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What areas of reading does DORA cover?
  
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DORA Sub-tests

High-Frequency Words (HF) - These are sight words. This is the only timed sub-test. Score Range: 0.50 to 3.83 (Mid-K to High 3rd)

Word Recognition (WR) - Word identification of grade leveled words. Score Range: 0.50 to 12.83 (Mid-K to High 12th)

Phonics (PH) - Steps through phonics principles. Score Range: 0 to 4.83 (Low-K to High 4th) - Phonics Skills  PDF listed below under attachments.

Phonemic Awareness (PA) - Given to PreK to 2. Above grade 2 given only if low in decoding. Note: If a PA score does not exist, the student may not have been tested in this category because diagnosis on other sub-tests told us the student didn't need phonemic awareness

Score Range:

Grades 2 and above:
0-43% = Probable weakness in PA
44-65% = Partial mastery in PA
66+% = Probable effective PA skills
Grades PreK to 1:
0-22% = Probable weakness in PA
23-54% = Partial mastery in PA
55+% = Probable effective PA skills

Spelling (SP) - Assess learner's spelling skills.  Score Range: 0.5 to 12.83 (Mid-K to High 12th) Note: If a student has a non-mastery on the lowest set of both High-frequency words and Word Recognition, the adaptive logic of DORA will turn the spelling sub-test off and a score of NT will appear.

Vocabulary (VO) - Assess learner's receptive oral vocabulary skills.  Score Range: 0.50 to 12.83 (Mid-K to High 12th)

Comprehension (CO) - Passages are written with low vocabulary in order to test comprehension strategies skills without being pushed downward by test-takers with low academic vocabulary. Score Range: 0.50 to 12.83 (Mid-K to High 12th) Note: If a student has a non-mastery on the lowest set of both High-frequency words and Word Recognition, the adaptive logic of DORA will turn the spelling sub-test off and a score of NT will appear.
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