DORA is a comprehensive, valid, and reliable web-based assessment that diagnostically assesses adult learners' reading abilities. Functioning like a reading specialist, it adapts to adult learners as they respond to each question in the online program, getting harder or easier as needed to complete the diagnosis. DORA's interactive style engages even adult learners, and enables them to initiate tests remotely.
Measures eight sub-skills of reading
Content adapts to each learner's ability in real-time
Interactive technology features a mix of audio, text, and multimedia images to engage even adult learners
The eight sub-skills of reading assessed by DORA are: high-frequency words, word recognition, phonics, phonemic awareness, oral vocabulary, spelling, reading comprehension, and fluency. By examining multiple reading measures together, DORA reveals an adult learner's unique reading profile.
Fast, Powerful Results
DORA's web-based platform allows for practical deployment of adult learner assessments, leading to dramatic reading skill improvement, the enrichment of adult literacy programs, and time and cost savings. DORA is ideal for automating any diagnostic assessment process, which is often paper-based and labor-intensive. Individual student reports are instantly available for teachers to download, view, or print.
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