Article focuses on the learning of specific reading skills; discusses procedures for identifying individual needs, and ways to set up and keep individual pupil records; and cites sources (of). . .more detailed ideas." (Author)

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 survey of professional educators suggests that much uncertainty exists concerning the nature, use, and interpretation of informal reading inventories. (Editor)

Compares second grade and fifth grade students' recreational reading levels (when students self-select library books for recreation reading) in relation to independent, instructional, and frustration levels as determined with an informal reading inventory. Concludes that recreational reading levels should not be viewed as synonymous with…

Investigates word recognition criteria at the instructional level. Finds that primary and intermediate grade students score below the Betts criteria when miscues are counted but score above the criteria when only significant miscues are counted. Concludes that the Betts criteria are too stringent, especially for primary grade students. (RS)

The Report of the National Reading Panel (2000) explains that phonemic awareness instruction and phonics instruction are highly beneficial for students learning to read. In the updated second edition, Edmund V. Starrett provides educators with guidance on teaching phonics as part of a well-planned reading program. This reference book presents the…

Providing 66 ready-to-use informal diagnostic tests and other evaluative aids, this book helps reading specialists and classroom teachers identify students' individual reading problems to prescribe effective corrective or remedial instruction. Each test in the book is printed in a full-page format and is ready to duplicate as many times as needed…

Presented is an accurate and quick way to assess readibility. A brief review of literature related to various formulae for readiability assessment is included. A sample test, a sample scoring-recording form used in textbook selection, and selected references are also presented. (EB)

This annotated bibliography of materials in the ERIC database contains 30 annotations (dating from 1974 to 1989) on informal reading inventories (IRIs). The citations were selected to help professionals understand the history of, the uses of, and the issues surrounding IRIs. The major sections of the bibliography are: Overview, General Uses,…

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…

Using a test-retest research design, a study examined the reliability of the Classroom Reading Inventory (CRI) and the Ekwall Reading Inventory (ERI). Independent variables of test administrator to subject, test administrator to test, subject to test, and test order were randomized. Subjects included 31 children aged 7 through 12 years. The four…

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…