What Does a Comprehension Passage & Question Set Look Like for DRA Assessment?

The following is a sample from the Bader to give you an idea of what a student will see and need to do. The student reads the passage silently and then answers the questions asked by the teacher. The student can look back for quick reference. If the student has to do a lot of rereading to give the correct answer, that information should be noted.

A Famous Automobile: Level 5

Who built the first automobile? No one is really sure who it was. We do know that by 1900, different people were building automobiles. These autos were very expensive and only a few people could buy them. Today, almost every family owns a car. What caused this change? One man, Henry Ford of Detroit, Michigan, was responsible for making this change happen.

His Ford Motor Company made the Model T Ford between the years of 1908 and 1928. The Model T has been called the most important car of the 20th century. This was because it was the first car that most people could afford to buy. And many people did buy it. The color of the Model T was black, and it had three doors. It could reach speeds of up to 40 miles per hour.

Other companies started making cars to compete with the Model T. New car styles and colors appeared. Today’s automobiles come in all shapes, colors, and sizes. All of today’s cars can also travel much faster than the Model T could travel.

Question Set

Who built the first automobile? (no one knows or no one is really sure)
In 1900, why didn’t many people own cars? (they were very expensive and only a few people could buy them)
Who was Henry Ford? (man responsible for many people being able to buy cars or a man from Detroit, Michigan, who owned Ford Motor Company)
What famous car or automobile did his Ford Motor Company build? (Model T Ford)
What was special about the Model T? (first car that most people could afford to buy)

*Bader, Lois A & Pearch, Daniel (2013). Bader Reading & Language Inventory. Pearson.

A student must get at or above 75% of the questions correct. In the case of this passage, the student would need to get 4/5 answers correct to move to the next level.

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