My previous district used the DRA2 and made adjustments to the fluency protocols. If the child's fluency score fell into the lowest range, the test was discontinued. If the child's fluency (rate only) fell into the second range, overall fluency was scored and if the holistic rubric score fell into the third range, the test was continued. It is surprising how many children do indeed meet fluency expectations without rate. It was a hard fought battle to convince all members of the literacy committee that this was an appropriate modification.
Lori Jackson M.Ed.Reading Specialist Broken Bow, NE EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 23:24:55 -0700 > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] understanding value of DRA 2 testing > > > So who would know what level you tested them at? This is a case where I > would nod yes at the meeting and go do what I know makes more sense. I > rarely have half a class that maintains where they were. And yes, 1 or 2 > would be higher, but most would be lower. > > Jan We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled, but as > candles to be lit. > -Robert Shaffer > > > >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 10:50:02 -0400 >> Subject: [MOSAIC] understanding value of DRA 2 testing >> >> This year our district has mandated that we test each of our students >> whether they are on, below, or above grade level at the very start of the >> school year. We are to test each child one level above where they ended the >> previous school year. Out of my 20 students, only one student passed at a >> higher level (and that was a child I had retained). Now I have to retest >> all 20 of them on the level they came to me. If they don't pass that (my >> guess is that some of them won't), I have to test them down until I find a >> test that they do pass. >> >> My argument was that we should test where they were last May and then test >> up or down based on those results. I was told absolutely not. Why would we >> think that our students would test higher in September than they did at the >> end of May? Most of them did not read over the summer and even those that >> did read, showed no growth on the test. I would greatly appreciate your >> input. I don't have an issue with testing but the test should be helpful to >> my instruction of the child. In my opinon this is just a phenomenal waste >> of precious contact time. >> Thanks. >> Leslie >> >> Leslie R.Stewart >> Grade 3 Teacher >> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >> 203-481-5386, 203-483-0749 FAX >> >> To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, >> ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of >> poetry. ~ Gaston Bachelard ~ >> >> >> <http://thinkexist.com/birthday/september_24/> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
