A question for all of you who use the DRA as part of your assessment
practices. We use the DRA to assess students twice a year. While we know you
have to
have 94% accuracy, adequate comprehension according to the rubric, and
fluency, the issue has come up as to how hard and fast you adhere t
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Subject: [MOSAIC] DRA, accuracy,comprehension and fluency to arrive at a
reading level
>A question for all of you who use the DRA as part of your assessment
> practices. We use the DRA to assess students twice a year. While we know
> you have to
> have 94% accuracy, adequate com
With the DRA2, the accuracy rate has moved up to 95%. The fluency piece is
really important as well. If a student does not pass the fluency they should
not read the story, you need to "stop and drop" them. I had issues with this
myself when testing a child and went ahead and had them do the entire
I am wondering if part of the issue here is the drive to test a child until
he or she drops! Here in our district we have been encouraged to do just
this, resulting in a drive to higher and higher levels. I am encouraging us
to consider setting some grade level benchmarks and STOPPING assessment
Well Lori,
This just makes way too much sense for anybody in power to embrace.
Renee
On May 18, 2007, at 6:33 AM, ljackson wrote:
> I am wondering if part of the issue here is the drive to test a child
> until
> he or she drops! Here in our district we have been encouraged to do
> just
>
I think that each teacher really just needs to know his/her students and
then determine if fluency is going to determine instructional or independent
levels. Case in point: I have a 2nd grade student with Asperger's that
reads PAINFULLY slow, BUT can comprehend and actively discuss books well
wit
Bravo!
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I am wondering if part of the issue here is the drive to test a
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> I am wondering if part of the issue here is the drive to test a
> child until
> he or she drops! Here in our distri
We are using the DRA2 - this is our 2nd year with it and only our first with
the comprehension part. We did as another poster suggested and set a cap.
Well it's not "official" because really we are the only one of 3 buildings
doing the whole reading/comprehension/fluency part of the reading -
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> We are using the DRA2 - this is our 2nd ye
: [MOSAIC] DRA, accuracy,comprehension and fluency to arrive at a
reading level
Is there an acutal writing component when you reach a certain DRA level? We
are using Rigby Assessmentsbut really need to implement a writing
assessment K-4...wondering if the DRA assesses reading comprehension
.
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