Dibels vs. QRI-5

In my opinion, the QRI-5 is a better assessment tool than the Dibels. Although this was my first time using the Dibels, and last week was my first time assessing a student with the QRI-5, I found the QRI-5 a more effective and influential assessment, that benefits both the student and the teacher. The Dibels, I found to be too complicated. Due to the fact, that maybe, the assessment grading is technology-based, however, I feel that it slows down the assessment between the student and the teacher. I felt I was too fixacted on learning how to use the Dibels technology tool, rather than focusing on the students assessment and results. The QRI-5 gave me and the student the opportunity to prepare them first, and to boost their confidence by starting on a lower grade level than their actual level. The Dibels did not allow the student to build enough confidence on the assessment they were about to face. The Dibels did give a few examples, however, I do not feel it was enough to give the students the confidence and assurance that they will do probably do well on the assessment. What I did like about the Dibels was the fact that it gave tools and suggestions on what to do with the student based on their result. The Dibels gave the teacher an idea and stepping stone on what measures to take with a struggling student and even a student that outstanding results. With the QRI-5, it was up to the teacher to create tools, strategies, and measures on what to do with struggling students. The Dibels, in my opinion, was not a direct and concrete source in finding out a students struggles and difficulties. The QRI-5 attacked more areas than the Dibels did, such as prediction, sufficeient comprehension questions, and allowing the student to create their own idea of what the story they will be reading is about. The Dibels did not allow that. The Dibels did not have comprehension questions. It only allowed the student to retell ideas, which doesn't give me, as the teacher, a concrete idea of if the student was sufficient in comprehension. Overall, I perfer the QRI-5 assessment over the Dibels. Perhaps, If I had been more familiarized with it, I would give the Dibels more credit, but as of now, I found better results with the QRI-5.