What are typical DRA levels in the AAP?

[Anonymous]

Are the DRA benchmarks different for the AAP classroom?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are the DRA benchmarks different for the AAP classroom?

DRA is not related to AAP. DRA is not an intelligence test. There are children in AAP with reading levels all over the map.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are the DRA benchmarks different for the AAP classroom?

DRA is not related to AAP. DRA is not an intelligence test. There are children in AAP with reading levels all over the map.

I thought that the AAP students were ahead by a grade or two in language arts

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are the DRA benchmarks different for the AAP classroom?

DRA is not related to AAP. DRA is not an intelligence test. There are children in AAP with reading levels all over the map.

I thought that the AAP students were ahead by a grade or two in language arts

There's nothing in this that says AAP students are a grade or two ahead in language arts:

Students found eligible for placement in a full-time Advanced Academic Program (Level IV) through a central selection process receive a highly challenging instructional program in the four core subject areas. The Level IV program is designed to meet the needs of advanced learners with a strong emphasis on higher level thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making. Students have ongoing opportunities for reflection and self-assessment that develop an understanding of the characteristics, demands, and responsibilities of advanced intellectual development. ( http://www.fcps.edu/is/aap/continuum/es.shtml)

AAP students are not necessarily ahead in anything before third grade. When they finish third grade, they will be a year ahead in math, because they cover 3rd & 4th grade math in one year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are the DRA benchmarks different for the AAP classroom?

DRA is not related to AAP. DRA is not an intelligence test. There are children in AAP with reading levels all over the map.

I thought that the AAP students were ahead by a grade or two in language arts

You can be ahead in language arts and still not read at grade level. Audio books can be used to listen to books at the child's cognitive level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are the DRA benchmarks different for the AAP classroom?

DRA is not related to AAP. DRA is not an intelligence test. There are children in AAP with reading levels all over the map.

I thought that the AAP students were ahead by a grade or two in language arts

There's nothing in this that says AAP students are a grade or two ahead in language arts:

Students found eligible for placement in a full-time Advanced Academic Program (Level IV) through a central selection process receive a highly challenging instructional program in the four core subject areas. The Level IV program is designed to meet the needs of advanced learners with a strong emphasis on higher level thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making. Students have ongoing opportunities for reflection and self-assessment that develop an understanding of the characteristics, demands, and responsibilities of advanced intellectual development. ( http://www.fcps.edu/is/aap/continuum/es.shtml)

AAP students are not necessarily ahead in anything before third grade. When they finish third grade, they will be a year ahead in math, because they cover 3rd & 4th grade math in one year.

They are virtually indistinguishable from their GenEd counterparts. Nothing advanced or accelerated when it comes to language arts.

[Anonymous]

This is surprising. I would think that advanced reading comprehension and language ability would be pretty important in such a program.

[Anonymous]

No OP, DRA benchmarks are not different for AAP classrooms.
Third graders are expected to make a DRA38, fourth graders are expected to make a DRA40, fifth graders are expected to make a DRA50 and sixth graders are expected to make a DRA60.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are the DRA benchmarks different for the AAP classroom?

DRA is not related to AAP. DRA is not an intelligence test. There are children in AAP with reading levels all over the map.

I thought that the AAP students were ahead by a grade or two in language arts

There's nothing in this that says AAP students are a grade or two ahead in language arts:

Students found eligible for placement in a full-time Advanced Academic Program (Level IV) through a central selection process receive a highly challenging instructional program in the four core subject areas. The Level IV program is designed to meet the needs of advanced learners with a strong emphasis on higher level thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making. Students have ongoing opportunities for reflection and self-assessment that develop an understanding of the characteristics, demands, and responsibilities of advanced intellectual development. ( http://www.fcps.edu/is/aap/continuum/es.shtml)

AAP students are not necessarily ahead in anything before third grade. When they finish third grade, they will be a year ahead in math, because they cover 3rd & 4th grade math in one year.

They are virtually indistinguishable from their GenEd counterparts. Nothing advanced or accelerated when it comes to language arts.

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Then why the need for FT LLIV centers? What a waste.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are the DRA benchmarks different for the AAP classroom?

DRA is not related to AAP. DRA is not an intelligence test. There are children in AAP with reading levels all over the map.

I thought that the AAP students were ahead by a grade or two in language arts

Many of them might be, but they are not required to be. OP asked if the benchmarks are different. They're not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are the DRA benchmarks different for the AAP classroom?

DRA is not related to AAP. DRA is not an intelligence test. There are children in AAP with reading levels all over the map.

I thought that the AAP students were ahead by a grade or two in language arts

There's nothing in this that says AAP students are a grade or two ahead in language arts:

Students found eligible for placement in a full-time Advanced Academic Program (Level IV) through a central selection process receive a highly challenging instructional program in the four core subject areas. The Level IV program is designed to meet the needs of advanced learners with a strong emphasis on higher level thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making. Students have ongoing opportunities for reflection and self-assessment that develop an understanding of the characteristics, demands, and responsibilities of advanced intellectual development. ( http://www.fcps.edu/is/aap/continuum/es.shtml)

AAP students are not necessarily ahead in anything before third grade. When they finish third grade, they will be a year ahead in math, because they cover 3rd & 4th grade math in one year.

They are virtually indistinguishable from their GenEd counterparts. Nothing advanced or accelerated when it comes to language arts.

Bitter?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is surprising. I would think that advanced reading comprehension and language ability would be pretty important in such a program.

Reading comprehension is just one of several things needed for reading level. Others include rate, accuracy and fluency. A child can have superior comprehension and language ability but have trouble with rate,accuracy and/or fluency.

[Anonymous]

My AAP kid always maxed out the DRA tests in elementary, and he was not the only one.

But he only had to score the same minimum as every other kid in his grade.

DRA is nothing but a check for the teachers to see if the kids are at a reasonable level for their grade in reading or if they are behind and need some remediation. That is it. No other reason. No search for who is advanced.

The ceiling is very low in the younger grades. If they wanted to find who was advanced in reading it would be open ended or have a higher ceiling but it does not.

DRA is a VA schools topic and not an AAP topic.

[Anonymous]

Beginning-of-the-year DRA for 2nd grader (will start AAP in the fall) - don't remember the score but the teacher said they only test up to a certain score which he maxed out; and that she would guess 5th grade level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are the DRA benchmarks different for the AAP classroom?

DRA is not related to AAP. DRA is not an intelligence test. There are children in AAP with reading levels all over the map.

I thought that the AAP students were ahead by a grade or two in language arts

There's nothing in this that says AAP students are a grade or two ahead in language arts:

Students found eligible for placement in a full-time Advanced Academic Program (Level IV) through a central selection process receive a highly challenging instructional program in the four core subject areas. The Level IV program is designed to meet the needs of advanced learners with a strong emphasis on higher level thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making. Students have ongoing opportunities for reflection and self-assessment that develop an understanding of the characteristics, demands, and responsibilities of advanced intellectual development. ( http://www.fcps.edu/is/aap/continuum/es.shtml)

AAP students are not necessarily ahead in anything before third grade. When they finish third grade, they will be a year ahead in math, because they cover 3rd & 4th grade math in one year.

They are virtually indistinguishable from their GenEd counterparts. Nothing advanced or accelerated when it comes to language arts.

Bitter?

Am I "Bitter" that an advanced language arts curriculum isn't administered to an "advanced academic" class? Why, yes...yes I am bitter. Troll on!