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DIBELSnet® Manual

A User Manual for DIBELSnet–a new data

reporting service from the authors of DIBELS ®

https://dibels.net/

Revised June 18, 2013

DIBELSnet, DIBELS, DIBELS Next, and IDEL are registered trademarks of Dynamic Measurement Group, Inc. http://dibels.org/

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DIBELSnet® is a new data reporting service from the authors of DIBELS. DIBELSnet supports the following products: o DIBELS Next® o DIBELS® 6th Edition o IDEL® (Spanish) o DIBELS AD (DIBELS for accountability decisions, available to research partners) o DIBELS Math (available to research partners) o CARI: DIBELS 7-9 (available to research partners) o IDAPEL (French, available to research partners) o PELI (Pre-K, available to research partners) If you have any questions or require technical support, you may contact a DIBELSnet Customer Support Specialist at: e-mail: [email protected] phone: 888-943-1240 DIBELSnet Customer Support Specialists are available Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Pacific Time. Table of Contents Logging In ........................................................................................................................................ 2 Main Menu ....................................................................................................................................... 2 Selecting Assessments .................................................................................................................... 3 Getting Started ................................................................................................................................. 4 ... for District-Level Users .................................................................................................... 4 ... for School-Level Users .................................................................................................... 5 ... for Class-Level Users ...................................................................................................... 5 Returning Users - Starting a New School Year ................................................................................ 6 Administrative Tools ......................................................................................................................... 6 Data Entry ...................................................................................................................................... 13 Reports ......................................................................................................................................... 16 Export Data .................................................................................................................................... 21


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Logging In To log in to DIBELSnet, go to https://dibels.net/.

Enter your username and password in the spaces provided, then click on the Log In button. After you log in, the system will take you to the Welcome page. The first time you log in, you should change your password with the Change Password (see page 6) option on the Administrative section of the menu. You have the option enter an email address for your account so that you are able to request password resets by email. To do so, click on the banner at the top of the page after logging in that says, "Please set an email address for this account." Once an email address has been added for your account, you can click on Forgot Your Password in the Log In section to reset your password. If you choose not to enter an email address for your account, you will need to contact your district DIBELSnet account administrator to reset your password. Main Menu The main menu provides options for administering your account, entering data, and viewing reports.


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The menu is divided into eight sections. Which sections will appear on the menu is based on the type of user account you have. Welcome The Welcome page greets you when you first log in, and provides a list

of recent announcements for the DIBELSnet system. Data Entry The Data Entry section of the menu provides options to enter benchmark

and progress monitoring scores. Administrative The Administrative section of the menu provides tools for managing

districts, schools, classes, and students, depending on the level of access your user account has. This section also provides tools to change your password and find a student. If you do not have administrative access, then only the Change Password and Find Student tools will appear in this section.

Import Data The Import Data section of the menu provides tools for importing classes, students, and scores.

Class and Student Reports The Class and Student Reports section provides access to reports that look at classes and individual students.

School and District Reports The School and District Reports section provides access to reports that look at results on a school-wide or district-wide basis.

Export Data The Export Data section provides access to tools that export scores. Training Videos The DIBELSnet Training Videos section provides brief instructional

videos that highlight the features of DIBELSnet and give step-by-step directions for each function.

Selecting Assessments Near the upper-right corner of each page is an option that allows districts that have data from multiple assessments to change their currently selected assessment package. Examples of assessment packages include DIBELS Next, DIBELS 6th Edition, and IDEL (DIBELS in Spanish). If your district has entered multiple assessment packages in the system, you can choose between them by selecting the one you want in the drop-down menu.


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Getting Started The following 'Getting Started' section of the manual describes how a typical school district would start using DIBELSnet to manage data for DIBELS Next. It divides the steps between the following types of users:

1. A district-level administrative user, who has full administrative, data entry, and reporting access to the account. 2. A school-level administrative user, who has administrative, data entry, and reporting access to a particular school, but not to the rest of the district. 3. A class-level user, who is able to enter data and view reports for a particular class, but not for the rest of the school or district.

The list of steps for each of these users is provided in two columns, one column showing the steps for a district which is importing classes and student rosters and one column showing the steps for a district which is entering those classes and student rosters manually. If you need to import historical data from previous years, please contact DIBELSnet customer support personnel for assistance (see page 1). Getting Started for District-Level Administrative Users For districts that are importing classes and student rosters (recommended)

For districts that are manually entering classes and student rosters

1. Log in and change your password with the Change Password option on the Administrative section of the menu. See page 6.


2. Set up a DIBELS Next testing schedule using the Add New Testing Schedule option on the Administrative section of the menu. See page 6.

2. Set up a DIBELS Next testing schedule using the Add New Testing Schedule option on the Administrative section of the menu. See page 6.

3. Enter the school names for the district by using the Add Schools option on the Administrative section of the menu. See page 10.

3. Enter the school names for the district by using the Add Schools option on the Administrative section of the menu. See page 10.

4. Import the classes for each school with the Import Classes option on the Administrative section of the menu. Make sure that the school names are spelled exactly as they appeared in step 3 above. See page 8.

5. Import student records for the school year, by first exporting those records from your district's student database, and then modifying the data to match the format specified by the Import Students option on the Administrative section of the menu. Make sure that the school names and class names are spelled exactly as they appeared in steps 3 and 4 above. See page 8.

6. Set up school-level administrative users for each school in the district, with the Add Users option on the Administrative section of the menu. See page 11.

4. Set up school-level administrative users for each school in the district, with the Add Users option on the Administrative section of the menu. See page 11.


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Getting Started for School-Level Administrative Users For districts that are importing classes and student rosters (recommended)




2. Enter the class names for the school by using the Add Classes option on the Administrative section of the menu. See page 10. 3. Enter the student names and ID numbers for each class by using the Add Students option on the Administrative section of the menu. See page 11.

2. Set up class-level users for each class in the school, with the Add Users option on the Administrative section of the menu. Class-level users can have access to more than one class. To assign additional classes to a class-level user, use the Edit Users option on the Administrative section of the menu. See page 11.

4. Set up class-level users for each class in the school, with the Add Users option on the Administrative section of the menu. Class-level users can have access to more than one class. To assign additional classes to a class-level user, use the Edit Users option on the Administrative section of the menu. See page 11.

Getting Started for Class-Level Users Note: The following example is for a district where class-level users, such as teachers, enter data for their own students. It is also common for scores to be entered on a school-wide basis by a school-level user, particularly for benchmark assessment data. For districts that are importing classes and student rosters (recommended)




2. Enter scores for benchmark assessment using the Enter Benchmark Scores option on the Data Entry section of the menu. See page 13.

2. Enter scores for benchmark assessment using the Enter Benchmark Scores option on the Data Entry section of the menu. See page 13.

3. As needed, enter scores for progress monitoring assessment using the Enter Progress Monitoring Scores option on the Data Entry section of the menu. See page 14.

3. As needed, enter scores for progress monitoring assessment using the Enter Progress Monitoring Scores option on the Data Entry section of the menu. See page 14.

Reports are available immediately after scores have been entered. Reports are available for both benchmark assessment and progress monitoring. Class-level users can view reports for their class(es) and individual students. School-level users can view all reports at the school, class, or individual student level. District-level users can view all reports at the district, school, class, or individual student level. DIBELSnet Training Videos The DIBELSnet Training Videos section provides brief instructional videos that highlight the features of DIBELSnet and give step-by-step directions for each function.


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Returning Users - Starting a New School Year If your district used DIBELSnet in a previous year, or has imported historical DIBELS data, a district-level administrative user should complete the following steps to prepare the account for a new school year: Step 1 Go to the Administrative menu and select Add New Testing Schedule. That page will walk you through setting your school calendar, selecting the assessment you will be using (e.g., DIBELS Next), and setting up your testing windows. Step 2 If any teachers have changed grades or schools, or if you have any new teachers, set up new classes for them. You can do this with the Add option in the Classes section of the Administrative menu, or with Import Classes on the Import Data menu. Step 3 To roster your students for the new year, we recommend using Import Students on the Import Data menu, which will add new incoming students and update returning students to their new locations. If you have a small school and prefer rostering your students manually, you can use Re-Enroll Returning Students (see page 7) on the Administrative menu to update your returning students, and use the Add option in the Students section of the Administrative menu to add your new incoming students to the system. Administrative Tools The Administrative section of the menu provides tools for managing districts, schools, classes, and students, depending on what level of access your user account has. This section also provides tools to change your password and find a student. If you do not have administrative access, then only the Change Password and Find Student tools will appear in this section. Change Password The Change Password option on the Administrative section of the menu will allow you to change the password for your own username. Passwords must be at least four characters and should not include the following characters: ' \ ; ? ! Enter the new password in both text fields and click on the Submit button. To maintain the security of your account, passwords should not be shared with anyone. Find Student Find Student allows you to search for a specific student by first name, last name, or Student ID. Enter the name or ID number you wish to search for and click Submit. It will then display a list of matching students. To view more details about a student, click on View Summary. The summary page will allow you to update the student's name and ID number, generate a Student Benchmark Assessment History, and view or change a student's rostering information. Add New Testing Schedule To enable your district to enter data and generate reports for a school year, click on Add New Testing Schedule. Then select the school year for which you would like to set up the testing schedule and click Submit.


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On the following page, select a school calendar for your district. Default school calendars can be set to September to June or August to May. If you require a different calendar, or more than one calendar for the district, please contact technical support by emailing [email protected]. Next, select the appropriate assessment package (e.g., DIBELS 6th Edition, DIBELS Next) from the drop-down menu and click Submit. The following page allows you to identify the start and end dates for each testing window. Select the appropriate dates by clicking on the calendar icon to the right of each date. When finished, click Update Testing Periods. If this is the first testing schedule you've set up for this assessment package, you will need to log out and back in again in order to see the reports and data entry options available for this assessment.

Adding a New School Calendar Setting up a school calendar is required as part of the procedures for setting up a testing schedule. If you would like to set up a school calendar without setting up a testing schedule, click on Add New School Calendar. Select the school year for which you would like to set up the calendar and click Submit. Default school calendars can be set to September to June or August to May. If you require a different calendar, or more than one calendar for the district, please contact technical support by e-mailing [email protected].

Edit Testing Window Dates Setting your testing windows is included in the steps to add a testing schedule. If you need to modify your testing windows afterwards, click on Edit Testing Window Dates.

Re-Enroll Returning Students This function allows you to re-enroll students that have been rostered in previous years. To do so, click on Re-Enroll Returning Students in the Administrative Menu. Select the school, year, and grade that you will be moving students into. District-level administrative users will also have the option to re-enroll students to the same school or across all the schools in the district. School-level administrative users can only re-enroll students from the same school. After making your selections, click Submit. Select the class you wish to enroll students into and click Submit. The following screen lists all the students from the previous grade who haven't yet been re-enrolled for the new school year. Mark the checkbox for each student you wish to enroll into the selected class, then click Submit. Please note that we recommend using the Import Students tool on the Import Data menu to both add new students to the system and re-enroll your returning students. For most schools, Import Students will be faster and more efficient than re-enrolling your students manually with the Re-Enroll Returning Students tool.


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Import Tools If you wish to import historical data from other sources, please contact DIBELSnet Customer Support by emailing us at [email protected] to discuss options. For importing information for the current year, see the import tools described below. The following import tools are available for managing your data:

Import Classes To import classes, set up your import file according to the directions below. Your import file should be a tab-delimited text file with the following fields: School: The name of the school, which must have already been entered into DIBELSnet. Class: The class name, which must be unique within the school. Grade: The grade of the class you will be importing. The file can be constructed in Excel or another spreadsheet program, then saved as tab-delimited text. When constructing the import file in a spreadsheet, it should look like this:

Once you have completed the file and saved it as tab-delimited text, go to 'File containing class data:' and browse for the file. After selecting the correct file, click Submit. Import Students To import students, set up your import file according to the directions below. Your import file should be a tab-delimited text file with the following fields: Last Name: The student's last name. (Optional but recommended) First Name: The student's first name. (Optional but recommended) Student ID: The student's ID number, which must be unique within the district. (Required) School: The school that the students attends. The school name must have already been entered into DIBELSnet. (Required) Class: The class to which the student belongs. The class name must have already been entered into DIBELSnet. (Required) Grade: The student's grade. First to sixth grade should be entered as a numeric value (1 to 6). Kindergarten can be entered as K. Pre-Kindergarten can be entered as PK34 or PK45. In general, students who will be entering Kindergarten the next academic year should be entered as PK45 and all other preschool students should be entered as PK34. (Required) The file can be constructed in Excel or another spreadsheet program, then saved as tab-delimited text. When constructing the import file in a spreadsheet, it should look like this: Select the year for which you are importing, and the location of your import file, then click Submit.


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The import tool will then process the file, and report any warnings or errors. If there are errors, correct the file and try again. If there are warnings, examine the warnings to see if any need to be corrected. If there are no errors and no warnings that need to be corrected, you will see a button labeled Update Student Rosters. Click that button to proceed with the import. Import Scores This feature allows you to import scores from another source. Choose the desired year and grade from the drop-down menus and click Select, then read the instructions on how to set up the import file. The file format will vary depending on the assessment and grade you have selected. The instructions on the page will display the columns that need to appear in the import file. The file can be constructed in Excel or another spreadsheet program, then saved as tab-delimited text. Once you have completed the file and saved it as tab-delimited text, go to 'File containing class data:' and browse for the file. After selecting the correct file, click Upload Scores.

Assign Students to Instructional Groups This feature allows you to assign students to instructional groups. Choose the desired school, year, and grade from the drop-down menus and click Submit. On the next page, select the primary class for which you wish to assign students to groups, and click Submit. The list of students in that class will be displayed. For each student you wish to assign to a group, select the appropriate group from the 'Add to Group' column. If you wish to add a student to multiple groups, repeat the same steps and add a different group each time. Once a student is assigned to a group, you can remove the student from the group by returning to this page and clicking the 'remove' checkbox in the 'Currently Assigned Groups' column, then clicking Submit.

General Administrative Tools Administrative users will have access to a set of tools that allow for the general management of schools, classes, students, and users.


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Administering Schools The following options for administering schools are available to district-level administrative users:

Add. Allows you to add schools to your district. First, enter the number of schools you wish to add and click Submit. The next page will display the names of any schools that have already been added, and allow you to enter additional schools. Enter the name for each school you wish to add and click Submit. View. Allows you to view the names of schools that have been added to your district account. Edit. Allows you to edit the names of schools that have been added to your district account. School names should only be edited to fix typos or to expand on a partial name. If a school closes and a new school opens, you should add the new school rather than changing the old school's name. Delete. Allows you to delete schools that have no students rostered for any year. This function will automatically delete any empty classes that have been added to the school.

Administering Classes The following options for administering classes are available to school-level and district-level administrative users:

Add. Allows you to add classes to a school. First, select the school, enter the number of classes you wish to add, and click Submit. The next page will display the names of any classes that have already been added to the school, and allow you to enter additional classes. Enter the name for each class you wish to add and click Submit. We recommend that class names should include the teacher's last name and the grade of the class, at a minimum. View. Allows you to view the names of classes that have been added to a school. Edit. Allows you to edit the names of classes that have been added to a school. Class names should only be edited to fix typos or to modify the naming style. If a teacher leaves and a new teacher starts, you should add a new class name rather than changing the old name. Delete. Allows you to delete classes that have no students rostered for any year.

Administering Groups Instructional groups are used to organize students for data entry or reporting in ways other than by their primary class. Instructional groups can be used for reading groups, walk-to-read programs, resource rooms, or any other grouping that you find useful. While students can only be rostered in one primary class at a time, they can be added to as many groups as you wish. The following options for administering groups are available to school-level and district-level administrative users:

Add. Allows you to add groups to a school. First, select the school, enter the number of groups you wish to add, and click Submit. The next page will display the names of any groups that have already been added to the school, and allow you to enter additional groups. Enter the name for each group you wish to add and click Submit. View. Allows you to view the names of groups that have been added to a school. Edit. Allows you to edit the names of groups that have been added to a school. Group names should only be edited to fix typos or to modify the naming style. If you need different groups for a new school year, you should add new group names rather than changing the old names. Delete. Allows you to delete groups that have no students rostered for any year.


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Administering Students The following options for administering students are available to school-level and district-level administrative users:

Add. Allows you to manually add students to a school and class within your district. Note that we recommend using Import Students rather than adding students manually. To add students manually, first select the school to which you wish to add students and click Submit. On the next page, select the class, grade, and year for which you are adding students, and click Submit. Since classes can include multiple grades, be careful to select both the correct class and correct grade. View. Allows you to view the list of students rostered in a class. You can click on a student's name to see the Student Summary page for that student. Edit. Allows you to view the list of students rostered in a class. You can click on a student's name to see the Student Summary page for that student. The Student Summary page allows you to edit the student's name and Student ID, demographic information, and rostering information. Delete. Allows you to find students based on first name, last name, or Student ID, and then select from a list of matching students to delete all information about the selected students. This should only be used for student records that were entered by mistake. If a student has ever had valid scores entered in the system, that student should not be deleted. Identify Students Who Have Moved Away. Allows you to indicate if a student moved away from a school or district. To identify students who have moved, select Identify Students Who Have Moved Away from the Administrative Menu. Select the school, year, grade, and class. This will bring up a list of students assigned to the selected class. Find the student you wish to identify as having moved away and click the box in the column labeled "Moved Away" next to his or her name. Once finished, click Update Data. Students who have been marked as having moved away will remain rostered to the same school and class (unless they are later moved into another school or class), but will no longer appear on reports or data entry pages on which they do not have scores. They will still be listed on pages and reports where they do have scores entered.

The following option for administering students is available to district-level administrative users only:

Delete Inactive Student Records. Allows you to find and delete records for students that do not have any scores entered into DIBELSnet. If it is the only rostering record for a student, then the entire student is deleted. This allows you to delete student records that were entered by mistake or students who left the district before being tested. Select Delete Inactive Students from the Administrative Menu. Select the year and click Submit. This will bring up a summary of the total number of students in your account and will indicate the number of records that are inactive as well as the records for students that are inactive and have been marked as having moved away. Note that you should wait until all testing and data entry has been completed so you do not accidentally delete students who were absent during testing. Once you have decided to proceed with the deletion, select either Delete inactive records that have been marked as moved away or Delete all inactive records from the drop-down menu. Then, click Proceed with Deletions. The following page will confirm your action.

Administering Users The following options for administering user accounts are available to school-level and district-level administrative users:


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Add. Allows you to add user accounts. First, select the Scope of the user and click Submit. School-level users can add users at the school level and the class or instructional group level. District-level users can add users at the district level, school level, and class or instructional group level. On the next page, you will select the Access Level for the user:

Administrative, Data Entry, and Reports: These users have full access to the district, school, class, or instructional group to which you assign them. Data Entry and Reports: These users do not have administrative access, but are permitted to enter scores and generate reports. Reports: These users do not have administrative access and cannot enter scores, but are permitted to generate reports. Progress Monitoring and Reports: These users do not have administrative access, and cannot enter benchmark data, but are permitted to enter progress monitoring data and generate both benchmark and progress monitoring reports.

If you previously selected a scope of school, class, or instructional group, this page will also ask you to select the appropriate school. After making your selections, click Submit. On the next page, enter the username you wish to use and enter the desired password in both of the password fields provided, then click Submit. You must select one district, school, class, or instructional group when initially setting up a user account. However, after the user is set up, you can add any number of additional sites with the Edit Users option. View. Allows you to view usernames that have access to your district or school. Edit. Allows you to edit user information. You can modify usernames and passwords, modify the sites and access levels that a user has access to, and add access to additional sites. You can also disable the user account, which will prevent the user from logging in while not deleting the user account entirely. Delete. Allows you to delete a user account within your school or district.


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Data Entry Types of Assessment There are two types of assessment conducted using DIBELS measures, benchmark and progress monitoring.

Benchmark Assessment Benchmark assessment is the process of universally screening all students in a grade, school, or district three times per year. There are two primary purposes for conducting benchmark assessment: (a) identifying students who may not be on track to reach important reading outcomes, and (b) providing school-wide indices of status and progress. Benchmark assessment is always conducted using grade-level material. The measures administered for benchmark assessment vary by grade and time of year, and include those measures that are most relevant for making instructional decisions at that time. Progress Monitoring Assessment Progress monitoring refers to testing students more frequently who may be at risk for future reading difficulty, on the skill areas in which they are receiving instruction. Students who are identified as not being on track during benchmark assessment are likely to require additional instructional assistance to reach future benchmark goals. Therefore, progress monitoring is the more frequent, ongoing measurement of individual student growth for students who are receiving additional instructional assistance, to ensure that those students are making adequate progress. Progress monitoring can be conducted using grade-level or out-of-grade materials, depending on the student's needs.

The Data Entry section of the menu provides options to enter these two types of scores. • If a student has not taken a test, leave the data entry field blank. Only enter a score of 0 (zero) if the student took the test and received a score of 0. • You can return to the data entry pages at a later time. If you get interrupted, submit what you have entered so far, to save it, and then return to the page when you have the opportunity. Enter Benchmark Scores Select the school, year, grade, and assessment period (time of year) from the drop-down menus and click Submit. Then choose the desired class or instructional group and click Submit. The next page will display the data entry screen where you can enter the benchmark scores. When you are done, click Submit.


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Enter Progress Monitoring Scores Within-Grade Progress Monitoring Select the school, year, and grade in the drop-down menu, and "Within-Grade" in the Type of Progress Monitoring menu and click Submit. Within-grade monitoring refers to measures and levels that are typically administered in that grade in a student's assigned grade level. On the next page, choose the desired class or instructional group, and select the month you wish to enter data for. After making your selections, click Submit. The next page will display the data entry screen where you can enter the progress monitoring scores. When you are done, click Update Scores.

The progress monitoring data entry page will display one month at a time. To change the month that is displayed, click on the arrows. You can enter data for multiple months before clicking on the Update Scores button. Out-of-Grade Progress Monitoring Select the school, year, and grade in the drop-down menu, and "Out-of-Grade" in the Type of Progress Monitoring menu and click Submit. Out-of-grade monitoring refers to measures and levels that are not typically administered in a student's assigned grade level. On the next page, choose the desired class or instructional group, and select the month you wish to enter data for. This page will also ask you to select the materials on which the monitoring was conducted. After making your selections, click Submit. The next page will display the data entry screen where you can enter the progress monitoring scores.

You will also be able to enter a Target goal for the measure and a Target Date when you would like the student to achieve the target goal. You can also add an instructional support change line by clicking to the right of the score field and checking the box labeled, Include instructional support change line. A field is provided to enter notes regarding the instructional change. Click Close when you are finish and your changes will be saved. When you are finished adding out-of-grade progress monitoring data, click Update Scores. Enter Demographic Information Select the school, year and grade from the drop-down menus and click Submit. On the next page, choose the desired class or instructional group and click Submit. This feature allows you to enter demographic information for students -- including race and ethnicity, gender, language fluency, and


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special education eligibility. Once you are done entering information, scroll to the bottom of the page and click Submit Demographic Data. This feature is also accessible through the Find Student tool (see page 6).


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Reports To view a sample of most available DIBELSnet reports, visit https://dibels.net/ and click on the See Sample Reports link at the bottom of the page. The reports provided by DIBELSnet are designed to inform decisions about instruction at both the individual student level and the system level. The reports are intended to be used within a data-based decision-making model such as the Outcome-Driven Model. The Outcomes-Driven Model

The Outcomes-Driven Model is comprised of five steps intended to help identify, support, and evaluate students in need of additional instruction in order to become proficient readers. Step 1. Identify need for support. As soon as students enter school (i.e., at the start of the school year), a universal screening assessment should take place to identify which students are on track for reading


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success and which may need additional support to achieve important reading outcomes. For DIBELSnet supported measures, this is known as the benchmark assessment. Step 2. Validate need for support. At this step, educators should look at additional information they have regarding the students identified by the benchmark assessment as needing additional support. This may include repeat assessment of a measure (or measures) using progress monitoring forms, teacher reports, or other available assessment information. Multiple sources of information help establish confidence in which students do and do not need additional support. Step 3. Plan and implement support. Once the students who need additional instructional support are indentified, the next step in the Outcomes-Driven Model is to determine the appopriate support for those students and to begin providing that support. Step 4. Evaluate and modify support. Periodically taking data to track students' progress in response to additional support is a critical component of the Outcomes-Driven Model. With DIBELSnet measures, this is done through progress monitoring assessment. Step 5. Review outcomes. The last step of the Outcomes-Driven Model is to periodically review outcomes at the individual student and systems level. This is also done by administering the benchmark assessment, which is given to all students three times per academic year. The purpose of screening and progress monitoring assessments is to use the data to answer important instructional questions. A summary of the reports that apply to each step of the Outcomes-Driven Model is provided in the table on the next page.


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Steps of the Outcomes-Driven

Model

Questions Reports Which Can Answer the Questions

Step 1 Identify Need for Support

System Level: Are there students who may need support? How many students may need support?

• School or District Overview • Histograms and Box Plots • District Norms

Student Level: Which students may need support?

• Classroom, Group, or Grade-Level Report • Student Benchmark Assessment History

Step 2 Validate Need for Support

System Level: Are we confident in the accuracy of our data overall?

• School or District Overview • Histograms and Box Plots

Student Level: Are we confident that the identified students need support?

• Classroom, Group, or Grade-Level Report • Student Benchmark Assessment History

Step 3 Plan and Implement Support

System Level: What is our system-wide plan for support? What changes are needed in the plan to address the identified system needs? What are our system-wide goals?

• School or District Overview • Histograms and Box Plots

Student Level: What is the plan of support for each student, including goals and progress monitoring plan?

• Initial Grouping Suggestions

Step 4 Evaluate and Modify Support

System Level: Are the majority of students making adequate progress? Are we making progress toward system goals?

• School or District Overview • Histograms and Box Plots • Effectiveness of Instructional Support Levels • Status Report • Scatter Plots

Student Level: Is the support effective for individual students?

• Student Progress Monitoring Graphs • Classroom, Group, or Grade-level Progress Monitoring Report

Step 5 Review Outcomes

System Level: What proportion of students have met benchmark goals? Have we met our system-wide goal?

• School or District Overview • Histograms and Box Plots • Effectiveness of Instructional Support Levels • Multi-Year Percent at Benchmark • Multi-Year Box Plots • Scatter Plots • Status Report

Student Level: Have individual students met their goals?

• Student Progress Monitoring Graphs • Classroom, Group, or Grade-Level Report • Classroom, Group, or Grade-level Progress Monitoring Report • Class Progress Report


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Parent Report In addition to the reports that can be used to answer questions within the Outcomes-Driven Model, DIBELSnet also offers a Parent Report. The Parent Report shows a summary of an individual student's benchmark scores and helps explain the significance of the scores in parent-friendly language. Running Reports To run reports, click on the appropriate link in the Class and Student Reports or School and District Reports section of the menu. Select any additional options that are requested on the following pages, and click Submit after you have made your selections. After submitting all options, you will be taken to a page with a link that says Download Report. Reports are provided in PDF format and can be viewed with Adobe Reader. To download a free version of Adobe Reader, go to http://get.adobe.com/reader/. Types of Reports - Class and Student Reports The following reports are available at the classroom or individual student level:

Class, Group, or Grade-Level Report This report provides a summary of the benchmark assessment performance for all students in a class, group, or grade level for a specific benchmark assessment period. It includes scores, local district percentiles, and a visual indicator of each student's benchmark status on each score. Parent Report This report provides a summary of each student's benchmark assessment data in a format that is designed to be shared with parents. Initial Grouping Suggestions This report provides an organized chart of grouping suggestions based on student performance. Students are divided into four groups based on their performance on specific skill areas. These groupings are initial suggestions. The teacher must further revise these groupings based on other information about students' skill levels, available resources, and magnitude of student need. Student Benchmark Assessment History This report provides a summary of a student's benchmark assessment performance across all grades, K-6. The report displays the student's scores on individual measures, plotted against both the benchmark target goals and the local district norms. Student Progress Monitoring Graphs This report provides graphs of a student's progress monitoring scores. It is visually similar to the cover page of the progress monitoring scoring booklets. The report includes a visual indicator if the student has three scores in a row below the aimline. Classroom, Group, or Grade-Level Progress Monitoring Reports This report provides a list of students who are being progress monitored. It shows each measure and level (when applicable) that the student has been progress monitored with, the median for the last three scores, the relation of those scores to the aimline, the target goal and a target date. Effectiveness of Instructional Support Levels by Class This report categorizes the students in each classroom by instructional support level (based on the DIBELS Composite Score) and shows the students' scores on measures given during the subsequent benchmark assessment.

Types of Reports - School and District Reports


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The following reports are available at the school or district level:

School or District Overview This report displays the number and percent of students in each benchmark status category. The report also includes basic descriptive statistics, including the average, standard deviation, and range of scores. The report shows a full overview for one grade across one year, including all scores and assessment periods for that grade and year. Status Report The Status Report displays the number and percent of students in each benchmark status category, in a pie chart format. This report can be broken out by category, for example displaying a school's overall status and then individual rows for each class within the school. Multi-Year Percent at Benchmark The Multi-Year Percent at Benchmark report shows the percent of students at benchmark on individual measures across academic years in bar graph format. Multi-Year Box Plots The Multi-Year Box Plot report displays box plots representing the local school or district norms across academic years. Effectiveness of Instructional Support Levels This report examines the effectiveness of a school's or district's instructional support by grouping students by their benchmark status category at one assessment period or by demographic data, and then determining how well that group did at the next assessment period. The information is displayed in pie charts. Scatter Plots The Scatter Plot allows schools or districts to examine the relationship between measures, showing the correlations and predictive utility of those measures. Histograms and Box Plots Histograms are bar charts that display the frequency of students scoring within particular ranges on a measure. Box plots are a visual representation of a school's or district's percentile rankings. Both histograms and box plots provide a graphical representation of school or district performance compared to the benchmark goal. District Norms This report provides tables of scores for each measure administered at the selected grade and assessment period, along with the corresponding percentile ranks for those scores from the local district norms. Summary of Entered Data This report provides a summary of what data has been entered or not entered, and can be displayed by both school and class. This report is designed to help administrators identify whether any data is missing. Demographic Summary This reports provides a summary of all demographic data that has been entered at the school or district level.


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Export Data The Export Data menu provides options for district-level and school-level users to export data from DIBELSnet into tab-separated (.txt) or comma-separated (.csv) files which can be opened in Excel or other software. Export Benchmark Scores To export benchmark scores, click on Export Data, then Export Benchmark Scores, and select the scope of the export (school or district). Click Submit, then make the appropriate selections on the following page. You can export multiple years of data, or export a single year by selecting the same Start Year and Stop Year. Click Submit. On the following page, select the grades assessment periods to include, and other options, then click Submit. You will then see a link that says Download exported file here. You can either save that link directly to your computer and open it from within another program, or you can click on the link to view it in your web browser, and then copy and paste it into another program. Export Progress Monitoring Scores (coming soon) A similar tool for exporting progress monitoring data will be available Summer of 2013.

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