Talk to me about your retraining. We contracted for training about a year ago,two trainers due to number of teachers, and the training was inconsistent. I was not at all impressed.
On 10/30/08 6:39 PM, "suzie herb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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] > g] 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. S > earch 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. S > earch 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 July 17-20. 2008 Tucson, Arizona _______________________________________________ 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.
