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Staff tell board I‑Ready and DIBELS show different pictures; Castro singled out for targeted early‑reading work
Summary
District staff told trustees midyear I‑Ready diagnostics and DIBELS early‑literacy measures diverge; staff recommended classroom‑aligned assessments, highlighted achievement gaps for Hispanic/Latino and socioeconomically disadvantaged students, and detailed targeted interventions underway at Castro.
District staff presented midyear assessment results to the Mountain View Whisman School District board on Feb. 12, reporting on I‑Ready diagnostics (reading and math) and DIBELS early‑literacy screening taken in December.
Director Nguyen said I‑Ready provides both end‑of‑year proficiency projections and growth measures, but cautioned it can overestimate reading outcomes relative to DIBELS, which measures foundational early‑literacy skills and sets time‑of‑year benchmarks. Nguyen reported that 48 percent of students had higher…
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