DRA

DRA Assessment

DRA2- Developmental Reading Assessment: The DRA2 is an assessment tool that the Logan-Hocking School District uses to assess student progress in reading grades K - 2. The DRA is used 1 ) to provide information on how each child is developing as a reading 2) to identify each student’s independent reading level. The DRA2 provides information about the child’s reading engagement, fluency and comprehension. From this, the teacher will know each student's strengths and how to improve his/her development as a reader. The DRA is given at least three times during the school year. For the assessment, students are asked to read and talk about a book. Three components of reading are assessed; reading engagement, fluency and comprehension.

If your child is struggling with fluency:

Have your child reread familiar texts.

Model reading orally to your child.

Echo read with you child. (You read first then have your child reread what you read).

Comprehension is: the ability to understand what is read. It is also the ability to interact with the text. Components of reading comprehension are previewing, retelling, sequencing, reflecting, and making connections. Skilled readers will:

1. Predict what will happen next in a story using clues presented in text

2. Create questions about the main idea, message, or plot of the text

3. Monitor understanding of the sequence, context, or characters

4. Clarify parts of the text which have confused them

5. Connect the events in the text to prior knowledge or experience