Designed for use in college-level reading methods courses, elementary and secondary classrooms, resource rooms, and reading clinics, this book presents an informal reading inventory and detailed instructions for its implementation. The fifth edition of book offers new instructions on how to use the text and administer, score, and interpret tests;…

The article reviews validity and reliability studies on the informal reading inventory, a diagnostic instrument to identify reading grade-level placement and strengths and weaknesses in work recognition and comprehension. Gives suggestions to improve the validity and reliability of existing inventories and to evaluate them in newly published…

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)

Suggests using readability formulas, a skills inventory, an introspective report, and diagnostic approaches based on models of comprehension as informal evaluations of students' content reading ability. (MKM)

The paper examines two general methods of scoring oral reading inventories employing textual passages. Either the total number of oral alterations can be used as an index to reading ability, or only those alterations that disrupt the semantic structure of the text can be used. (Author)

Designed to assist teachers in the placement of students with appropriate reading and instructional materials, this book presents an informal reading inventory intended for use in public or private schools, intervention programs, or clinical settings for student in grades one through nine. The informal reading inventory in the book is traditional…

The pattern of correct and incorrect responses on the Slosson Intelligence Test (SIT) can be used by teachers to estimate the student's strengths and weaknesses. A scheme for classifying the items was developed to aid teachers and other professionals interested in conducting an informal item analysis with the SIT so it could be added to other…

Presenting the positive role phonics can play in a student's ability to learn to read, this book emphasizes that phonics can be extremely beneficial when it is integrated as a part of a balanced reading program. Based on the author's real-world experience, the book covers the entire range of practical phonics applications for the elementary…

Suggests the use of the Qualitative Analysis System in conjunction with the Informal Reading Inventory to analyze student reading difficulties. Includes instructions and analysis and profile sheets for using the system correctly. (TJ)

Reviews the use of miscue analysis in conjunction with the informal reading inventory and recommends the use of a miscue mini-form to refine the identification of reading levels and error pattern analysis. Includes a copy of the mini-form. (TJ)

Guidelines for the selection and use of commercially prepared informal reading inventories (IRIs) with deaf students are offered. Modifications for deaf students pertain to: selection of the passage to begin testing, the criteria for oral and silent reading levels, and procedures for estimating students' readng potential levels. (SW)

Six informal diagnostic procedures are outlined to assist teachers in assessing how well their students may be able to read assigned readings. The procedures are observation, simplified reading inventory, cloze procedure, informal reading inventory, group reading inventory, and criterion-referenced tests. (MKM)

This 90-item annotated bibliography contains material primarily published after 1977. The bibliography provides a readily available resource related to informal reading inventories (IRIs). The three sections of the document are: (1) basic information; (2) research; and (3) descriptive reports. The bibliography is designed to be useful to a diverse…

This 8-item test is intended to help adult basic education teachers obtain a quick assessment of the prereading skills that their beginning adult readers have already mastered. The individual items of the test are designed to assess the following: ability to write one's own name; left-to-right orientation; perceptual hearing; sound-letter and…

Thirty-two children aged 7 to 12 participated in a study to determine the reliability of the Ekwall Reading Inventory (ERI) and the Classroom Reading Inventory (CRI). The children were randomly assigned to take one of the two inventories, which were administered by four different specially trained teachers. The study used a test-retest design, in…