DRP Online Manual for Administrators - Questar Assessment

This Online Manual serves to guide Administrators in updating Student, Examiner, and Class information; scheduling DRP Online tests; and generating score reports for the Degrees of Reading Power (DRP) test. For additional information, detailed, topic-specific resource guides can be accessed from the Help tab in the DRP Online Administration system.

All computer workstations intended for use in the administration of the online DRP must have the DRP application logo visible on the desktop prior to testing. Specific instructions on software installation can be found in the DRP Online Resource Guide: Quick Start Guide. If you have any questions, you can contact Questar by phone or email at:

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DRP Online Manual for Administrators

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Review and Edit Examiner Information

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Review and Update Student Information

Add Students

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Print Student Login Tickets

Download DRP Student Testing System on Student Workstations

Generate Score Reports

DRP Online Resource Guides

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qEnter Username and Password, then click Login.

wThe Home Page will enable you to access, review, and update your Examiner, student, and class information.

eTo access school-specific test session summaries, District Users may select a school from the drop-down window.

rIf tests have already been scheduled, Student login tickets can be accessed by clicking the Student Logins link. See page 10 for information about scheduling tests.

The Home Page gathers together all DRP Online administrative tasks and resources. Once you have been given your Username and Password, enter DRPOnline.QuestarAI.com in your browser window.

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qAccess the list of registered Examiners from the Examiners tab on your Home Page (District Users must first select a school).

wView and edit Examiner contact information by clicking on the Edit link.

eUpdate Examiner information as needed and click Save.

rClick the Reset Password button to have Questar reset an Examiner’s password.

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The Examiner tab on the Home Page allows you to manage all the Examiners administering the DRP in your school or district. To Review and Edit Examiner Information:


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Required information is indicated by an asterisk.

qAccess the Examiner tab from your Home Page (District Users must first select a school).

wClick the Add Examiner link.

eEnter Examiner name and contact information and click Save.

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qAccess the Classes tab from your Home Page (District Users must first select a school).

wClick on the View Details link to see a list of students in a given class.

eClick Edit Class to access the “Editing this Class” screen.

Review Classes

The Classes tab enables you to manage each class of students taking the DRP test. To Review Class information:

All students in a class must take the same form, and be listed under the same Examiner. They need not test at the same time or in the same location.

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qHighlight the student (or students).

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eStudent name will be added to this class.

rClick Save.

The Students tab enables you to manage each student taking the DRP test. To Add a Student to the Class:

tHighlight the student (or students).

yClick the Remove button.

uClick Save.

To Remove a Student from the Class:

Students should be assigned to classes before testing begins based on the classes in which they will be reported. Students cannot be moved to another class during or following testing.

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qClick on the Classes tab from your Home Page (District Users must first select a school).

wClick on the Create New Class link.

eChoose a School (if needed).

rSelect the class from which you will move students to add to the new class you are creating. If you choose “All Students” in this field, all students in your school will be displayed.

To Create a New Class:

tClick to select the students for the new class.

ySelect the Examiner.

uType a name for the new class.

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oClick Save.

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To Review and Update Student Information:

qClick the Students tab from your Home Page (District Users must first select a school).

wSort the Student list by ID number, Name, or Class by clicking on the column heading.

eClick the View/Edit link to access details for the selected student.

rMake changes to student information as needed and click Save.

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qAccess the Students tab from your Home Page.

wClick the Add Student link.

eType in student information and then click Save.

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Schedule Tests (District Users Only)

Students testing in July and August will be reported with interpolated norms.

qAccess the Test Windows tab from your Home Page.

wClick the Create New Test Window link.

eSelect DRP Test Form.

The Test Windows tab enables District Users to manage administration dates for your DRP tests. To Schedule Tests:

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qFrom the Test Sessions tab, click View Details/Student Logins for the selected class.

wClick Print Student test logins.

eA PDF of login tickets is generated for you to print.

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When a class is scheduled for a test session, unique usernames and passwords for each student are automatically generated.

The Student Test Login Ticket prints out as a two-part PDF as shown.

The second page can be cut up into individual tickets or printed on Avery label 5160. To Print Student Login Tickets:

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qLog In to the DRP Online Administration system and access your Home Page from each student workstation.

wClick on the appropriate link depending on the Operating System and Java version.

eThe DRP Student Testing System will automatically launch.

rClick EXIT to close the application and return to the computer desktop.

Students must have the DRP Student Testing system icon on their desktop to launch the application before testing can begin. To install the DRP Student Testing system icon:

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Reports can be saved to PDF or printed.

Roster Reports can also be saved as Excel Spreadsheets.


qClick on the Reports tab from your Home Page.

wSelect Report Level (District Users must first select a school).

eSelect Report Type.

rClick View Reports to see the report on screen.

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The Reports tab enables you to generate reports for your district as well as for classes and individual students once testing is completed. After students submit their tests for scoring:

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Summary Reports can be produced for all students in a grade within a school and within the district.

These reports show the distribution of student performance grouped by instructional reading levels.

The numbers of test items that assess the three major CCR Anchor Standards reading clusters vary by test level and form for the DRP tests.


The Diagnostic Summary Report shows the test form, number of students, total number of items, and the group’s performance in each of the three CCSS Reading Skills Areas, along with the corresponding interpretive suggestions.

Test Date Test Form Number Number of Key Ideas & Details Craft & Structure Integration of Knowledge & Ideasof Items Students Items Mean Median Items Mean Median Items Mean Median

01/15/13 3E 49 50 17 10.3 12 16 7.8 8 16 6.4 5

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17 5 10%16 1 2%15 7 14%14 3 6%13 6 12%

Practice30%

12 4 8%11 2 4%10 2 4%9 1 2%8 4 8%7 2 4%

Teach26%

6 1 2%5 3 6%4 2 4%3 4 8%2 1 2%1 1 2%0 1 2%

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Apply14%

16 2 4%15 1 2%14 1 2%13 3 6%

Practice52%

12 1 2%11 7 14%10 2 4%9 3 6%8 9 18%7 4 8%

Teach34%

6 1 2%5 5 10%4 3 6%3 2 4%2 1 2%1 1 2%0 4 8%

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Apply22%

16 1 2%15 8 16%14 1 2%13 1 2%

Practice16%

12 1 2%11 2 4%10 4 8%9 1 2%

Teach62%

8 2 4%7 2 4%6 1 2%5 1 2%4 2 4%3 5 10%2 4 8%1 4 8%0 10 20%

GRADE 3 SCHOOL CCSS DIAGNOSTIC SUMMARYDRP Core Comprehension Test Scores

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q Apply means that the student can effectively use the skills in this cluster and needs only to apply the skills to a broad set of activities.

w Practice means that the student showed some understanding on this cluster but practice is needed.

e Teach means that the student scored very low on this cluster and needs additional support in this area.

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Profile Reports can be produced for all the students in a grade within a school and within the district. They are descriptive and graphic reports designed to provide summary information about the group of students tested. The reports show the distribution of student performance and measures of central tendency (such as mean and median) grouped by reading level as measured in DRP Units and CCSS Grade Levels.

qFrequency Distribution bars indicate how many students scored at each point on the DRP scale.

wDRP Scale of text complexity ranges, in theory, from 0 to 100 units, with higher values indicating more difficult material.

ePerformance Benchmarks show types of materials that students at various levels will be able to comprehend.

rRaw Score is the total number of correct answers.

tDRP Scores represent a group’s reading ability in terms of the average most difficult text that students can read with a given level of comprehension.

yNational Percentile Rank indicates how the group’s performance compares to the performance of students nationally.

uCCSS Text Complexity Expectations indicates the most difficult text students at the reported grade level should be able to read with 70% comprehension to be “on” or “above” grade level and the percent of reported students performing Above, On, or Below Grade Level.

The DRP Core Comprehension Test measures a student's ability to read and understand increasingly complex texts. The ability to construct meaning from text is a prerequisite for doing more advanced work with text, e.g., extending and integrating ideas over multiple texts.

Instructional DRP Scores indicate the most difficult text that students can read with 70 percent comprehension.Assistance from teachers or parents will be needed for students to read such materials with higher comprehension or to read more difficult texts.Independent DRP Scores indicate the most difficult text that students can read with 90 percent or higher comprehension.

Examples of materials which your students are able to comprehend can be obtained from the chart below.Instructional DRP Scores are plotted in the chart below.

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Important: The DRP values shown below are quantitative measures of text difficulty, a critical element of the Common Core Standard's three-part model of text complexity. Quantitative and qualitative indices of text difficulty must be balanced with educators' professional judgment and students' knowledge, interests, and motivation when matching readers and texts.

Books for Teensand Young Adults

Books forChildren

71 Declaration of Independence70 First Year College Texts**69 Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy67 The Scarlet Letter

65 The Longitude Prize63 Vincent Van Gogh62 High School Textbooks**61 Jane Eyre

59 A Night to Remember

57 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings56 Middle School Textbooks**55 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

53 In the Time of the Butterflies

51 A Wrinkle in Time

55 The Birchbark House

53 The Secret Garden51 Bud, Not Buddy50 Elementary School Textbooks**49 Bat Loves the Night

47 Sunshine Makes the Seasons45 The Treasure43 The Stories Julian Tells

41 Frog and Toad Together40 Primary School Textbooks**39 Inch by Inch

58 Hurricanes: Earth's Mightiest Storms

37 My Five Senses

34 Are You My Mother?

31 Green Eggs and Ham

25 Understands Simple Paragraphs

19 Begins to Understand Simple Paragraphs

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Test Form: 3E Raw Score DRP (P=.90) Scores DRP (P=.70) Scores National %iles*Test Date: 01/15/13 Mean: 24.5 Mean: 22 Mean: 36 Mean: 27No. Students: 50 Median: 25 Median: 22 Median: 36 Median: 27No. Items: 49

CCSS Text Complexity Expectations by end of Grade 3A - Above Grade Level 55 (P=.70) A 8leveL edarG evob (16.0%)

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* Normative data based on 2000 National Norms reported for Spring. Date report generated: 04/11/2013

GRADE 3 TEACHER PROFILEDRP Core Comprehension Test Scores

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Rosters can be produced for all the students in a grade within a school. They provide specific information about each student in the group tested, as well as measures of central tendency (such as mean and median) for Raw Score, DRP Score, National Percentile Ranks, and CCSS Comprehension Clusters (Key Ideas & Details, Craft & Structure, and Integration of Knowledge & Ideas).

Test Date Test No. of No. of Raw Score DRP Score (P=.70) National Percentile* Key Ideas & Details Craft & Structure Integration of Knowledge & IdeasForm Items Students Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median Items Mean Median Items Mean Median Items Mean Median

06/28/13 3A 56 14 34.4 33 45 44 50 48 21 13 13 15 9.1 10 20 12.2 113 T103701 QTeacher QTeacher, T103701-Class 1 QAI Test 10 Juliet High

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Bynes, Andrea 20 28 31 34 23 34 21 56 7·7·2·2·1·0·1·1 7 Teach 5 Teach 9 Teach Below Grade Level

Danon, Jane 79 87 90 93 99+ 99 56 56 7·7·7·7·7·7·7·7 21 Apply 15 Apply 20 Apply Above Grade Level

Franklin, Ben 54 62 65 68 95 85 51 56 7·7·6·7·5·7·7·5 18 Apply 14 Apply 19 Apply Above Grade Level

Gilbert, Amanda 65 73 76 79 99+ 99 54 56 6·7·7·7·7·7·6·7 20 Apply 14 Apply 20 Apply Above Grade Level

Hernandez, Helena 31 39 42 45 50 50 34 56 5·4·7·4·2·7·3·2 13 Practice 10 Practice 11 Practice Below Grade Level

Jackson, Mike 29 37 40 43 46 48 32 56 0·2·2·0·7·7·7·7 12 Practice 10 Practice 10 Teach Below Grade Level

Lopez, Maria 27 35 38 41 40 45 29 56 1·2·6·7·7·1·5·0 13 Practice 4 Teach 12 Practice Below Grade Level

Miller, Jill 14 14 16 19 4 13 8 56 2·1·1·1·1·0·2·0 4 Teach 3 Teach 1 Teach Below Grade Level

Roberts, Emma 50 58 61 64 92 80 49 56 7·7·7·7·0·7·7·7 16 Apply 15 Apply 18 Apply Above Grade Level

Taylor, Tina 30 38 41 44 48 49 33 56 7·7·7·0·2·0·3·7 12 Practice 10 Practice 11 Practice Below Grade Level

Vernan, Francine 79 87 90 93 99+ 99 56 56 7·7·7·7·7·7·7·7 21 Apply 15 Apply 20 Apply Above Grade Level

Williams, Mason 21 29 32 35 25 36 22 56 7·4·0·1·5·0·3·2 11 Practice 4 Teach 7 Teach Below Grade Level

Wilson, Jeffrey 29 37 40 43 46 48 31 56 7·4·5·2·1·4·7·1 12 Practice 8 Practice 11 Practice Below Grade Level

Wright, Scott 14 14 14 14 2 7 5 56 1·1·1·2·0·0·0·0 2 Teach 1 Teach 2 Teach Below Grade Level

* Normative data based on 2000 National Norms reported for Spring.

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Date report generated: 06/28/2013The group mean, median and percentile statistics will fluctuate prior to all students completing testing.

GRADE 3 CLASS ALPHABETICAL ROSTERDRP Core Comprehension Test Scores

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Roster Reports may be exported in Excel CSV format by clicking the DOWNLOAD LIST (EXCEL CSV) button. You may either save the file or open to view. Please note that order to open the file in Excel, you need to have Microsoft Excel installed on your computer.

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Individual Performance Charts can be produced for all the students in a grade within a school and within the district. They show the distribution of student performance grouped by instructional reading levels according to the three major CCSS reading skills areas:

• Key Ideas & Details

• Craft & Structure

• Integration of Knowledge & Ideas.

The numbers of test items that assess these standards and the student’s raw score on each of these areas are shown.

:edarGE-3 81:tnedutS 3 Date of Test: 01/15/13In January, 18 took a Degrees of Reading Power (DRP) Core Comprehension Test. 18's performance on this test is reported and interpreted in the following table and chart.

Test Form: 3E Instructional DRP (P=.70): 29 Key Ideas & Details: 8 of 17 PracticeRaw Score: 18 of 49 Independent DRP (P=.90): 15 Craft & Structure: 7 of 16 PracticeNational %ile*: 27 Integration of Knowledge & Ideas: 3 of 16 TeachThe DRP Core Comprehension Test measures a student's ability to read and understand increasingly complex text. Three diagnostic scores indicate the student's comprehension of key ideas and details, knowledge of vocabulary, and analysis of ideas developed within the text. An instructional interpretation is provided to assist teachers in planning appropriate intervention or enrichment: Teach (Introduce), Practice or Apply.

Instructional DRP Scores indicate the most difficult text that a student can read with 70 percent comprehension.Assistance from teachers or parents will be needed for students to read such materials with higher comprehension or to read more difficult texts.Independent DRP Scores indicate the most difficult text that a student can read with 90 percent or higher comprehension.

Examples of the materials which 18 is able to comprehend are shown below. 18's Instructional DRP Score is plotted.

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DRP Unit Difficulty of Materials at Various DRP ValuesScale

Important: The DRP values shown below are quantitative measures of text difficulty, a critical element of the Common Core Standard's three-part model of text complexity. Quantitative and qualitative indices of text difficulty must be balanced with educators' professional judgment and students' knowledge, interests, and motivation when matching readers and texts.

75 Professional Journals**

72 International News Magazines**

70 College and Career Readiness (CCR)

68 Front Page of National Newspapers**

64 State Driver's Manuals**62 Sports Section of Newspapers**

78 Experimental Science Journals**

External Benchmarks

71 Declaration of Independence70 First Year College Texts**69 Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy67 The Scarlet Letter

65 The Longitude Prize63 Vincent Van Gogh62 High School Textbooks**61 Jane Eyre59 A Night to Remember57 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings56 Middle School Textbooks**55 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer53 In the Time of the Butterflies

51 A Wrinkle in Time

75 America's Constitution: A Biography

55 The Birchbark House53 The Secret Garden51 Bud, Not Buddy50 Elementary School Textbooks**49 Bat Loves the Night47 Sunshine Makes the Seasons45 The Treasure43 The Stories Julian Tells

41 Frog and Toad Together40 Primary School Textbooks**39 Inch by Inch

58 Hurricanes: Earth's Mightiest Storms

37 My Five Senses

34 Are You My Mother?

31 Green Eggs and Ham

Books forChildren

Books for Teensand Young Adults

25 Understands Simple Paragraphs

19 Begins to Understand Simple ParagraphsParagraphs lessthan 250 words

** Average DRP Value

* Normative data based on 2000 National Norms reported for Spring.

Copyright ©2012 Questar Assessment, Inc. Degrees of Reading Power and DRP are registered trademarks. All Rights Reserved.

Date report generated: 04/11/2013

INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE CHARTDRP Core Comprehension Test Scores

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qShows Test Form, Raw Score, & National Percentile Rank.

wShows the student’s reading ability in terms of the average most difficult text he or she can read at the Instructional (P=.70) and Independent (P=.90) levels of comprehension.

eShows the number of items the student answered correctly at each of the three CCSS Reading Skills Areas, along with the corresponding interpretive suggestions.

rStudent’s score is plotted on the DRP Unit Scale.

tPerformance Benchmarks show materials that students at various levels will be able to comprehend.

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