{"id":13007,"date":"2026-02-18T16:15:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T16:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kb-california.ondatasuite.com\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=13007"},"modified":"2026-02-18T16:48:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T16:48:45","slug":"longitudinal-dibels-results-for-prek-cohorts","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/kb-california.ondatasuite.com\/index.php\/knowledge-base\/longitudinal-dibels-results-for-prek-cohorts\/","title":{"rendered":"Longitudinal DIBELS Results for PreK Cohorts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Report Location<\/strong>:  Assessment&gt; DIBELS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Summary:<\/strong>  The <strong>Longitudinal DIBELS Results for PreK Cohorts<\/strong> report provides a multi-year view of early literacy performance for students beginning in Pre-Kindergarten and progressing through elementary grades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Usage:<\/strong> This report helps district and campus leaders:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Support <strong>MTSS, intervention planning, and instructional decision-making<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monitor <strong>reading readiness trends over time<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Evaluate the <strong>impact of early literacy instruction<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Identify <strong>cohort-level strengths and intervention needs<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By tracking the same student cohorts year to year, the report moves beyond a single snapshot and instead tells the <strong>story of literacy growth<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><strong>Data Source<\/strong>: Four years&#8217; worth of DIBELS &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kb-california.ondatasuite.com\/index.php\/knowledge-base\/amplify-file-uploads-dibels-8th-ed-and-math\/\">How to load DIBELS files<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Definitions:  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cohort<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Cohort 1<\/strong>: Students who began in Pre-K, followed through 3rd grade.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cohort 2<\/strong>: Pre-K starters followed through 2nd grade.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cohort 3<\/strong>: Pre-K starters followed through 1st grade.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cohort 4<\/strong>: Pre-K starters followed through Kindergarten.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Performance Levels<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Student results are grouped into four DIBELS performance categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Well Below<\/strong> \u2013 Students significantly below benchmark and in need of <strong>intensive intervention<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Below<\/strong> \u2013 Students below benchmark requiring <strong>targeted support<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>On Level<\/strong> \u2013 Students meeting expected literacy benchmarks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Above Level<\/strong> \u2013 Students exceeding benchmark expectations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What You\u2019re Seeing in the Report<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cohort Sections<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each blue header represents a&nbsp;<strong>distinct PreK cohort<\/strong>&nbsp;followed longitudinally across school years and grade levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Within each cohort:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Year<\/strong>&nbsp;shows the school year and grade level of the cohort.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cohort Size (K BOY)<\/strong>&nbsp;indicates the original kindergarten beginning-of-year population used as the denominator for percentages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Filters:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cohorts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Benchmark Period<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Campus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Percent Denominator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Report Location: Assessment&gt; DIBELS Summary: The Longitudinal DIBELS Results for PreK Cohorts report provides a multi-year view of early literacy performance for students beginning in Pre-Kindergarten and progressing through elementary grades. 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