Date
2-2009
Department
School of Education
Degree
Doctor of Education (EdD)
Chair
Karen L. Parker
Primary Subject Area
Education, Elementary; Education, Reading; Education, Tests and Measurements
Keywords
Assessment, DIBELS, Fluency, High Stakes Testing, Oral Reading
Disciplines
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
Recommended Citation
Rowell, Polly Shuman, "The Relationship Between the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) and the Alaska Standards Based Assessment (SBA) for Proficiency in Reading" (2009). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 130.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/130
Abstract
The impact of No Child Left Behind and making Adequate Yearly Progress is influencing classroom instruction with Curriculum Based Measures such as the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS). The primary population of this study was from a small school in rural Alaska. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the first grade scores of the DIBELS Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) and the subsequent third grade scores of the Alaska Standards Based Assessments (SBAs) in reading. A Pearson's r statistical test was performed on the data from both scores. The results indicated that there was a positive, correlation between fluency on the DIBELS ORF and comprehension on the Alaska SBAs in reading.
