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We diagnose skill and knowledge gaps, as well as other individual student needs through our assessment tests, i.e. Diagnostic Online Reading Assessment (DORA) and Diagnostic Online Math Assessment (DOMA) developed by an independent third party, Lets Go Learn, Inc.
DORA is a K-12 measure that provides objective, individualized assessment data across eight reading measures that together profile each student's reading abilities and help us in prescribing an individual learning path. DOMA, on the other hand, based on NCTM standards, examines a student's numeric computation, fraction, measurement skills along with pre-algebra and algebra constructs appropriate to the students grade level.
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DORA & DOMA are comprehensive, valid, and reliable web-based assessments that diagnostically assess students' reading & math abilities. They adapt to students as they respond to each question in the online program, getting harder or easier as needed to complete the diagnosis. Interactive technology features a mix of audio, text, and multimedia images to engage all students. The individual report generated for each student enables us to clearly identify specific constructs in need of targeted instruction.
The eight sub-skills of reading assessed by DORA are:
High-frequency words
Word recognition
Phonics
Phonemic awareness
Oral vocabulary
Spelling
Reading comprehension
Fluency
Similarly DOMA assesses students' skills, including
Number skills
Number recognition to calculations of fractions and decimals
Measurement skills, including time, money, units of measurement, capacity, area, etc.
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Evidence of Effectiveness
Reading
Skills |
Mastery Before Tutoring |
Mastery After Tutoring |
| Ability to identify high frequency words |
45% |
100% |
| Ability to recognize a variety of leveled lists of words |
65% |
95% |
| Knowledge of basic phonetic rules and sounding-out skills. |
25%
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80%
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| Spelling skills |
15% |
85% |
| Receptive oral vocabulary skills using leveled lists of vocabulary words. |
60%
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80%
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| Ability to answer factual and inferential questions about a silently read story. |
35%
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90%
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Math
Skills |
Mastery Before Tutoring |
Mastery After Tutoring |
| Number Theory |
55% |
100% |
| Fractions |
20% |
92% |
| Percentage |
15% |
75% |
| Ratios |
15% |
80% |
| Multiplication |
40% |
90% |
| Division |
30% |
85% |
| Length |
45% |
90% |
| Weight |
50% |
80% |
| Capacity |
50% |
80% |
| Area |
25% |
80% |
| Sides and angles |
60% |
90% |
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