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DIBELS 8 practice that doesn't require Sunday-night prep.

Print-and-go probes for every K–3 subtest — letter naming, phonemic segmentation, nonsense words, and word reading fluency. Same format as the real benchmark. Fresh stimulus every session.

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What is DIBELS 8?

A 1-minute timed assessment that tells you exactly where a reader is.

DIBELS 8 (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills, 8th Edition) is a free assessment from the University of Oregon. Many districts administer it three times a year — beginning, middle, and end of year — to track student progress through the K–3 reading sequence.

If your school uses Amplify mCLASS, the probes you give are DIBELS 8 probes delivered through their app. If your school uses Acadience Reading, same assessment, same probes, different delivery platform. Either way, the scoring rules and the benchmarks are identical.

The reason students do better when they've practiced isn't that they've memorized answers. It's that the format is familiar — the timer, the probe layout, the scoring rules — so the assessment doesn't introduce its own anxiety on top of the reading.

The four subtests, by grade.

Each subtest measures a specific reading skill. Most students take 2–3 subtests per benchmark window depending on grade level.

LNF Letter Naming Fluency K · 1st

Students name as many upper- and lower-case letters as they can in one minute. Administered to kindergarteners and 1st graders at all three benchmark windows (BOY, MOY, EOY).

Why it matters: letter naming is the gateway to phonics. A student who can't fluently name letters won't fluently match them to sounds. LNF fluency below benchmark in fall is the single strongest early predictor of reading risk.

DIBELS K

mCLASS DIBELS 8 LNF Practice Pack — Kindergarten

30 letter-naming fluency probes with answer keys.

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DIBELS 2nd

mCLASS DIBELS 8 ORF Practice Pack — Grade 2

9 original Oral Reading Fluency passages + 9 Maze comprehension probes for 2nd grade DIBELS 8 — three per benchmark window.

$3.00 View on TPT

DIBELS 3rd

mCLASS DIBELS 8 ORF Practice Pack — Grade 3

9 original Oral Reading Fluency passages + 9 Maze comprehension probes for 3rd grade DIBELS 8 — three per benchmark window.

$3.00 View on TPT

DIBELS 4th

mCLASS DIBELS 8 ORF Practice Pack — Grade 4

9 original Oral Reading Fluency passages + 9 Maze comprehension probes for 4th grade DIBELS 8 — three per benchmark window.

$3.00 View on TPT

DIBELS 5th

mCLASS DIBELS 8 ORF Practice Pack — Grade 5

9 original Oral Reading Fluency passages + 9 Maze comprehension probes for 5th grade DIBELS 8 — three per benchmark window.

$3.00 View on TPT

DIBELS 6th

mCLASS DIBELS 8 ORF Practice Pack — Grade 6

9 original Oral Reading Fluency passages + 9 Maze comprehension probes for 6th grade DIBELS 8 — three per benchmark window.

$3.00 View on TPT

DIBELS 7th

mCLASS DIBELS 8 ORF Practice Pack — Grade 7

9 original Oral Reading Fluency passages + 9 Maze comprehension probes for 7th grade DIBELS 8 — three per benchmark window.

$3.00 View on TPT

DIBELS 8th

mCLASS DIBELS 8 ORF Practice Pack — Grade 8

9 original Oral Reading Fluency passages + 9 Maze comprehension probes for 8th grade DIBELS 8 — three per benchmark window.

$3.00 View on TPT

DIBELS Grade 1

mCLASS DIBELS 8 LNF Practice Pack — 1st Grade

30 letter-naming fluency probes with answer keys.

$3.00 View on TPT

DIBELS 1st

mCLASS DIBELS 8 ORF Practice Pack — Grade 1

9 original Oral Reading Fluency passages for 1st grade DIBELS 8 — three per benchmark window (BOY/MOY/EOY), print-and-go.

$3.00 View on TPT

DIBELS K–1

mCLASS DIBELS 8 LNF Practice Pack — Bundle

60 K–1 letter-naming fluency probes with answer keys.

$5.00 $6.00 View on TPT

DIBELS 1st–8th

mCLASS DIBELS 8 ORF Practice Pack BUNDLE — G1-8

Oral Reading Fluency practice for Grades 1-8 — 72 original passages and 63 Maze comprehension probes spanning every benchmark window.

$18.00 $24.00 View on TPT

DIBELS 1st

mCLASS DIBELS 8 Grade 1 Bundle — LNF + NWF + PSF + WRF + ORF

Every Grade 1 DIBELS 8 subtest in one bundle — LNF, NWF, PSF (with audio), WRF, and ORF practice across the BOY/MOY/EOY windows.

$13.50 $15.00 View on TPT

DIBELS K

mCLASS DIBELS 8 Kindergarten Bundle — LNF + NWF + PSF + WRF

Every Kindergarten DIBELS 8 subtest in one bundle — LNF, NWF, PSF (with audio), and WRF practice across the BOY/MOY/EOY windows.

$9.00 $12.00 View on TPT

DIBELS 1st–3rd

mCLASS DIBELS 8 ORF Practice Pack BUNDLE — G1-3

Oral Reading Fluency practice for Grades 1-3 — 27 original passages and 18 Maze comprehension probes for every benchmark window.

$7.00 $9.00 View on TPT

DIBELS Tool K–3

DIBELS 8 Data Meeting Dashboard — K-3 + Parent Letters

Paste DIBELS 8 scores, get color-coded support bands, small groups, a tomorrow-move per group, and a printable meeting plan. Go from scores to plan in 10 minutes. Offline HTML + Google Sheets companion.

$9.99 $12.99 View on TPT

PSF Phonemic Segmentation Fluency K · 1st

Students hear a word ("cat") and say each sound separately ("/c/-/a/-/t/"). Administered orally with audio. K students take it MOY and EOY; 1st graders at BOY only.

Why it matters: phonemic awareness is the auditory prerequisite for decoding. A student who can blend and segment sounds aloud has the skill they'll need to map those sounds onto letters when phonics instruction begins.

DIBELS K

mCLASS DIBELS 8 PSF Practice Pack — Kindergarten

30 phonemic-segmentation fluency probes with audio.

$3.00 View on TPT

DIBELS Grade 1

mCLASS DIBELS 8 PSF Practice Pack — 1st Grade

30 phonemic-segmentation fluency probes with audio.

$3.00 View on TPT

DIBELS K–1

mCLASS DIBELS 8 PSF Practice Pack — Bundle

60 K–1 phonemic-segmentation fluency probes with audio.

$4.50 $6.00 View on TPT

NWF Nonsense Word Fluency K · 1st

Students decode made-up CVC words like vop, lat, jib. Two scores: Correct Letter Sounds (CLS) and Whole Words Read (WWR). All three windows for K and 1st.

Why it matters: nonsense words can't be memorized — they force the student to actually decode. NWF is the cleanest indicator of whether phonics instruction is sticking.

DIBELS 1st

mCLASS DIBELS 8 NWF Practice Pack

mCLASS DIBELS 8 NWF practice for 1st grade — print-ready, 1-minute timed nonsense word probes for all three…

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DIBELS K

mCLASS DIBELS 8 NWF Practice Pack — Kindergarten

mCLASS DIBELS 8 NWF practice for kindergarten — print-ready, 1-minute timed nonsense word probes for all th…

$3.00 View on TPT

DIBELS 2nd

mCLASS DIBELS 8 NWF Practice Pack — 2nd Grade

mCLASS DIBELS 8 NWF practice for 2nd grade — print-ready, 1-minute timed nonsense word probes with answer keys.

$3.00 View on TPT

DIBELS 3rd

mCLASS DIBELS 8 NWF Practice Pack — 3rd Grade

mCLASS DIBELS 8 NWF practice for 3rd grade — print-ready, 1-minute timed nonsense word probes with answer keys.

$3.00 View on TPT

DIBELS K–1

mCLASS DIBELS 8 NWF Practice Pack BUNDLE — K-1

mCLASS DIBELS 8 NWF Bundle for K-1 — both grades, every benchmark window (BOY/MOY/EOY), 60 print-ready 1-mi…

$5.00 $6.00 View on TPT

DIBELS 2nd

mCLASS DIBELS 8 Grade 2 Bundle — NWF + WRF + ORF + Maze

Every Grade 2 DIBELS 8 subtest in one bundle — NWF, WRF, ORF passages, and Maze comprehension probes.

$7.00 $9.00 View on TPT

DIBELS 3rd

mCLASS DIBELS 8 Grade 3 Bundle — NWF + WRF + ORF + Maze

Every Grade 3 DIBELS 8 subtest in one bundle — NWF, WRF, ORF passages, and Maze comprehension probes.

$7.00 $9.00 View on TPT

WRF Word Reading Fluency K · 1st · 2nd · 3rd

Students read real words from a list — not connected text. Measures sight-word recognition and decoding speed combined. K starts at MOY; 1st–3rd grade take it at all three windows.

Why it matters: by 2nd grade, WRF is the main subtest — a student's WRF score is the cleanest read on whether they're on track to read grade-level text fluently. It's also the subtest where practice has the biggest visible effect.

DIBELS 1st

mCLASS DIBELS 8 WRF Practice Pack

mCLASS DIBELS 8 WRF practice for 1st grade — print-ready, 1-minute timed fluency probes for all three bench…

$3.00 View on TPT

DIBELS 2nd

mCLASS DIBELS 8 WRF Practice Pack

Kindergarten- WRF Practice Pack — Grade 1- WRF Practice Pack — Grade 2- WRF Practice Pack — Grade 3- WRF Pr…

$3.00 View on TPT

DIBELS 3rd

mCLASS DIBELS 8 WRF Practice Pack

mCLASS DIBELS 8 WRF practice for 3rd grade — print-ready, 1-minute timed fluency probes for all three bench…

$3.00 View on TPT

DIBELS K

mCLASS DIBELS 8 WRF Practice Pack — Kindergarten

DIBELS 8 WRF practice for kindergarten — print-ready, 1-minute timed fluency probes for the MOY and EOY ben…

$3.00 View on TPT

DIBELS K–3

mCLASS DIBELS 8 WRF Practice Pack BUNDLE — K-3

mCLASS DIBELS 8 WRF Mega Bundle for K-3 — every grade, every benchmark window (BOY/MOY/EOY), 100 print-read…

$8.00 $12.00 View on TPT

Try one free first.

7 free samples

Every paid pack has a free sample so you can test the format with a student before committing. No signup required — they're free downloads on TPT.

DIBELS 1st

FREE mCLASS DIBELS 8 NWF Practice Sample

FREE mCLASS DIBELS 8 NWF practice sample for 1st grade — try 3 print-ready 1-minute timed nonsense word pro…

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DIBELS K

FREE mCLASS DIBELS 8 NWF Practice Sample

FREE mCLASS DIBELS 8 NWF practice sample for kindergarten — try 3 print-ready 1-minute timed nonsense word…

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DIBELS K–3

FREE mCLASS DIBELS 8 WRF Practice Sample

FREE mCLASS DIBELS 8 WRF practice sample — one print-ready 1-minute timed Word Reading Fluency probe from e…

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DIBELS Grade 1

FREE mCLASS DIBELS 8 PSF Sample — Grade 1

2 phonemic-segmentation fluency sample probes for 1st grade, with audio.

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DIBELS K

FREE mCLASS DIBELS 8 PSF Sample — Kindergarten

2 phonemic-segmentation fluency sample probes for kindergarten, with audio.

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DIBELS Free 3rd

FREE mCLASS DIBELS 8 ORF Practice Sample — Grade 3

1 original passage + 1 Maze comprehension probe — a free try-before-you-buy sample of the Grade 3 ORF Practice Pack.

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DIBELS Free K–8

FREE mCLASS DIBELS 8 Goals Poster — K-G8

Every DIBELS 8 cut score on one printable page — Kindergarten through Grade 8, BOY/MOY/EOY benchmarks, all subtests at a glance.

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The whole catalog · Recommended

The K–3 Mega Bundle.

All four subtests, every grade, every benchmark window. 220 probes total — LNF (60), NWF (60), WRF (100). About 25% off vs. buying packs individually.

· LNF for K and 1st (60 probes)
· NWF for K and 1st (60 probes)
· WRF for K, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd (100 probes)
· All answer keys + scoring sheets

$18.00 $24.00

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Frequently asked.

What is DIBELS 8?

DIBELS 8 (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills, 8th Edition) is a free assessment from the University of Oregon that measures early reading skills from kindergarten through 8th grade. It uses 1-minute timed probes to track fluency in letter naming, phonemic segmentation, nonsense-word reading, and connected-text reading. Many schools administer it three times a year — beginning, middle, and end (BOY/MOY/EOY).

How is DIBELS 8 different from mCLASS?

They use the same underlying assessment. mCLASS is the digital platform that administers and scores DIBELS 8 in many districts. If your school uses Amplify mCLASS, the probes you give your students are DIBELS 8 probes — just delivered through the mCLASS app on a tablet or computer.

What are the four DIBELS 8 subtests?

Letter Naming Fluency (LNF) measures how many letters a student can name in one minute. Phonemic Segmentation Fluency (PSF) measures how many sounds in spoken words the student can isolate. Nonsense Word Fluency (NWF) measures decoding of made-up words like "vop" or "lat." Word Reading Fluency (WRF) measures real-word reading. Each subtest is given at specific grade-and-window combinations.

Are these the actual DIBELS 8 probes?

No. The official probes are copyrighted and only released to schools through the University of Oregon's Acadience Learning portal. Our practice packs are independently authored probes that follow the same format, scoring rules, and difficulty progression — designed to give students extra reps in the same skill so the official probes feel familiar.

How often should I use these practice packs?

Most teachers run 1–2 short sessions per week per student in the relevant subtest. Five minutes of practice three times a week beats one long session. The point isn't to cram — it's to keep the format familiar so students aren't thrown off by the timing or stimulus during the real benchmark window.

Which pack should I start with?

If you're assessing a kindergartener at the beginning of the year, start with LNF (kindergarten). For mid-year K, add PSF and NWF. For first grade, NWF and WRF. For grades 2 and 3, WRF is the main subtest. Or skip the decision and grab the K-3 Mega Bundle, which covers every subtest at every grade for $18.

Can I use these for Acadience Reading instead of mCLASS?

Yes. DIBELS 8 and Acadience Reading use the same probes (Acadience Learning is the publisher; the assessment was previously called DIBELS 8). The scoring rules and benchmarks are identical regardless of which delivery platform your school uses.