New DIBELS Next Assessment Now Available for Purchase

LONGMONT, Colo., May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Sopris, a business unit of Cambium Learning Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ABCD), announced today that DIBELS® Next, the new version of DIBELS® (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy), the most widely used K-6 screening and progress monitoring system in the United States, is now available for purchase. Originally developed by Dr. Roland H. Good and Dr. Ruth A. Kaminski, DIBELS Next provides specific data that pinpoint where students struggle, making the selection of targeted interventions more accurate and effective.

The recent updates to the popular assessment and progress monitoring tool are based on new research. "Over the past four years, specifically on DIBELS Next, we have worked in 90-100 schools and had more than 25,000 students in our studies," said Dr. Ruth A. Kaminski, Co-creator of DIBELS and DIBELS Next.

"There are the millions of students in addition to the more than 25,000 in the recent studies, who have had reading failures prevented since the inception of DIBELS," said George Logue, President of Sopris.  "Relative to screening and progress monitoring, this product changed the landscape in American education."

While retaining the very best of the original assessment, DIBELS Next provides increased ease of use, accuracy of results and addresses comprehension. The assessments:

• Are quick and easy to administer and score
• Identify students who may need intervention support
• Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions
• Support the RtI/Multitiered model

Major advantages of DIBELS Next include, but are not limited to:

• All-new comprehension measure for grades three through six–DIBELS DAZE
• All-new First Sound Fluency measure–replace initial sound fluency and all-new passages for the Oral Reading Fluency measure
• All-new directions, revised scoring rules and easy to implement design
• All-new Web-based data-management and online scoring
• Correlated to NAEP

To learn more about DIBELS Next, visit www.soprislearning.com/dibels or call 800.547.6747.

About Sopris

For over 35 years, Sopris has focused exclusively on moving all students to their full academic potential. With a firm commitment to bridging the gap between research and practice, Sopris supplemental products focus on the full spectrum of academic support—including assessment, supplements, intervention, positive behavior supports, and professional development.  Whether implemented in a single classroom or school-/district-wide, Sopris supplements have been proven to strengthen core instruction and to quickly and positively impact the academic achievement of students in literacy, math, and spoken language. Sopris is a business unit of Cambium Learning Group, Inc. [NASDAQ: ABCD] based in Dallas, Texas. For more information, please visit soprislearning.com.

SOURCE Cambium Learning Group, Inc.; Sopris