DIBELS Risk Levels Chart
Kindergarten Fall
1 0-3 Initial Sounds Fluency 4-7 8-11 12+ 0-1 Letter Naming Fluency 2-7 8-16 17+ Phoneme Segmentation Fluency
First Spring
3 HR MR LR AA 0-28 29-39 40-49 50+ 0-9 10-34 35-47 48+ 0-14 15-24 25-34 35+ HR 0-24 25-36 37-46 47+ 0-9 10-34 35-41 42+ 0-12 13-23 24-31 32+ 0-1 2-6 7+ NA HR MR LR AA 0-9 10-34 35-49 50+ 0-29 30-49 50-54 55+ 0-7 8-19 20-33 34+ 0-9 10-34 35-54 55+ 0-29 30-49 50-71 72+ 0-19 20-39 40-64 65+ HR MR LR AA 0-29 30-49 50-71 72+ 0-25 26-43 44-65 66+
Second Spring
3
Third Spring
3
Winter
2 0-9 10-24 25-33 34+ 0-14 15-26 27-35 36+ 0-6 7-17 18-33 34+ 0-4
Fall
1
Winter
2
Fall
1
Winter
2
Fall
1
Winter
2
Spring
3
0-29 30-49 50-71 72+ 0-51 52-67 68-89 90+
0-29 30-49 50-71 72+ 0-69 70-89 90-108 109+
HR MR LR AA 0-52 53-76 77-96 97+ 0-66 67-91 92-109 110+ 0-79 80-109 110-128 129+
Nonsense Word Fluency
5-12 13-21 22+
Oral Reading Fluency
MR LR AA
HR - High Risk: Seriously below grade level and in need of substantial intervention MR - Moderate Risk: Moderately below grade level and in need of additional intervention LR - Low Risk: At grade level AA - Above Average: At or above the 60th percentile Effective: July 2006 Revised: 09/05/2006
Note: Pending future research, ORF Fall assessment in first grade is not color coded on this chart as an indication of risk status. Estimated levels of risk will be identified within the PMRN, however.