Los Angeles Times

LAUSD parents and teachers in uproar over timed academic testing for 4-year-olds

This month in her transitional kindergarten class at L.A. Unified, student Maria Arriaga will be timed to see how many uppercase and lowercase letters she can name in a minute. She’ll be tested to see ...
Yahoo Finance

Youngest students see big reading gains post-COVID on DIBELS assessment

This story was originally published on K-12 Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily K-12 Dive newsletter. Young students are showing notable improvements in their early ...
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 ...
StamfordAdvocate

Stamford early year test scores affected by race, preschool, student needs, officials say

STAMFORD — Kindergarten students in Stamford outperformed previous classes in the district's beginning of year assessment. In fact, the school district's youngest students put up scores unseen since ...