The Critical Reading Inventory Assessing Student's Reading and Thinking

by Applegate, Mary D.; Quinn, Kathleen B.; Applegate, Anthony J.

• ISBN13: 9780131589254
• ISBN10: 0131589253
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-07-18
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

This is the only reading inventory on the market to support the treatment of reading as athinkingprocess through questions and assessments that measure not only readers'ability to recall facts, but also whether they can draw logical conclusions about those facts and respond critically to those conclusions. This book includes both narrative and expository readers'passages for use with pre-K readers through readers in grade 9; and is written in an accessible, inviting style. Through the use of longer passages, multi-level assessments, and case studies, the authors provide a truly effective means to secure a differential analysis of a child's reading comprehension performance.Three distinct levels of comprehension questions: text-based, inferential, and criticalassist in grouping readers by ability levels, from simple recall to critical engagement with text. Case studies of three levels of diagnostic analysis helps teachers understand the difference between readers who are having genuine difficulty and readers who are simply reluctant. Rubrics for retelling and for fluency stress that word recognition must be assessed within the context of comprehension. Inclusion of the simplified miscue analysis technique highlights both the reader's strategies and his/her orientation.For pre-K -grade 9 teachers.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the

Critical Reading Inventory

What is Critical Reading?

Why Assess Critical Reading?

Why a Critical Reading Inventory?

Who Will Use the CRI?

Secial Features of the CRI

Potential Impact of the CRI

Conclusions

Description of the

Critical Reading Inventory Word Lists

Flash and Untimed What Word Lists Cannot Do Form A Passages

Narrative Form B Passages

Informational Oral reading and Miscue Analysis

The Nature of Miscues Comprehension Check

Three Dimensions of Comprehension

Text-Based Items

Inference Items

Critical Response Items

Administration and Scoring of

Critical Reading Inventory Interviews

Student Interview

Parent/Guardian Interview

Teacher Interview Word Lists

Flash and Untimed Oral Reading Scoreable

Miscues Non-Scoreable Miscues Miscue Analysis

Calculating and Interpreting the RAI and MMI

Miscue Analysis Worksheet Examining Miscues

Using the Miscue Analysis

Worksheet Fluency Silent Reading

Comprehension Assessment: Retellings

Scoring Retellings

The Nature of Retellings Comprehension Questions Scoring

Comprehension Questions Administering the Listening

Comprehension Test Lookbacks Using the Recapitulation Record

Interpretation of Test Results

Levels of CRI Analysis

The Analysis of Reading Performance

What a Good Reader Does Reading Levels on the CRI

Setting Reading Levels with the CRI

Technical Features of the CRI: Development and Validation

Field Testing Constructing the Word Lists

Constructing the Interviews

Constructing the Passages Readability Assessment of

Comprehension Estimating Levels

The Betts Criteria Reliability

Case Studies Case Study One Test Records

Tamika Discussion of CRI Results

Tamika Case Study Two Test Records

John

Discussion of CRI Results

John References

Passage Length and Readability Data

A Brief Guide to the ASII System

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