Qualitative Reading Inventory, II

by Lauren Leslie; Joanne Caldwell

• ISBN13: 9780673990860
• ISBN10: 0673990869
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

This text provides an informal reading inventory designed to assess reading ability at emergent through middle school levels.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Section 1 Introduction to the Qualitative Reading Inventory-II	1	(2)
Section 2 Why Another Informal Reading Inventory? A Research Perspective	3	(9)
Early Reading Assessment: A Developmental Perspective	3	(2)
Factors Related to Comprehension	5	(4)
Factors Related to Word Identification	9	(3)
Section 3 A General Description of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-II	12	(4)
The Word Lists	12	(1)
The Passages	12	(4)
Section 4 Information Provided by the Qualitative Reading Inventory-II	16	(4)
Finding Reading Levels	16	(2)
Determining Reader Strengths and Needs	18	(2)
Section 5 Uses of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-II The Examiner as a Reflective Decision Maker	20	(8)
The Classroom Teacher	21	(3)
The Reading-Assessment Specialist	24	(4)
Section 6 Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-II Preparation for Testing	28	(2)
Section 7 Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-II The Word Lists	30	(8)
Purposes for Administering the Word Lists	30	(1)
Procedures for Administering the Word Lists	31	(2)
Procedures for Scoring the Word Lists	33	(5)
Section 8 Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-II Assessment of Prior Knowledge	38	(6)
Assessing Prior Knowledge	38	(6)
Section 9 Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-II The Passages	44	(7)
Purposes for Administering the Passages	44	(1)
Assessment Options	45	(1)
General Procedures for Administering the Passages	46	(1)
Passage Selection	47	(1)
How to Find an Instructional Level	48	(3)
Section 10 Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-II Word Identification in Context: Oral Reading	51	(9)
Recording Oral Reading Miscues	51	(1)
Counting Oral Reading Miscues	52	(4)
Analyzing Oral Reading Miscues: Miscue Analysis	56	(3)
Evaluating Automaticity	59	(1)
Section 11 Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-II Comprehension	60	(5)
Retelling	61	(2)
Questions	63	(1)
Criteria for Determining Reading Levels	64	(1)
Section 12 Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-II Assessing Strategic Reading	65	(4)
Look-Backs: Locating Answers to Explicit Questions	66	(1)
Look-Backs: Arriving at Answers to Implicit Questions	66	(1)
Look-Backs: Assessing Student Awareness of Comprehension Roadblocks	66	(1)
Look-Backs: Assessing Vocabulary Knowledge	66	(1)
Using a Think-Aloud Procedure to Assess Comprehension	67	(1)
Assessing Note-Taking Ability	67	(1)
Assessing Use of Context	67	(1)
Assessing Listening Comprehension	68	(1)
Section 13 Summarizing the Results of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-II	69	(6)
Organizing the Data	69	(6)
Section 14 Examples of Using the Qualitative Reading Inventory-II	75	(14)
Using the QRI-II in the Classroom to Estimate Reading Level	75	(2)
Using the QRI-II for Reading Portfolios	77	(1)
Using the QRI-II for Planning Intervention Instruction	78	(11)
Section 15 Test Materials	89	(204)
Subject Word Lists	90	(4)
Examiner Word Lists	94	(5)
Pre-primer Level Passages	99	(15)
Lost and Found	99	(1)
Just Like Mom (Pictures)	100	(5)
People at Work (Pictures)	105	(3)
Examiner Copies	108	(6)
Primer Level Passages	114	(14)
A Trip	114	(1)
The Pig Who Learned to Read (Pictures)	115	(3)
Who Lives Near Lakes?	118	(1)
Living and Not Living	119	(1)
Examiner Copies	120	(8)
Level One Passages	128	(17)
Mouse in a House	128	(2)
The Bear and the Rabbit (Pictures)	130	(3)
Air	133	(1)
What You Eat	134	(1)
Examiner Copies	135	(10)
Level Two Passages	145	(18)
What Can I Get for My Toy?	145	(1)
Father's New Game (Pictures)	146	(3)
Whales and Fish	149	(1)
Seasons	150	(1)
Examiner Copies	151	(12)
Level Three Passages	163	(26)
The Trip to the Zoo	163	(1)
The Surprise	164	(1)
The Friend	165	(2)
Cats: Lions and Tigers in Your House	167	(1)
Where Do People Live?	168	(1)
Wool: From Sheep to You	169	(1)
Examiner Copies	170	(19)
Level Four Passages	189	(24)
Johnny Appleseed	189	(1)
Amelia Earhart	190	(1)
Sequoyah	191	(1)
The Busy Beaver	192	(1)
Saudi Arabia	193	(1)
The City of Cahokia	194	(1)
Examiner Copies	195	(18)
Level Five Passages	213	(25)
Martin Luther King, Jr.	213	(1)
Christopher Columbus	214	(1)
Margaret Mead	215	(1)
The Octopus	216	(1)
Getting Rid of Trash	217	(1)
Laser Light	218	(1)
Examiner Copies	219	(19)
Level Six Passages	238	(25)
Pele	238	(1)
Abraham Lincoln	239	(1)
Andrew Carnegie	240	(1)
Computers	241	(1)
Predicting Earthquakes	242	(1)
Ultrasound	243	(1)
Examiner Copies	244	(19)
Junior High Passages	263	(30)
Lewis and Clark	263	(1)
Ferdinand Magellan	264	(1)
Peter the Great	265	(1)
Fireworks	266	(1)
Diamonds	267	(1)
The City of Constantine	268	(1)
Examiner Copies	269	(24)
Section 16 Technical Development of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-II	293	(27)
The Pilot	294	(1)
Development of the Word Identification Tests	295	(2)
Development of the Prior-Knowledge Assessment Tasks	297	(2)
Development of the Measures of Comprehension	299	(4)
Development of the Passages	303	(6)
Rationale for Scoring Oral-Reading Miscues	309	(1)
Reliability and Validity	310	(8)
Using the QRI-II to Guide Instruction	318	(2)
References	320