Transitional kindergarten students clap to songs with their teacher on the first day of school at Lenicia B. Weemes Elementary in Los Angeles last August. (Al Seib / For The Times) To the editor: As a ...

In Montgomery County public schools, the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills test, or DIBELS, is used as a screening tool for kindergarten through second grade students, said Ann Bedford ...

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. Find expert ...

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 ...

Last October, nearly 57 percent of the kids in Grand Island's kindergarten classes correctly named only eight or fewer letters in one minute's time. Those results were revealed by a test called DIBELS ...

Transitional kindergarten student Melina Rodriguez, right, is ready as her friend Mia Portillo is comforted by her mother Daisy Salazar, left, as students assemble for the first day of school at ...

A variety of assessments are used in the Portage Township School System in order to help students meet their educational goals. In the earliest grades, one of the tools used is referred to as "DIBELS.

Literacy levels have gone up across the board for kindergarteners, first- and second-graders in the Montgomery County Public Schools system, according to the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy ...

I want to address recent school board conversations around test scores, specifically the M-STEP, and the concern that these results warrant greater micromanagement of our schools. I’d like to offer ...