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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS is a 2nd grader going into AAP next year. We haven't seen DRA test results since K but he's currently reading the 3rd Harry Potter. His absolutely favorites are the I Survived... books

Not sure if that can be extrapolated to DRA level.

FWIW I didn't encourage him to read Harry Potter and would have been fine with him waiting for a couple years but he found them on Amazon Freetime on his kindle.[/quote]

The books kids read tell something about reading ability, but they usually far exceed DRA because when you read for pleasure you might skim over words you don't know, not realize you're not getting the sub-text, sub-plots, gist etc. and still find enjoyable parts of the story.  The DRA is a rigorous measure of fluency and comprehension and kids usually perform far lower on it than you would estimate based on their reading interests.  This sometimes leads people to think the scores are "wrong" but they are just careful in assessment (though that doesn't mean that some kids don't engage in the test fully or have something blocking the expression of their true reading ability for instance, ADD is an issue for skipping words/blurting out first thoughts and given that it's oral, speech delays and auditory processing can impact also. [/quote]

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