Although we are just adopting this for use next fall, our pilot showed exactly the same trend. I think it measures comprehension more accurately and the drop is not something to be alarmed about.
On 6/6/07 6:01 PM, "Kate Lino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you all so much for your posts on the DRA "ceilings" ... it has been > very insightful for me. I have a question for you. Have any of you seen a > variance in your students' levels from the DRA kit to the DRA2 kit? We used > the old kit for the first semester and got trained on the new kit after > Christmas. I was out on maternity leave, so I only tested my students with the > new kit at the end of the year. I am freaking out a bit because some are > scoring 2-3 levels lower than what they came in at (with the old kit). Is this > normal? Some are even testing lower than that ... the fluency component is > killing them. Any input (or reassurance!) you have would be appreciated. > > Kate Lino > NC/Grade 2 > _________________________________________________________________ > Play free games, earn tickets, get cool prizes! Join Live Search Club. > http://club.live.com/home.aspx?icid=CLUB_wlmailtextlink > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > 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. > > -- Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach & Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 57555 http:www.tcsdk12.org ph. 605.856.2211 Literacies for All Summer Institute "Literate Lives: A Human Right" July 12-15, 2007 Louisville, Kentucky http://www.ncte.org/profdev/conv/wlu _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] 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.
