Jennifer I have a word list that has correlated dra levels on it. When first graders come to their very first DRA test ever we usually pick about five benchmark books. Then we work up or down from the initial reading if that text is not the just right text. But this is time consuming.... so if I administer the word test (which is just lists correlated to Dra levels it almost always chooses a text better than the five finger rule and student and teacher discussion.... i just started using the word list and am actually Narrowing the benchmarks used for initial DRA assessment and am able to place students in appropriate levels earlier .
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