DIBELS® 8th Edition Benchmark Goals

Updated: July 2020

Letter Naming Fluency (LNF)

25+ 37+ 42+ 42+ 57+ 59+
24 36 41 41 56 58
16 31 35 32 51 53
15 30 34 31 50 52
0 0 0 0 0 0
Phonemic Segmentation Fluency (PSF)
15+ 43+ 53+ 47+ 57+ 61+
14 42 52 46 56 60
5 29 44 31 43 45
4 28 43 30 42 44
1 23 37 19 34 37
22 36 18 33 36
0
0 0 0 0 0
Nonsense Word Fluency (NWF) – Correct Letter Sounds (CLS)
20+ 36+ 49+ 47+ 78+ 87+ 86+ 103+ 117+ 121+ 138+ 141+
19 35 48 46 77 86 85 102 116 120 137 140
9 25 31 30 52 55 50 68 76 76 94 105
8 24 30 29 51 54 49 67 75 75 93 104
4 16 24 25 41 45 41 54 54 52 78 80
3 15 23 24 40 44 40 53 53 51 77 79
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nonsense Word Fluency (NWF) – Words Recoded Correctly (WRC)
-- 9+ 13+ 16+ 26+ 28+ 25+ 36+ 39+ 34+ 46+ 45+
8 12 15 25 27 24 35 38 33 45 44
1+
3 7 5 14 15 15 20 22 24 30 31
2 6 4 13 14 14 19 21 23 29 30
0
1 4 1 10 11 10 15 17 18 23 24
3 9 10 9 14 16 17 22 23
-- 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Word Reading Fluency (WRF)
-- 10+ 18+ 20+ 33+ 50+ 50+ 63+ 70+ 60+ 65+ 70+
9 17 19 32 49 49 62 69 59 64 69
1+
4 10 12 17 25 26 36 43 40 50 55
3 9 11 16 24 25 35 42 39 49 54
0
1 6 8 14 17 18 23 27 30 40 47
5 7 13 16 17 22 26 29 39 46
-- 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) – Words Correct
35+ 57+ 76+ 85+ 117+ 128+ 105+ 141+ 136+ 131+ 159+ 159+ 139+ 149+ 157+ 151+ 157+ 160+
34 56 75 84 116 127 104 140 135 130 158 158 138 148 156 150 156 159
10 21 39 49 78 94 73 105 114 87 121 125 103 122 137 123 133 141
9 20 38 48 77 93 72 104 113 86 120 124 102 121 136 122 132 140
5 10 26 29 59 77 55 85 96 62 98 99 81 108 124 99 117 125
4 9 25 28 58 76 54 84 95 61 97 98 80 107 123 98 116 124
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) - Accuracy
67+ 87+ 91+ 92+ 96+ 96+ 96+ 96+ 96+ 96+ 96+ 96+ 96+ 96+ 96+ 96+ 96+ 96+
66 86 90 91 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95
41 54 85 84 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91
40 53 84 83 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maze
11.0+ 14.5+ 18.0+ 15.0+ 20.5+ 22.5+ 21.0+ 23.5+ 28.0+ 20.0+ 27.0+ 29.5+ 23.0+ 30.5+ 33.5+
10.5 14.0 17.5 14.5 20.0 22.0 20.5 23.0 27.5 19.5 26.5 29.0 22.5 30.0 33.0
5.0 9.0 9.5 8.0 12.0 15.5 14.5 16.5 17.0 13.5 17.0 21.0 14.5 19.5 26.5
4.5 8.5 9.0 7.5 11.5 15.0 14.0 16.0 16.5 13.0 16.5 20.5 14.0 19.0 26.0
2.5 6.5 7.0 5.0 9.5 12.0 11.0 13.0 14.0 10.5 14.5 18.0 12.5 15.0 20.5
2.0 6.0 6.5 4.5 9.0 11.5 10.5 12.5 13.5 10.0 14.0 17.5 12.0 14.5 20.0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DIBELS Composite Score
332+ 393+ 450+ 354+ 424+ 480+ 361+ 423+ 474+ 365+ 427+ 467+ 368+ 431+ 461+ 370+ 421+ 469+ 364+ 411+ 454+
331 392 449 353 423 479 360 422 473 364 426 466 367 430 460 369 420 468 363 410 453
306 371 420 330 389 441 329 389 439 332 393 442 331 399 442 335 394 449 336 386 435
305 370 419 329 388 440 328 388 438 331 392 441 330 398 441 334 393 448 335 385 434
280 356 406 321 377 427 316 373 421 314 377 424 310 380 421 313 380 436 313 370 419
279 355 405 320 376 426 315 372 420 313 376 423 309 379 420 312 379 435 312 369 418
200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200
B M E B M E B M E B M E B M E B M E B M E
Kindergarten First grade Second grade Third grade Fourth grade Fifth grade Sixth grade

Legend
Blue goal = Core support; Negligible risk
(nearly all students in this range score at or above the 40th percentile rank on criterion measure)
Green range = Core support; Minimal risk
(about 80% of students who score at or above the 40th percentile rank on criterion measure fall in this range or above)
Yellow range = Strategic support; Some risk
(about 80% of students who score below the 40th percentile on criterion measure fall in this range or below)
Red range = Intensive support; At risk
(about 80% of students who score below the 20th percentile on criterion measure fall in this range)

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