Developmental Reading

Assessment

Nancy Krueger

Instructional Coach

Sioux Falls School District

Introductions

Who are you?

Goals For Today

• Introduction to the DRA

• Watch video of how to administer

• How to look at this in your classroom as a whole

• Word Analysis

Choose a Student

• Choose a student you had this last school year who was not a proficient reader for your grade level.

• Journal for a few minutes about the strengths and weaknesses as a reader for that student

What do good readers do?

• This assessment is based on what good readers do.

• This assessment will tell you the strengths and weaknesses of each reader in your classroom.

• Field tested and developed with real teacher input.

What do good readers do?

• Get in groups of 2 and make a list of what good readers do.

How do these ideas compare with the DRA2?

What are the three areas this assessment

covers?• Reading Engagement

• Fluency

• Comprehension

Where do the ideas we listed for good readers fit for these three areas?

Journal

• Think about the student you chose at the beginning of this session.

• What could you write about the strengths and weaknesses of this student in terms of reading engagement?

• Fluency?

• Comprehension?

What does each kit include?• Teachers guide

• Blackline masters (CD and paper form)

• Training DVD

• Student books to read (informational and fiction)

• Overview Sheet

• Student Folders

• Clipboard with timer

• Online record keeping

How do you start?

• DRA level

• Individual reading conferences

4 Steps

Step 1 Reading Engagement

• Questions asked by teacher

• Student Reading Survey filled out by student

4 Steps

Step 2 Fluency

• Running Record

• Reading Rate-WPM

• Expression

• Phrasing

4 Steps

Step 3 Comprehension

• Students make predictions about the story from what they have read and seen so far

• Levels 6-24 Students retell the story while teacher uses story overview

4 StepsStep 3 Comprehension (cont.)

• Levels 28-80 Students use Student Booklet to write about what they have read.

• There are also interpretation and reflection questions.

• Nonfiction-may have to fill out graphic organizer, ask questions before reading.

4 Steps

Step 4 Teacher Analysis

• Use continuum to rate and Focus For Instruction form to decide what to do instructionally

What does an assessment in the K-3

kit look like?

• Level 6 “Why Are We Stopping?”

• Level 24 “Thin As A Stick”

• Level 40 “ All The Way Under”

• Bridge Pack

What does an assessment in the 4-8

kit look like?

What is the Word Analysis?

• Only for those readers who are not at grade level.

• Identifies the weaknesses a student has that is not enabling them to be a proficient reader

• Gives small group teaching ideas to work on those weaknesses

How do you use this information to group

students?

• Student Book Graph

• Focus for Instruction Form

• Class Reporting Form