Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools wants to raise the share of kindergarten through second-grade students who test at or above benchmark on early reading assessments. The target is to jump from 67% in 2023 to 91% by 2029. Last school year, the district fell short of its goal. But officials say they’re on track this year.
Hidden Valley Elementary School hosted a family practice night in February. Parents learned how to help their kids get ready for the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills test at home. People call it DIBELS.
DIBELS is an early reading test kindergarteners through third graders take three times a year in North Carolina. Malia, a kindergarten student, will take her end-of-year DIBELS later this spring…