Diagnostic Reading Analysis

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Diagnostic Reading Analysis Version 2 Diagnostic
Profiler
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Welcome to the DRA Diagnostic Profiler demo
Follow the slideshow to see how, for each pupil,
the program calculates chronological age, reading
age, standardised score, and percentile, and
produces standardised ratings of reading
accuracy, comprehension, fluency and processing
speed. The program analyses comprehension answers
and highlights where difficulties might lie, and
provides a full report based on the pupils test
performance.
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DRA Diagnostic Profiler slideshow

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This is the main menu screen through which the
whole program is accessed - click on New Pupil to
start entering data.
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Pupil DetailsAll the pupils personal
information is added via this screen. Complete
these boxes, fill in the assessment details and
click on Enter/review DRA results to enter pupil
results.
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Raw scores and timings are entered on the screen
shown next.
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Enter the raw scores and timings of the passages
read, and let the program analyse the results for
you.
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Clicking on the Report 1 button generates a
personalised report giving all the information on
the screen plus a comparison of reading accuracy
and comprehension, as shown here.
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The Diagnostic Analysis screens allow you to note
any factors which might have affected the pupil's
performance, and then to comment on the pupil's
general response to the test. The second screen
allows you to comment on the use of cues and
patterns in oral reading. These screens are
shown next.
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Clicking on Report 2 gives a document with all
the information that youve input on the
Diagnostic Analysis screens, and useful analyses
from the Use of Cues and Patterns in Oral Reading
checklists.
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The Comprehension Analysis screen looks more
closely at the comprehension questions - on the
right hand side of the screen you are shown all
the comprehension questions that were asked about
the passages read you simply check those
questions the pupil answered correctly.
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The program then analyses the errors made by type
and immediately shows a histogram similar to the
one below - clicking on the Analyse button then
shows the table on the right.
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Report 3 summarises the comprehension analysis
and gives further information about literal,
inferential, predictive and vocabulary probes.
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The Full Report screen gives a complete summary
of all the information seen already. Problems
and/or discrepancies are highlighted and way
forward suggestions are made. Ideas for
strategies to include in IEPs, where appropriate,
are also given. The report can be viewed on
screen and an editable Word document can be
produced for printing.
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The Utilities menu allows you to quickly Backup
and Restore data and to change your Password.
The Import function means that you can Import
pupil data held in some other application. The
program will accept .csv, .xls and
comma-separated .txt formats. These can be
generated from a variety of packages, including
SIMS.
Utilities
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Thank you for viewing our slideshow. We hope
that it has given you a flavour of the advantages
that using the DRA Diagnostic Profiler CD will
give you.
Hodder Education, part of Hatchette Livre UK, 338
Euston Road, London NW1 3BH www.hoddertests.co.uk
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