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Administering Level A
“Core” and “Extension”

  • The Core Section should be taken by all students in Grades K-2

    • Listening & Speaking sections are identical for all students in grades K-2

  • The Extension contains more challenging Reading & Writing items and is administered only to students in Grade 2

    • Students in grades K and 1 receive fewer Reading & Writing items than students in Grade 2

Speaker Notes:

The Reading and Writing tests have clearly marked stopping points in the DFA for students in K and 1. In addition, since the test is administered item-by-item, the administrator will inform students when it is time to stop. Students in grade 2 will be directed by the administrator to continue past those stopping points.