How to add DIBELS scores in Connect: Educator

Modified on Mon, 14 Aug, 2023 at 8:39 AM

Select Assessment Results in the left menu. Here you can add assessment data and view all assessments administered during the program.

Verify or select your Classroom.
Verify or select Assessment Type is DIBELS
Select Beginning, Middle (Optional), or Ending Assessment along the top.
Note for Teachers: If a Midpoint Assessment is expected but is not available, please contact your Program Leader or Springboard representative to address the addition of the Midpoint Assessment

Note for Program Leaders: The Midpoint Assessment can be added by selecting the Midpoint Assessment checkbox in the Program Configuration.

4. Open an editing session by selecting the Edit icon.

5. You can now input data for students.

6. Enter the Date of the assessment.

7. Select the Test Level. This is the grade of the assessment given. Depending on your selection only relevant measurements will become editable (LNF, PSF, NWF-CLS, NWF-WRC, WRF, ORF). For more information on the measurement fields, see Additional Information: DIBELS Measurements.

Enter in the student’s test scores. For Springboard Afterschool partners: Upon saving, Connect will automatically populate the Growth Goal and Stretch Goal based on the inputted scores for the Beginning Assessment. Growth and Stretch Goals will carry over to the Ending Assessment tab.
- If a student tests below the threshold on the field used for goal generation, Connect will prompt you to retest the student one grade level down so that the system can generate an accurate Growth and Stretch goal. Additionally, the student record will be highlighted in blue and a downward arrow will be displayed in the ‘Test Student’ field. For more information, please see the Using DIBELS with Springboard Collaborative document.

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If a student tests highly on the field used for goal generation Connect will prompt you to retest the student one grade level up so that the system can generate a Growth and Stretch goal. For more information on this, please see the Using DIBELS with Springboard Collaborative document.

If you would like to view Assessment data as a spreadsheet, select Export in the top right corner, then Export as CSV.

Note: You can add results under Student Information, but it's not recommended since Growth Goals and Stretch Goals will not be populated in that view.

Additional Information: DIBELS Measurements

Measurement	Curriculum/Assessment Test Level	Definition	Goals/Grade
Letter Naming Fluency	PR/Pre-K – Level B/1st	For Letter Naming Fluency (LNF), you will need to enter the # of correct letters and the form ID that was administered.
Phonemic Segmentation Fluency	PR/Pre-K – Level B/1st	For Phonemic Segmentation Fluency (PSF), you will need to enter the # of correct phonemes and select the form ID that was administered.	Springboard goals are based on the PSF score for Level PR/Pre-K.
Nonsense Word Fluency	A/Kindergarten – Level D/3rd	For Nonsense Word Fluency (NWF), you will need to enter the # of correct letter sounds for NWF-CLS and the # of words recorded correctly for NWF-WRC. You will also need to enter the form ID that was administered.	Springboard goals are based on the NWF-CLS score for Level A/Kindergarten – Level D/3rd.
Word Reading Fluency	A/Kindergarten – Level D/3rd	For Word Reading Fluency (WRF), you will need to enter the # of words correct and select the form ID that was administered.
Oral Reading Fluency	B/1st – Level D+/3rd+	For Oral Reading Fluency (ORF), you will need to enter the total number of words correct per minute and select the form ID that was administered.	Springboard goals are based on the ORF score for Levels D+/4th+ grade.