Informal Reading Inventory:

Putting it Altogether

Informal

Reading

Inventory

Examples of: DRA, QRI, Ekwall-Shanker, and so on..

Estimate a student’s reading level for reading:

Independently Instructionally (guided reading)

To match students to text based on reading level and needs

To assess their oral reading (fluency), decoding, and comprehension.

To monitor growth, determine instructional effectiveness, and plans for instruction

Student is given a graded passage, story.

Student is asked prior knowledge and or prediction questions.

Student reads orally (teacher conducts running record and times reading).

Student is asked to retell passage or story and/or is asked comprehension questions.

Teacher input

Previous testing information

Asking the student the titles of books read

San Diego Quick Test (a graded word list)

1. The student must be able to read with a % of accuracy (word recognition) AND

2. The student must have % (or rubric score) demonstrating comprehension

Read through the completed teacher observation form with an elbow partner.

Note the structure of the assessment.

Now let’s watch Ryan and the teacher in action.

Whole group debrief.

Review your blank form with an elbow partner, notice structure of this assessment

Listen to “Matthew” and do the Running Record

You will…figure out the Accuracy Rate- %determine Comprehension Level-

Scoredescribe Phrasing and Fluency-

wordsidentify his Strengths &

WeaknessesCompare results with teacher’s (blue

papers)

Look at Purple Focus on Instruction Sheet. What would you do?

RetellingFluencyIndependent ReadingVariety of strategies for unknown words

Discuss at your table:

Compare and contrast the assessment experiences (Ryan vs. Matthew). How were they similar and how were they different? Why do you think there was such a difference?

1. Emergent Readers- DRA text levels A-1; Concepts of Print

2. Early Readers- DRA text levels 3-10; preview/predict, reads text orally, retelling.

3. Transitional Readers- DRA text levels 12-24 (from 18 up student reads text silently, retells, then does oral reading of only a portion of the text).

4. Extending Readers- DRA text levels 28-44 (see above).