Amplify’s universal and dyslexia screening in one too
Measure what matters
mCLASS® with DIBELS 8th Edition® provides a formative assessment solution that supports the identification of students at risk for reading difficulties, including difficulty related to dyslexia. DIBELS 8th Edition was developed by the University of Oregon with the primary focus of ensuring that the measures are able to meet state-level dyslexia screening requirements.
How mCLASS identifies students at risk of dyslexia
When screening for risk, nothing can replace the power of listening to a child read—listening to their strengths as a reader AND their struggles.
With mCLASS, teachers administer predictive one-minute assessment measures that involve listening to students interact with sounds, letters, words, and text while screening for reading difficulties.
Identifying at-risk students: What comes next?
Research and statistics about dyslexia in early literacy
90 percent of students who struggle in third grade will continue to struggle at the end of elementary school if they do not receive the intervention.
74 percent of students who are poor readers in third grade will be poor readers in ninth grade, and, in general, have a higher risk of academic failure and school dropout.
According to a 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress study, only 35 percent of fourth-grade students were proficient in reading. Most of these children will spend the rest of their time in school trying to catch up
mClass solutions
mCLASS Instruction provides teachers with a single view of the personalized, blended instruction (teacher-led and online) that is available to support individual student or small-group needs in skill areas directly assessed in the mCLASS assessment.
Employ teacher-led instruction for whole classes, small-groups, and individual students, including activities created by Susan Hall, author of I’ve DIBEL’d, Now What, are provided for skill practice.
Additional instructional resources for comprehension include grade-level passages that provide more practice.
Get online student instruction and practice with Amplify Reading, which places students in a personalized instruction path based on mCLASS assessment data and adapts based on progress in the curriculum. Students engage with skills-based games as well as an eReader.
Receive rigorous, teacher-led intervention with mCLASS Intervention to address students most in need of support.
Teachers can download a letter with student assessment results to send home to parents
and guardians, or use as a basis for discussion at conferences. Home Connect letters describe how the measures relate to skills development. Progress bars indicate the student’s performance on each measure.
Home Connect extends reporting to parents and guardians in a way that is easily understood and provides suggestions for positive action.
Dylexia Resources and Materials
Resources
Connecting the science of reading to assessment
Recorded on: Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at 2–3 p.m. ET
What exactly does the science of reading say about early literacy assessment? Hear from an expert on how to align assessment to the science of reading.
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mCLASS with Amplify Reading offers Amplify Reading’s engaging and adaptive instructional layer alongside mCLASS’s best-in-class literacy assessment. Simply complete the form to request a demo, and an Amplify sales representative will be in touch.