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Lodi Unified committee recommends Amplify DIBELS as district's universal reading screener; adoption to be returned as consent item
Summary
A district committee recommended DIBELS by Amplify after piloting it alongside Amira; staff told the board the tool aligns with teacher-led instruction and MTSS and that professional development and a mid-year 2025'126 rollout are planned.
A district committee recommended that the Lodi Unified School District adopt DIBELS by Amplify as its universal reading-difficulty screener, and staff said they will return a consent item for formal adoption at the next board meeting.
The recommendation came after a cross-functional committee of teachers, site leaders and specialists piloted two state-approved instruments, Amplify (DIBELS) and Amira, and used an anonymous, two-step voting process to reach consensus. Susan Peterson, the district's director of education, said the goal of a screener is early identification: "A reading difficulty screener is a brief research based tool…
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