Our school uses the DRA. They are trying really hard to make it consistent through the grades. At first I didn't like it, but I have learned to use them to make my small groups. Last year 99% of my kids went up at least one level.
Deborah Lawson On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Saundra McDonald <[email protected]>wrote: > > Our school is struggling with deciding what kind of reading assessment to > use for grades 3-5. In the past we have used DIBELS (mandated by the > administration) and DRA2. Our principal has expressed her concern that the > DRAs take up too much instructional time to administer and some of the > teachers feel there is not consistency from grade to grade in how they are > given and so the results are not that helpful. > > My question is what assessments do you use at your school? Has anyone used > the Fontas and Pinnell system? If so, is it any less time consuming than > the DRAs? What else is out there? > > Thank you, > Saundra > _______________________________________________ > 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
