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Peer reviewedCunningham, Patricia M. – Reading Teacher, 1977
Discusses informal reading inventories and suggests that teachers adjust the inventories to their own teaching practices to assure reflection of students' ability to perform in the classrooms. (MB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Informal Reading Inventories, Miscue Analysis
Peer reviewedBrecht, Richard D. – Reading Teacher, 1977
Discusses a study which compared informal reading inventory formats and which found that the most accurate measurement involved silent reading followed by oral reading. (MB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Informal Reading Inventories, Measurement Techniques, Miscue Analysis
Peer reviewedBristow, Page Simpson; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1983
Reports that reading instructional level scores of a teacher constructed informal reading inventory, the commercially prepared Basic Reading Inventory, the Metropolitan Achievement Test, and students' actual level of placement in books are roughly comparable but that the Wide Range Achievement Test reading subtest places children much higher. (FL)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Informal Reading Inventories, Readability
Peer reviewedPennock, Clifford D. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1973
Use of the cloze procedure in selecting reading materials is recommended, since cloze appears to combine the advantages of both standardized and informal procedures. (Author)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Informal Reading Inventories, Instructional Materials, Readability
Matthews, Sister Mary Angela – Indiana Reading Quarterly, 1971
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Informal Reading Inventories, Language Fluency, Oral Reading
Taschow, Horst G. – Reading Impr, 1969
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Critical Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Informal Reading Inventories
Peer reviewedValmont, William J. – Reading Teacher, 1972
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Factual Reading, Informal Reading Inventories, Interpretive Skills
Peer reviewedCriscuolo, Nicholas P. – New England Reading Association Journal, 1971
Descriptors: Accountability, Informal Reading Inventories, National Norms, Parent Teacher Cooperation
Peer reviewedTwining, James E. – Journal of Reading, 1972
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Content Area Reading, Informal Reading Inventories, Motivation Techniques
Peer reviewedLevin, Beatrice J. – Reading Improvement, 1971
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Directed Reading Activity, Group Testing, Informal Reading Inventories
Dorinson, Zena; Fiedler, Margaret – Int Reading Assn Conf Proc Pt 1, 1968
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Informal Reading Inventories, Instructional Improvement, Measurement Instruments
Wilson, Richard C. – Int Reading Assn Conf Proc Pt 4, 1968
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Conferences, Diagnostic Teaching, Individual Needs
Guszak, Frank J. – Elem Engl, 1970
Descriptors: Informal Reading Inventories, Oral Reading, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension
Stanton, Paul E. – Reading Soc Setting, 1967
Lecture given before the Annual Conference and Course on Reading (23d, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa., July 10-21, 1967).
Descriptors: Counselor Role, Emotional Problems, Informal Reading Inventories, Intelligence Quotient
Peer reviewedBlanchard, Jay S.; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1983
Compares results of standardized reading tests with informal reading inventories to determine whether teachers should favor one score over the other as an indicator of instructional reading level. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Informal Reading Inventories, Multiple Choice Tests, Reading Ability
