I know that our schools used the DORA test early in elementary but I do have to say that one of dd's teachers told me that she had seen some highly suspect #s coming out of it (some way too high and some way too low). I don't know if she's the only one with that opinion, but just in case... Dd12's vocab scores on the WISC came out significantly higher than on the DORA as did all of her other reading scores on the WJ-III.
If the DORA #s roughly comport with your other professional #s by that time, though, they may be worth adding to the pile of info.
