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Committee recommends Amplify MCAS DIBELS as district reading difficulty screener; board to consider adoption at next meeting

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After piloting and review, a committee of teachers, specialists and community members recommended the Amplify MCAS DIBELS (and Lectura for Spanish) as the district’s universal K–2 reading difficulty screener; the board signaled intent to act at the next meeting.

A district committee that included classroom teachers, interventionists, special‑education staff and community members recommended Thursday that the board adopt Amplify MCAS DIBELS (and Lectura for Spanish) as the district’s universal reading‑difficulty screener for kindergarten through second grade.

Ms. Nguyen, who led the district’s screener committee, told trustees the group reviewed the state‑approved list of instruments, piloted DIBELS, reviewed…

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