Carol, Yes, because you truly want to see if the child remains independent at that level. We had a child enter gr 4 at a L38 and test down to a L28. It's amazing how much some children can lose over the summer. KellyAB
On 10/30/08 9:50 AM, "SPINELLO, Carol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Readers! I am hoping someone can help me with a question that keeps coming up in our school regarding the DRA2. Do you ever test down? For example, in the fall a child scored in the independent range on a level 28 but only instructional on the level 30 so the teacher stopped the assessment. During the winter assessment the teacher began assessing the child with the level 30 text and again the child did not score at the independent range so at this point does the teacher test the child down even though the child already passed the level 28 previously? I hope I made this clear enough to understand. I would appreciate your thoughts on this. Carol _______________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
