Qualitative Reading Inventory

Welcome
Welcome
Copyright
Contents
Preface
1: Introduction to Basic Concepts of Reading Assessment
Introdcution: Introduction to Basic Concepts of Reading Assessment
What is Reading?
Implications for Assessment
Introduction to Informal Reading Inventories
Measures of Difficulty
2: Research Guiding the Development of the Qualitative Reading Inventory
Introdcution: Research Guiding the Development of the Qualitative Reading Inventory
How the QRI is Different From Other Iris
Factors Related to Reading Comprehension
Oral Reading
Fluency, Automaticity, and Prosody
Content Knowledge
Methods of Assessment of Reading Comprehension
Implications for the Development of the QRI
Interactive Strategies to Assess Reading Comprehension
Summary
3: Purposes and Basic Steps for Administering the Qualitative Reading Inventory-7
Introduction: Purposes and Basic Steps for Administering the Qualitative Reading Inventory-7
Purposes for Administering QRI-7
Assessment of Prior Knowledge
Steps in Administering the QRI-7
Frequently Asked Questions
4: Determining Reading Levels
Introdcution: Determining Reading Levels
How are Reading Levels Determined?
Factors Affecting Reading Levels
Finding an Instructional Reading Level
Using Scores to Determine Passage Level
5: Using the Word Lists
Introdcution: Using the Word Lists
Purposes for Administering the Word Lists
Analyzing the Differences Between Word Identification in Isolation and in Context
Procedures for Administering the Word Lists
Using the Word List Scores
Reading by Analogy
Additional Uses of the Word Lists
Development and Analysis of the Word-Identification Tests
6: Assessing Word Identification in Context, Automaticity, and Prosody
Introdcution: Assessing Word Identification in Context, Automaticity, and Prosody
Identifying Oral Reading Miscues
Scoring Oral Reading Miscues: Total Accuracy
Scoring Oral Reading Miscues: Total Acceptability
Analyzing Oral Reading Miscues: Miscue Analysis
Evaluating Automaticity
Evaluating Prosody
7: Assessing Comprehension: Questions and Retellings
Introduction: Assessing Comprehension: Questions and Retellings
General Procedures
Criteria for Determining Reading Levels
Analysis of Retelling: Elementary and Middle School
Retelling Examples
Expository Text
Retelling: Upper Middle School and High School
Using Look-Backs
8: Assessing Strategic Reading: Think-Alouds
Introduction: Assessing Strategic Reading: Think-Alouds
Definition of Think-Alouds
Modeling Think-Alouds
Examples of Think-Alouds
Stella’s Think-Aloud Comments
Carol’s Think-Aloud Comments
9: Recording, Analyzing, and Using Results of the QRI-7
Introduction: Recording, Analyzing, and Using Results of the QRI-7
Reviewing the Purposes of the QRI-7
Completing the Student Summary Form
Using the Student Summary Form to Plan Intervention Instruction
Selecting Materials for Intervention Instruction
Selecting Instructional Strategies for Intervention Instruction
Using the QRI-7 to Indicate Growth and Monitor Progress
Reading Performance Case Studies
10: QRI-7 Test Materials: Word Lists and Level-Diagnostic Passages
Introdcution: QRI-7 Test Materials: Word Lists and Level-Diagnostic Passages
Student Word Lists
Student Reading by Analogy Lists
Examiner Word Lists
Level: Pre-Primer 1
Level: Pre-Primer 2
Level: Pre-Primer 3
Level: Primer
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
Level 6
Level: Upper Middle School
Level: High School
11: Administering and Scoring the Inference-Diagnostic Passages
Introduction: Administering and Scoring the Inference-Diagnostic Passages
Purpose of the Inference-Diagnostic Passages
Differences Between Level-Diagnostic and Inference-diagnostic Passages
Choosing an Inference-Diagnostic Passage
Mode of Reading: Oral or Silent?
Mode of Answering Questions
Guidelines for Determining the Acceptability of Answers
Evaluating Summaries
Scoring and Analysis of Expository Summaries
Summary
12: Inference-Diagnostic Materials
Introduction: Inference-Diagnostic Materials
Biography
Social Studies
Science
Level 4
Biography
Social Studies
Science
Level 5
Biography
Social Studies
Science
Level 6
Biography
Social Studies
Science
Level: Middle School
Biography
Social Studies
Science
Level: High School
13: Technical Development of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-7
Introduction: Technical Development of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-7
Piloting Materials for the QRI
Development and Analysis of the Prior-Knowledge Assessments
Development of the Measures of Comprehension: Level-Diagnostic Materials
Development of the Think-Aloud Procedure
Development and Analysis of the Measures of Comprehension: Inference-Diagnostic Materials
The Pillars of Excellence in Educational Assessment
Reliability and Validity
Issues of Reliability of an Informal Reading Inventory
Cautions in Interpretation
Appendix
Appendix
Reference
Reference
Video and Interactive Resources
Video and Interactive Resources
Print Version
Print Version