At our school we have just been RETRAINED in administering the DRA and after the new testing many of the previous scores were found to be too high and kids were placed further back. We then had consensus meetings across grade levels to look at what really does constitute the scores. It was found also that the children being tested on non fiction were not scoring as well if they had the prior year been tested on fiction.
--- On Fri, 31/10/08, SPINELLO, Carol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: SPINELLO, Carol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] DRA2 Question To: "'Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group'" <[email protected]> Received: Friday, 31 October, 2008, 6:52 AM -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelly Andrews-Babcock Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 1:22 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] DRA2 Question 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 Hi Kelly, Thanks for your response. We have had the same experience with children after the summer. Most of the time it was either a level lower or no movement as all. However, in some cases like you mentioned the fall was huge. Don't you think when they drop this much the original level had to be wrong?? 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. Search 1000's of available singles in your area at the new Yahoo!7 Dating. Get Started http://au.dating.yahoo.com/?cid=53151&pid=1011 _______________________________________________ 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.
