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Peer reviewedHarris, Larry A.; Lalik, Rosary M. – Reading Teacher, 1987
Reports on what started out to be a survey of the use of the informal reading inventory (IRI) by teachers that revealed the technique to be embedded in a complex environment. Concludes that the use of IRIs and other diagnostic methods can be limited when teachers do not have primary responsibility for making placement decisions. (FL)
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Education, Informal Reading Inventories, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedJohns, Jerry L; Lunn, Mary K. – Reading World, 1983
Traces the development of the informal reading inventory from its origins in the early 1900s and discusses its future as an assessment tool. (FL)
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Influences, Informal Reading Inventories
Peer reviewedSmith, Laura; Weaver, Constance – Reading Horizons, 1978
Emphasizes the importance of looking at the quality of a reader's miscues, rather than the quantity; presents an approach to analyzing a reader's miscues and determining what kinds of instructional approaches might be appropriate for that reader. (MAI)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, Informal Reading Inventories, Instructional Design
Peer reviewedMcKenna, Michael C. – Reading Teacher, 1983
Reviews the literature concerning informal reading inventories and discusses a number of issues related to them, including question choice, scoring criteria, and allowable miscues. Offers guidelines for constructing and using the inventories. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Informal Reading Inventories, Readability, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedTraynelis-Yurek, Elaine; Strong, Mary W. – Journal of Reading Education, 2000
Examines the results of instruction in administering the Informal Reading Inventory (IRI) in three teacher training programs. Focuses on the examination of the scoring of the IRI in simulation exercises by preservice teachers after instruction in the administration and scoring of the IRI. Concludes that the preservice teachers did not accurately…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Research, Informal Reading Inventories, Miscue Analysis
Download full textFuchs, Lynn; And Others – 1981
A study was conducted to explore the reliability and validity of three prominent procedures used in informal reading inventories (IRIs): (1) choosing a 95% word recognition accuracy standard for determining student instructional level, (2) arbitrarily selecting a passage to represent the difficulty level of a basal reader, and (3) employing…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Informal Reading Inventories, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
