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Robeson County reports midyear gains on DIBELS-8; K–2 goal set at 62 percent
Summary
Presenters told the curriculum committee that middle-of-year DIBELS‑8 screening shows year-over-year gains in kindergarten through second grade, with phonemic-awareness gains exceeding 10 percent in K and 1. The district set a K–2 combined end‑of‑year goal of 62 percent at or above benchmark.
Public Schools of Robeson County curriculum committee members reviewed the district’s middle‑of‑year DIBELS‑8 (MOI) screening results on March 4; K–2 measures showed year‑over‑year increases and the district has set a combined K–2 end‑of‑year benchmark goal of 62 percent for 02/2025.
District curriculum staff said the DIBELS‑8 results indicate more students are at or above benchmark this year than last year, with the largest single gains in phonemic awareness. "For DIBELS‑8 results to be meaningful, each student must be assessed the same way," said Kim Demery, K‑5 curriculum supervisor, who led the presentation. Demery described DIBELS‑8 as a standardized early‑literacy screener administered through the Amplify/MCAS platform and said composite color codes (blue, green, yellow, red) indicate risk levels rather than proficiency.
The nut of the presentation: kindergarten, first and second grade each increased on…
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