Alice, The DRP is part of our state assessment so we are using it to help us see how kids are doing. The problem is you only know if the student chose the right answer or not. I think that's a hard assessment to use to gain a lot of information about kids.
Perhaps if they highlight the clue or can write out why they chose a word, it may help give you at least a bit of information? Maybe to have a discussion about one area where lots of kids got the same ones wrong - review and then teach the strategies they need to correctly get the answer. For practice you can have a piece that you have copied and white out words and have partnerships think about what word fits. Also have teams or partners white out words and come up with the answers. That way they are practicing how the test is presented and it may help them. Kelly AB On 11/24/09 1:21 AM, "Alice Malmanger" <amalman...@yahoo.com> wrote: Hi there, I'm interested in what people think of using the Degrees of Reading Power as an assessment tool. We started using it last year because we couldn't really talk our district into any other assessment tool other than the state test. We use DIBELS at the elementary grades, but the middle school and high school are using Degrees of Reading Power ( DRP) but don't really know what to do to with the results or how to help kids. Any insights of this one? thanks Alice Malmanger Reading Specialist Showalter Middle School Tukwila, WA _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
