Embedded Files
Beginning in the 2025–2026 school year, all California local educational agencies (LEAs) are required to annually screen students in kindergarten through grade two for the risk of reading difficulties using a California Department of Education (CDE)-approved screening instrument, as mandated by California Education Code Section 53008.
Purpose of the Screening: Detect students who may be at risk for reading challenges early in their educational journey.
Screening Tool: mClass DIBELS 8, a research-based screening tool that was adopted by our Board of Education in June 2025.
Areas Assessed: Basic early literacy skills in the following measures designed to identify early indicators of reading delays: phonological awareness, alphabetic principle/phonics, word reading, reading fluency, and reading comprehension.
Targeted Support: Provide timely, evidence-based interventions to improve literacy outcomes for students identified as at risk.
RDRS Important Information
EUSD RDRS assessment window will open on January 6 and go through February 6.
Best practice is for classroom teachers to administer mClass DIBELS to their students.
Teachers will administer the Middle of the Year (MOY) assessments.
Grade 2 teachers must administer MAZE to all students. Here is a video on how to assign MAZE.
A list of students who are opting out of RDRS has been shared with Principals.
mCLASS Required/Additional Measures by Grade Level
GATING RULES
If teachers need support logging in to the Amplify portal via Clever, they should submit an EUSD WebHelpDesk Ticket.
RDRS Parent/Guardian Notification
The following RDRS notification letter was emailed to all K-2 parents/guardians on December 1, 2025.
Middle of Year Assessment: Asynchronous Support Resources
Guided Scoring Practice
mCLASS D8 Measures
LNF
How to guide: Administer LNF / Scoring Rules (guide)
PSF
How to guide: Administer PSF / Scoring Rules (guide)
NWF
How to guide: Administer NWF / Scoring Rules (guide)
WRF
How to guide: Administer WRF / Scoring Rules (guide)
ORF
How to guide: Administer ORF / Scoring Rules (guide)
MAZE
How to guide: Administer MAZE / How to administer MAZE online (guide) / Managing Online Assessments
mCLASS Lectura Measures
FNL
How to guide: Administer FNL / Scoring Rules (guide)
FSS
How to guide: Administer FSS / Scoring Rules (guide)
¿QQ?
How to guide: Administer ¿Qué Queda? / Scoring Rules (guide)
FSL
How to guide: Administer FSL / Scoring Rules (guide)
K-Inicio / Scoring Rules (guide)
LSS
How to guide: Administer LSS / Scoring Rules (guide)
FEP
How to guide: Administer FEP / Scoring Rules (guide)
FLO
How to Guide: Administer FLO / Scoring Rules (guide)
¿Cuál Palabra?
How to guide: Administer CP / Scoring Rules (guide)
RDRS Resources
mCLASS: How to assign online assessments (3-minute video on how to assign)
MOY Guidance and Prep includes how to administer each assessment, and How-To Guides and Video Demonstrations by Measure
mClass support page that teachers can use to do initial troubleshooting during testing
Amplify Support - if teachers need support during testing they should use the chat on the Amplify portal (click on the bubble on the bottom right)
mClass Program Guide (user manual for teachers)
Support home page, which houses all of our support articles
Approved accommodations: mCLASS DIBELS 8th Ed / mCLASS Lectura
Assessment Materials
Kindergarten
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
TO REVIEW VIDEO DEMONSTRATIONS: Login to Amplify and access the mCLASS PD library. Once logged in, this link will take you to the videos: https://pd.amplify.com/resource/mclass/administration-and-scoring-practice-mclass-d8/
How-To Guides and Video Demonstrations by Measure:
Phonemic Segmentation Fluency (PSF)
Word Reading Fluency (WRF)
Oral Reading Fluency (ORF)
Nonsense Word Fluency (NWF)
Letter Naming Fluency (LNF)
Maze measures reading comprehension, which is assessed online in the student platform.
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