The school at which my dds started school used DORA but neither of my kids has taken it in like six years so I have very little experience with it. What I do remember was dd13's 2nd grade teacher saying that she saw a lot of strange results on it that did not line up with what she saw in class. There were kids coming in with some very high scores whose reading, vocab, etc. was nowhere near that high in class and there were those whose scores were well below what they were demonstrating in class.
This teacher was one of the better ones dd had and I trusted her opinion. Is this the only verbal or reading measure your dd is being given? Also, if it is indicating upper high school reading comprehension, do you see that in real life? For instance, could she read a book like Pride and Prejudice or To Kill a Mockingbird comfortably (reading level not theme)?
