📍 Where to Find This Report
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The DIBELS Screening Report shows reading screening participation for students in Kindergarten through 2nd grade.
The report compares students enrolled on a selected date with students who have a qualifying Amplify DIBELS composite result for one or more selected benchmark administration periods.
Important: This report currently includes Amplify DIBELS only. Waiver or opt-out tracking and results from other California-approved reading screening assessments are not included.
👤 What this Report Shows
The DIBELS Screening Report summarizes how many eligible students have and have not completed an Amplify DIBELS screening.
Depending on the selected School filter, the report displays:
- One row per school when All Schools is selected
- One row per grade when an individual school is selected
The report includes:
- Total enrolled students
- Number and percentage screened
- Number and percentage not screened
- District totals
- Student-level drill-downs for screened and not-screened students
Only students enrolled as of the selected date are included.
💡 Suggested Uses
The DIBELS Screening Report helps districts and schools:
- Monitor Kindergarten through 2nd grade screening participation.
- Identify students who have not completed a required screening.
- Review participation by school or grade.
- Monitor screening completion during Beginning, Middle, and End of Year administration windows.
- Identify late-enrolling students who may be approaching or exceeding the expected screening timeline.
- Support school-level follow-up and screening coordination.
- Export summary or student-level results for additional review.
🧭 Data Sources
The report combines data from:
- CALPADS Student Enrollment (SENR) records
- Amplify DIBELS assessment records
CALPADS enrollment is authoritative for determining which students are included in the report.
Students with Amplify DIBELS results who are not part of the CALPADS enrollment population as of the selected date are not included in either the Total Students or Screened counts.
🎛 Filter Options
Year
Select the academic year used for both:
- CALPADS enrollment records
- Amplify DIBELS assessment records
Administration
Select one or more benchmark administration periods:
- Beginning of Year
- Middle of Year
- End of Year
A student is counted as Screened when the student has a qualifying composite in any selected administration.
There is no carry-forward from an earlier administration period.
For example, when only Middle of Year is selected, a student with only a Beginning of Year composite is not counted as screened.
As Of Date
Select the point-in-time enrollment date.
Only students enrolled on this date are included in Total Students.
School
Select:
- All Schools to display one row per school
- An individual school to display one row per grade
Select a school name in the summary table to open its grade-level breakdown.
Grade
Select:
- All Grades
- Kindergarten
- 1st Grade
- 2nd Grade
Transitional Kindergarten is not included in this report.
After selecting the desired filters, click Submit to generate the report.
📑 Visuals and Data Views
Summary Table
The summary table includes the following columns:
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| School / Grade | Displays the school name when viewing All Schools or the grade label when viewing an individual school. Select a school name to open its grade-level breakdown. |
| Total Students | Number of eligible K–2 students enrolled as of the selected date. |
| Screened | Number of enrolled students with a qualifying Amplify DIBELS composite for at least one selected administration. Select the count to open the screened student list. |
| % Screened | Screened ÷ Total Students × 100. |
| Not Screened | Total Students minus Screened. Select the count to open the not-screened student list. |
| % Not Screened | Not Screened ÷ Total Students × 100. |
A District Total footer row sums the displayed rows.
Screened Student List
The Screened student list may include:
- Local Student ID
- State Student Identifier (SSID)
- School, when All Schools is selected
- Last Name
- First Name
- Grade
- Composite Score for each selected administration
- Composite Level for each selected administration
Not Screened Student List
The Not Screened student list may include:
- Local Student ID
- State Student Identifier (SSID)
- School, when All Schools is selected
- Last Name
- First Name
- Grade
- Teacher, when available from Amplify DIBELS
- Days Since Enrollment
Select an SSID to open the student’s CALPADS profile overview.
📊 How to Interpret This Report
Total Students
Total Students includes students who:
- Are enrolled in Kindergarten, 1st grade, or 2nd grade
- Have a qualifying CALPADS enrollment record for the selected year
- Were enrolled on the selected As Of Date
The report includes CALPADS grade codes associated with:
- Kindergarten: KN, K, or KG
- 1st Grade: 01
- 2nd Grade: 02
Transitional Kindergarten is excluded.
A student is considered enrolled when:
- Enrollment Start Date is on or before the As Of Date, and
- Enrollment Exit Date is blank, null,
0000-00-00, or on or after the As Of Date
When a student has multiple qualifying enrollment records, the record with the latest Enrollment Start Date is used.
Screened
A student is counted as Screened when the student:
- Is included in the CALPADS as-of enrollment population
- Has an Amplify DIBELS record for the selected academic year
- Has both a nonblank composite score and a nonblank composite level
- Has a benchmark period matching at least one selected administration
Progress-monitoring records do not count unless they are recognized as Beginning, Middle, or End of Year and contain a qualifying composite score and level.
Not Screened
Not Screened is calculated as:
Total Students − Screened
This population includes enrolled students who do not have a qualifying Amplify DIBELS composite for any selected administration period.
Screening Percentages
% Screened
Screened ÷ Total Students × 100
% Not Screened
Not Screened ÷ Total Students × 100
The two percentages should total approximately 100%, subject to rounding.
⏱ Days Since Enrollment
Days Since Enrollment appears in the Not Screened student list only for students identified as late enrollees.
The report determines the district’s school start date using the most common K–2 Enrollment Start Date for the selected academic year.
A student is considered a late enrollee when the student’s Enrollment Start Date is on or after:
District School Start Date + 91 calendar days
Days Since Enrollment is calculated using calendar days from the student’s Enrollment Start Date through the selected As Of Date.
Values of 45 days or more are highlighted as overdue based on California’s screening expectation for late-enrolling students.
⚠️ Important Considerations
- The report includes Amplify DIBELS results only.
- Waivers and opt-outs are not currently tracked.
- Other California-approved reading screening assessments are not included.
- Transitional Kindergarten students are excluded.
- Selecting a later administration does not count results from earlier administration periods.
- Students must be enrolled in CALPADS as of the selected date to be counted.
- Amplify DIBELS records without both a composite score and composite level do not qualify.
- Teacher information appears only when it is available from Amplify DIBELS.
- Days Since Enrollment appears only for late-enrolling students.
- A highlighted overdue value does not confirm noncompliance; it identifies a student who may require follow-up.
🛠 Report Tools
Use the report tools to:
- Bookmark a frequently used combination of Year, Administration, As Of Date, School, and Grade filters.
- Export the summary table to Excel.
- Export screened or not-screened student lists to Excel.
- Open student CALPADS profiles by selecting an SSID.