Suggests "Adapted Miscue Analysis" as an effective way for teachers to analyze the reading levels, comprehension, and competence of their students. (TJ)

When using an informal reading inventory, the teacher needs to keep in mind that the quality of a reader's miscues is more important than the quantity, and that apparent problems in word recognition may often be the difference between of a good use of context or a failure to make good use of context. (HOD)

Argues that encouraging poor readers to correct their miscues helps them to improve their skills in reading for meaning. Proposes a four-step procedure to encourage corrections. (FL)

Describes an approach that teachers can use to gain information about particular difficulties students have with their reading and to develop strategy lessons to help overcome these problems. (AEA)

Weaknesses are apparent in two very popular informal reading comprehension measures. The Informal Reading Inventory (IRI) tests comprehension through questions only, while the Reading Miscue Inventory (RMI) is too cumbersome for the average classroom instructor to administer. Since both measures offer instructors ways of collecting data, they may…

Argues that children with limited English-speaking ability are often misdiagnosed as poor readers on formal and informal measures of reading ability. Offers suggestions for management of true miscues made in oral reading. (FL)

Common misconceptions about children's reading difficulties are discussed, and practical suggestions for classroom remedies are presented. (LH)

Following a review of empirical research on teacher feedback to students' wrong responses, this paper describes a paradigm for use with direct instruction materials, applying the feedback model to comprehension tasks from traditional reading and science textbooks. The next section details a classification system for wrong responses grouped into…

As studies indicate that dialect usage is not a barrier to reading, teachers can create an effective reading program for black students not by giving instruction in standard English, but by changing their own attitude toward black dialect. Showing that dialect users reencode standard English into their own language patterns when reading orally, Y.…

To provide the most effective instruction, materials, and support for beginning readers, teachers need to know if young children are more likely to process from print to meaning-- bottom-up or text-driven processing--or to interpret print to follow meaning--top-down or concept-driven processing. While some studies reveal a correlation between…

The oral Red Cloud Reading Test provides a complete analysis of reading level and skills for American Indian students in grades 1-7 or for high school and adult students reading at or below high school levels. The test determines the basic and recreational reading levels, identifies reading problems, determines reading speeds, and analyzes the…