More about the DRAs

This morning Katy, the literacy consultant at the school, showed me how to administer the DRA reading assessment.  It begins with the student reading a page or two of a small book while the administrator of the test reads the same test on a printed sheet and makes a “running record” of all the mistakes the child makes while reading aloud. It is also timed, of course.  How fast can the child read?

I am not sure what the skill is that the test purports to measure.  Having read many books aloud to students, I know that… Continue reading →