In accordance with Maryland’s Ready to Read Act (2019), COMAR(2021), and the request from the Howard County Board of Education, all Howard County Public School System students in grades kindergarten to 5th grade will participate in a screener for identifying potential reading difficulties. 

Howard County has selected Amplify mClass with DIBELS 8th Edition as the universal screener.  Please see below for screening areas measured in each grade.  Students will complete the screener in four to twelve minutes and will be screened three times this year.

21/22 Ready to Read Act Parent Notification of Screener

Examen de detección para estudiantes con dificultades de lectura --Spanish