials."

"Officials from two states said they were pressured to use DIBELS by Reading First technical consultants. One of those consultants was a paid trainer for DIBELS."

Brownstein, Andrew. "OIG Refers Reading First To U.S. Justice Department". Thompson Publishing Group. Retrieved 25 August 2012.

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Manzo, Kathleen Kennedy (28 September 2005). "National Clout of DIBELS Test Draws Scrutiny: Critics say reading tool's scope fails to justify its broad use". Education Week. Retrieved 25 August 2012.

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Grunwald, Michael (1 October 2006). "Billions for Inside Game On Reading". The Washington Post. Retrieved 25 August 2012.

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"The Justice Department is conducting a probe of a $6 billion reading initiative at the center of President Bush's No Child Left Behind law, another blow to a program besieged by allegations of financial conflicts of interest and cronyism, people familiar with the matter said yesterday."

"'That sounds like a criminal enterprise to me,' said Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.), chairman of the House education committee, which held a five-hour investigative hearing."

Paley, Amit R. (21 April 2007). "Key Initiative Of 'No Child' Under Federal Investigation". The Washington Post. Retrieved 25 August 2012.

There's quite a bit more that's been published about ethical issues and conflicts of interest associated with Dr. Good and this test. --A. B. ^{(talk • contribs)} 00:40, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

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See this material critical of the test which was deleted previously from this article.
Black, Paul and Wiliam, Dylan. "Inside the Black Box: Improving Instruction Through Classroom Assessment" (PDF). Retrieved 25 August 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
--A. B. ^{(talk • contribs)} 00:51, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

Promotional editing?

Editors with potential conflicts of interest:

• Cheesemaker13 (talk · contribs · count)
• MissBrittany25 (talk · contribs · count)
• Larry Berger for DIBELS Summit team (talk · contribs · count)

Equally problematic in the past: unsourced, negative, unencyclopaedic edits by teachers critical of DIBELS. --A. B. ^{(talk • contribs)} 00:59, 25 August 2012 (UTC)