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The expert provides a discussion of using DIBELS big five ideas as a literacy assessment tool, with Web-based references.

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Some Web-based scholarly references for this discussion are:
dibels.uoregon.edu/
www.theteacherscafe.com/Reading/DIBELS-Reading-Assessment.php
www.dibels.org/
www.fcrr.org/assessmentscreeningprogressmonitoring.htm
technology.usd259.org/.../dibels/.../DIBELSPurposeandAssessmentGuidelines.pdf

I recommend beginning with the first site - they offer free downloadable DIBELS and IDELS testing materials that you might want to include in your eventual paper for explanations and examples.

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