Acadience
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Amanda David, MTSS
Coordinator
Objectives
TWBAT identify which assessment is necessary for their respective grade level
TWBAT utilize the tools with the Acadience Reading assessment to complete
benchmarks for students during the 2019-2020 school year
Agenda
● Discuss the change in testing
● Discuss the testing schedule
● Review testing requirements and processes
● Discuss data entry processes
What is Acadience Reading?
● Previously known as Dibels Next, we used
Dibels 6th Edition previously
● K-4th teachers (Benchmarks)
● Online data warehousing
○ Connects to Power School
● Next year, online “booklets”
○ Going green
○ Use online component for all aspects of
benchmarking
Benchmarks Schedule
● Begin on September 9, with
Star.
● Carreras will cover classes
for Kindergarten
● Tuosto & Agosto will support
1st and 2nd
● Agosto & Evans will support
3rd and 4th
● Two sessions of coverage (2
weeks)
What Are We Doing in
Acadience?
Why Acadience?
● Listen to your students read
● Compare data to national norm benchmarks
● Additional data point for referring students to interventions or change in
tier
● Additional data point for talking to parents
Administering DIBELS ISF, LNF,
PSF
Administering DIBELS Oral
Reading Fluency
This is New-- MAZE
assessment
● Shows what students can comprehend WHILE reading.
● Completed whole group
● Three minute timed assessment
● Practice assessment
Data Entry
● Go to https://acadiencelearning.net/
○ Log In: your email address
○ Password: eeacs2019
● Click on Data entry and follow the
prompts
● Enter student scores from your
completed booklet
● Click on “update scores”
● Data must be entered by
September 23.
● Scores will be reviewed during CST
○ Use them to support referrals
Questions?
Any questions?