DRA2+ app guides teachers through reading assessment
Pearson has launched the Developmental Reading Assessment, Second Edition PLUS (DRA2+) iPad App for literacy assessment.
Now available on the App Store, the new app guides teachers through the formative reading assessment as they observe, record and evaluate changes in reading performances of students in grades K-8.
The Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA2+) is intended to give educators tools to monitor changes in student reading performance.
With the ability to identify independent reading levels and provide a focus for instruction, teachers can try to meet each student’s individual needs.
The DRA2+ app also includes a word analysis component to observe and assess foundational skills, as well as the progress monitoring assessment to monitor student progress and inform instruction through multiple, brief passages in both fiction and nonfiction.
“When a teacher delivers the DRA2+ using a tablet, data is captured real-time, eliminating the need to manually upload scores later,” said Alistair Van Moere, Ph.D., head of Pearson’s Assessment Product Solutions group.
Teachers can score student reading performance by recording them reading aloud for on-demand playback. With the app, available in both English and Spanish, they can diagnose reading proficiency and determine students’ DRA2 independent reading levels, monitoring the progress of struggling readers.
Data from the assessments delivered using the App can be uploaded to the DRA Dashboard Management System, allowing teachers and administrators instant access to student-, class-, school- and district-level results to guide data-driven decisions.
Material from a press release was used in this report.
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