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Introduction |
Participation in the Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA)
is required for those schools that will not administer
the grade 3 NECAP reading assessment in October. Because
the scores from the grade 3 NECAP reading assessments
will be attributed back to the 2nd grade, second graders
do not need to take the DRA for accountability purposes.
The following table depicts which grade level is
required to participate in the K-1 system according to
the school's configuration:
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School Configuration |
Accountability Grade |
DRA |
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K - 1 |
1 |
Yes |
| K |
K |
Yes |
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DRA Results |
Student results should be mailed home to parents by the
school. The results used by RIDE for accountability
purposes are only those at the school level. Subgroup
results are not released because most of the schools do
not meet the minimum reporting requirements allowing
RIDE to release those results.
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2008 DRA Administration Schedule |
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Test Window |
May 1 - 30, 2008 |
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Last day for entering scores/correcting
student data |
June 6, 2008 |
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2008 Test administration Resources and materials
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4.2008 Memo Sent to DRA Schools |
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2008 K-1 Test Coordinator's Handbook
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DRA Online Management System Quick Reference Guide |
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Appendix D: DRA Online Management System User's Guide |
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K-1 Accountability Technical Manual (Accountability
Manual for K-1 Schools) |
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Pearson technical support hotline |
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800-968-4558 |
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Online tutorial for the DRa |
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You will need your DRA password to access this tutorial.
Brain Shark |
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Student Scores and the Online Management System (OMS):
what to enter
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enter the results of the DRA
Independent Level at which the student reads.
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the level of success is the level at
which the student achieves the 94% accuracy rate
and adequate comprehension or better (score
of 12-24)
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