How is a students developmental stage determined when DTORF-R items are rated X in more than one stage?
Use the 20% — 80% rule to clarify a student’s overall stage of development. If the student has mastered at least 20% but not more than 80% of the items in a stage, it becomes the designated stage for purposes of instruction. Less than 20% indicates that the student has not yet developed sufficiently to begin instruction in that stage. With more than 80% of the items mastered in a stage, instruction should begin in the next stage.
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