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Mill Valley presentation: districtwide literacy screeners show gains and staff plan end-of-year DIBELS check
Summary
District presenters reported increases in CAASPP 'standard exceeded' results and positive K–5 DIBELS growth, saying the district has reached and slightly exceeded pre-pandemic achievement levels; staff will run an end-of-year DIBELS screener in May–June and use results for targeted instruction.
Mill Valley district presenters reported on Wednesday that CAASPP results for third through eighth graders and K–5 DIBELS early-literacy screeners show measurable gains, with more students falling into the 'standard exceeded' category and fewer in lower bands.
Kate, the presenter, told the board the CAASPP figures (sourced from the state's Dataquest) show a districtwide rise in students classified as 'standard exceeded' between 2021–22 and 2024–25, while the three lower performance bands decreased. "More students ended up in the standard exceeded overall," she said. Kate also walked trustees through subgroup results, saying economically disadvantaged students (about 100 third–eighth graders) and Hispanic or Latino students (about 30 students) saw notable increases in the top performance band.
The presentation included K–5 DIBELS screening data, which Kate described as an early-literacy…
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