Qualitative Reading Inventory-3

by Leslie, Lauren; Caldwell, Joanne

• ISBN13: 9780321037862
• ISBN10: 0321037863
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

The vision ofQualitative Reading Inventory, 3e is to provide an effective and valid assessment instrument. It offers enough options that assessment specialists can tailor its use to their needs. A unique feature of the book includes text link to the Internet. This feature enables readers to assign projects on-line, readers in one place can work with others at other places. Look-Backs raises reading level by allowing learners to look back on the questions they missed. The inventory is based on current research in reading and focuses assessment on specific questions regarding word identification, fluency, and comprehension. The book features passages with pictures for early reading levels, simplified directions for usage, and a description of the assessment process with questions to be answered by the examiner, as well as reconstructed methods for assessing prior knowledge.

Author Biography

JoAnne Caldwell is the Director of Teacher Education and Professor of Reading Language Arts at Cardinal Stritch University.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction to the Qualitative Reading Inventory-3	1	(2)
Why Another Informal Reading Inventory? A Research Perspective	3	(11)
Early Reading Assessment: A Developmental Perspective	3	(2)
Factors Related to Comprehension	5	(6)
Factors Related to Word Identification	11	(3)
A General Description of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-3	14	(6)
The Word Lists	14	(1)
The Passages	14	(6)
Information Provided by the Qualitative Reading Inventory-3	20	(4)
Finding Reading Levels	20	(2)
Determining Reader Strengths and Needs	22	(2)
Uses of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-3 The Examiner as a Reflective Decision Maker	24	(10)
The Classroom Teacher	25	(3)
The Reading-Assessment Specialist	28	(6)
Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-3 Preparation for Testing	34	(2)
Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-3 The World Lists	36	(8)
Purposes for Administering the Word Lists	36	(1)
Procedures for Administering the Word Lists	37	(4)
Procedures for Scoring the Word Lists	41	(3)
Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-3 Assessment of Prior Knowledge	44	(7)
Assessing Prior Knowledge	44	(7)
Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-3 The Passages	51	(8)
Purposes for Administering the Passages	51	(1)
Assessment Options	52	(1)
General Procedures for Administering the Passages	53	(1)
Passage Selection	54	(1)
How to Find an Instructional Level	55	(4)
Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-3 Word Identification in Context: Oral Reading	59	(10)
Recording Oral Reading Miscues	59	(1)
Counting Oral Reading Miscues	60	(4)
Analyzing Oral Reading Miscues: Miscue Analysis	64	(3)
Evaluating Automaticity	67	(2)
Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-3 Comprehension	69	(7)
Retelling	70	(3)
Questions	73	(1)
Criteria for Determining Reading Levels	74	(2)
Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-3 Assessing Strategic Reading	76	(9)
Look-Backs	76	(2)
Think-Alouds	78	(6)
Assessing Note-Taking Ability	84	(1)
Assessing Listening Comprehension	84	(1)
Summarizing the Results of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-3	85	(7)
Organizing the Data	85	(7)
Examples of Using the Qualitative Reading Inventory-3	92	(19)
Using the QRI-3 in the Classroom to Estimate Reading Level	92	(2)
Using the QRI-3 for Reading Portfolios	94	(1)
Using the QRI-3 to Design Intervention Instruction	95	(13)
Using the QRI-3 for Indicating Growth	108	(3)
Test Materials	111	(17)
Subject Word Lists	112	(4)
Examiner Word Lists	116	(5)
Pre-primer Level Passages
Lost and Found	121	(1)
Spring and Fall	122	(1)
Who Do I See? (pictures)	123	(5)
Just Like Mom (pictures)	128