Qualitative Reading Inventory-4

by Leslie, Lauren; Caldwell, JoAnne Schudt

• ISBN13: 9780205443277
• ISBN10: 0205443273
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Spiral Bound
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

The Qualitative Reading Inventory-4 continues to emphasize authentic assessment of children's reading abilities, from the most emergent readers to advanced readers. With expanded coverage of critical areas of assessment, the QRI-4 is a valid research-based measure of reading improvement.

Table of Contents

Preface	vi
Introduction to the Qualitative Reading Inventory-4	1	(3)
Why Another Informal Reading Inventory? A Research Perspective	4	(14)
Early Reading Assessment: A Developmental Perspective	4	(2)
Factors Related to Comprehension	6	(6)
Factors Related to Word Identification	12	(6)
A General Description of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-4	18	(6)
The Word Lists	18	(1)
The Passages	18	(6)
Information Provided by the Qualitative Reading Inventory-4	24	(7)
Finding Reading Levels	24	(3)
Determining Reader Strengths and Needs	27	(1)
Documenting Growth and Change	27	(1)
Questions Regarding the Validity and Reliability of QRI-4	28	(3)
Uses of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-4: The Examiner as a Reflective Decision Maker	31	(11)
Using the QRI-4 to Estimate Reading Level	32	(1)
Using the QRI-4 to Determine Reading Level	33	(1)
Using the QRI-4 to Indicate Growth	34	(1)
Using the QRI-4 for Literacy Portfolios	35	(1)
Using the QRI-4 to Match Students to Appropriate Text	36	(1)
Using the QRI-4 to Verify a Suspected Problem	37	(1)
Using the QRI-4 to Describe Specific Reading Behaviors as a Guide for Intervention Instruction	38	(4)
Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-4: Preparation for Testing	42	(4)
Summary Guidelines for Administration and Scoring	43	(3)
Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-4: The Word Lists	46	(8)
Purposes for Administering the Word Lists	46	(1)
Procedures for Administering the Word Lists	47	(4)
Procedures for Scoring the Word Lists	51	(3)
Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-4: Assessment of Prior Knowledge	54	(10)
Assessing Prior Knowledge	54	(10)
Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-4: The Passages	64	(8)
Purposes for Administering the Passages	64	(1)
Assessment Options	64	(2)
General Procedures for Administering the Passages	66	(1)
Passage Selection	66	(2)
How to Find an Instructional Level	68	(4)
Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-4: Word Identification in Context: Oral Reading	72	(11)
Recording Oral Reading Miscues	72	(1)
Counting Oral Reading Miscues	73	(5)
Analyzing Oral Reading Miscues: Miscue Analysis	78	(3)
Evaluating Automaticity	81	(2)
Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-4: Comprehension	83	(7)
Retelling	83	(5)
Questions	88	(1)
Criteria for Determining Reading Levels	89	(1)
Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-4: Assessing Strategic Reading	90	(10)
Look-Backs	90	(2)
Think-Alouds	92	(7)
Assessing Note-Taking Ability	99	(1)
Assessing Listening Comprehension	99	(1)
Summarizing the Results of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-4	100	(6)
Organizing the Data	100	(6)
Examples of Using the Qualitative Reading Inventory-4	106	(15)
Using the QRI-4 in the Classroom to Estimate Reading Level	106	(2)
Using the QRI-4 for Literacy Portfolios	108	(2)
Using the QRI-4 to Design Intervention Instruction	110	(10)
Using the QRI-4 for Indicating Growth	120	(1)
Test Materials	121	(319)
Subject Word Lists	122	(4)
Examiner Word Lists	126	(5)
Pre-Primer-Level Passages
Lost and Found	131	(1)
Spring and Fall	132	(1)
Who Do I See? (Pictures)	133	(5)
Just Like Mom (Pictures)	138	(5)
People at Work (Pictures)	143	(3)
Examiner Copies	146	(10)
Primer-Level Passages
A Trip	156	(1)
Fox and Mouse (Pictures)	157	(4)
The Pig Who Learned to Read (Pictures)	161	(3)
Who Lives Near Lakes? (Pictures)	164	(1)
Living and Not Living	165	(1)
Examiner Copies	166	(10)
Level One Passages
Mouse in a House	176	(2)
Marva Finds a Friend (Pictures)	178	(3)
The Bear and the Rabbit (Pictures)	181	(3)
Air	184	(1)
The Brain and the Five Senses (Pictures)	185	(1)
Examiner Copies	186	(12)
Level Two Passages
What Can I Get for My Toy?	198	(1)
The Lucky Cricket (Pictures)	199	(4)
Father's New Game (Pictures)	203	(3)
Whales and Fish (Pictures)	206	(1)
Seasons	207	(1)
Examiner Copies	208	(15)
Level Three Passages
The Trip to the Zoo	223	(1)
A Special Birthday for Rosa	224	(2)
The Friend	226	(2)
Cats: Lions and Tigers in Your House	228	(1)
Where Do People Live?	229	(1)
Wool: From Sheep to You	230	(1)
Examiner Copies	231	(19)
Level Four Passages
Johnny Appleseed	250	(1)
Amelia Earhart	251	(1)
Tomie dePaola	252	(1)
Early Railroads	253	(1)
The Busy Beaver	254	(1)
Plant Structures for Survival	255	(1)
Examiner Copies	256	(18)
Level Five Passages
Martin Luther King, Jr.	274	(1)
Margaret Mead	275	(1)
Patricia McKissack	276	(1)
Farming on the Great Plains	277	(1)
The Octopus	278	(1)
How Does Your Body Take in Oxygen?	279	(1)
Examiner Copies	280	(21)
Modeling Passage for Think-Alouds	301	(1)
The Mining Boom	301	(1)
Level Six Passages
Pele	302	(1)
Abraham Lincoln	303	(1)
The Early Life of Lois Lowry	304	(1)
The Lifeline of the Nile	305	(1)
Building Pyramids (Think-Aloud Passage)	306	(1)
Temperature and Humidity	307	(1)
Clouds and Precipitation (Think-Aloud Passage)	308	(2)
Examiner Copies	310	(29)
Upper Middle School Passages
Literature
Biddy Mason	339	(2)
Malcolm X	341	(2)
Social Studies
Immigration---Part 1	343	(2)
Immigration---Part 2 (Think-Aloud Passage)	345	(2)
Science
Life Cycles of Stars---Part 1	347	(2)
Life Cycles of Stars---Part 2 (Think-Aloud Passage)	349	(2)
Examiner Copies	351	(29)
High School Passages
Literature
Where the Ashes Are---Part 1	380	(2)
Where the Ashes Are---Part 2	382	(2)
Where the Ashes Are---Part 3 (Think-Aloud Passage)	384	(2)
Social Studies
World War I---Part 1	386	(2)
World War I---Part 2	388	(2)
World War I---Part 3 (Think-Aloud Passage)	390	(2)
Science
Characteristics of Viruses---Part 1	392	(2)
Characteristics of Viruses---Part 2	394	(2)
Characteristics of Viruses---Part 3 (Think-Aloud Passage)	396	(2)
Examiner Copies	398	(42)
Technical Development of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-4	440	(39)
The Pilot	441	(2)
Development of the Word-Identification Tests	443	(2)
Development of the Prior-Knowledge Assessment Tasks	445	(3)
Development of the Measures of Comprehension	448	(6)
Development of the Think-Aloud Procedure	454	(3)
Development of the Passages	457	(7)
Rationale for Scoring Oral Reading Miscues	464	(1)
Reliability and Validity	465	(12)
Using the QRI-4 to Guide Instruction	477	(2)
References	479	(5)
Index	484