DIBELS Benchmark and Interim Target Scores

Source: University of Oregon DIBELS website, January 2004

Kindergarten
Beginning of Year / Middle of Year / End of Year
Performance / Status / Performance / Status / Performance / Status
Initial Sound Fluency / 0 - 3 / At Risk / 0 – 9 / Deficit
4 - 7 / Some Risk / 10 - 24 / Emerging
8 + / Low Risk / 25 + / Established
Letter Naming Fluency / 0 – 1 / At Risk / 0 – 14 / At Risk / 0 – 28 / At Risk
2 – 7 / Some Risk / 15 – 26 / Some Risk / 29 - 39 / Some Risk
8 + / Low Risk / 27 + / Low Risk / 40 + / Low Risk
Phoneme Segmentation
Fluency / 0 – 6 / At Risk / 0 – 9 / Deficit
7 – 17 / Some Risk / 10 – 34 / Emerging
18 + / Low Risk / 35 + / Established
Nonsense Word Fluency / 0 – 4 / At Risk / 0 – 14 / At Risk
5 – 12 / Some Risk / 15 – 24 / Some Risk
13+ / Low Risk / 25+ / Low Risk
1st Grade
Beginning of Year / Middle of Year / End of Year
Performance / Status / Performance / Status / Performance / Status
Letter Naming Fluency / 0 – 24 / At Risk
25 – 36 / Some Risk
37 + / Low Risk
Phoneme Segmentation Fluency / 0 – 9 / Deficit / 0 – 9 / Deficit / 0 – 9 / Deficit
10 – 34 / Emerging / 10 – 34 / Emerging / 10 – 34 / Emerging
35 + / Established / 35 + / Established / 35 + / Established
Nonsense Word Fluency / 0 – 12 / At Risk / 0 – 29 / Deficit / 0 – 29 / Deficit
13 – 23 / Some Risk / 30 – 49 / Emerging / 30 – 49 / Emerging
24 + / Low Risk / 50 + / Established / 50 + / Established
Oral Reading Fluency / 0 – 7 / At Risk / 0 – 19 / At Risk
8 - 19 / Some Risk / 20 - 39 / Some Risk
20 + / Low Risk / 40+ / Low Risk
2nd Grade
Beginning of Year / Middle of Year / End of Year
Performance / Status / Performance / Status / Performance / Status
Nonsense Word Fluency / 0 – 29 / Deficit
30 – 49 / Emerging
50 + / Established
Oral Reading Fluency / 0 – 25 / At Risk / 0 – 51 / At Risk / 0 – 69 / At Risk
26 – 43 / Some Risk / 52 - 67 / Some Risk / 70 - 89 / Some Risk
44 + / Low Risk / 68 + / Low Risk / 90 + / Low Risk
3rd Grade
Beginning of Year / Middle of Year / End of Year
Performance / Status / Performance / Status / Performance / Status
Oral Reading Fluency / 0 – 52 / At Risk / 0 – 66 / At Risk / 0 – 79 / At Risk
53 - 76 / Some Risk / 67 - 91 / Some Risk / 80 - 109 / Some Risk
77 + / Low Risk / 92 + / Low Risk / 110 + / Low Risk
4th Grade
Beginning of Year / Middle of Year / End of Year
Performance / Status / Performance / Status / Performance / Status
Oral Reading Fluency / 0 - 70 / At Risk / 0 – 82 / At Risk / 0 – 95 / At Risk
71 – 92 / Some Risk / 83 – 104 / Some Risk / 96 - 117 / Some Risk
93 + / Low Risk / 105 + / Low Risk / 118 + / Low Risk
5th Grade
Beginning of Year / Middle of Year / End of Year
Performance / Status / Performance / Status / Performance / Status
Oral Reading Fluency / 0 - 80 / At Risk / 0 – 93 / At Risk / 0 – 102 / At Risk
81 - 103 / Some Risk / 94 – 114 / Some Risk / 103 – 123 / Some Risk
104 + / Low Risk / 115 + / Low Risk / 124 + / Low Risk