Christopher is currently enrolled in Advanced Placement (AP) English and is currently reading on an eleventh grade level according to the
Scholastic Reading Inventory Assessment (SRI).
• I make it a point to give my students an
informal reading inventory as soon as possible, so that I am sure of where I need to focus my teaching and who might need adapted texts.
In addition to TAKS scores, the data gathered at Thompson Elementary come from diagnostic tests like the Texas
Primary Reading Inventory, which is designed to measure students» skill levels and needs.
Our chosen reading task was the Qualitative
Reading Inventory II, QRI - II (Leslie & Caldwell, 1995).
The district gives the Scholastic
Reading Inventory exam three times a year, however, which will enable the pilot schools focusing on English language arts to see what's working (see Figure 2).
For a current look at third grade reading proficiency in Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) schools, visit the public OUSD Scholastic
Reading Inventory interactive dashboard.
Using the CURRV model to evaluate reading assessment methods —
including reading inventories, teacher questioning, performance assessment, and high - stakes reading tests — Afflerbach considers the consequences and usefulness of each method, the roles and responsibilities of key stakeholders, and the reliability and validity of the assessments.
This is the process used by the Texas
Primary Reading Inventory (TPRI) developed by Foorman and colleagues (Foorman et al., 1998).
In fact, 80 percent of the students at Destiny Middle School in Tacoma started the school year reading up to five years below grade level, according to the nationally - normed
Scholastic Reading Inventory.
As we struggle with how to improve student outcomes, we need to triangulate Level 1 «satellite» data — test scores, D / F rates, attendance rates — with Level 2 «map» data —
reading inventories, teacher - created common assessments, student surveys — and Level 3 «street» data, which can only be gathered through listening and close observation.
Academic indicators include Graduation Rates, Scholastic
Reading Inventory, and A-G Completion.
Evidence of the improvement of their comprehension skills can be seen in the Scholastic
Reading Inventory (SRI) results, End of Quarter Reading Conferences, and final reading assessments given at the end of each reading strategy cycle.
40 of the 100 English Language Learners at Life improved in reading by multiple grade levels on the SRI (Scholastic
Reading Inventory)
In addition to the Qualitative
Reading Inventory she has published two other books with JoAnne Caldwell, both published by Pearson: The Content Area Reading Assessment: A formative measure of the Common Core State Standards (Pearson, 2015), and Intervention Strategies to Follow an Informal Reading Inventory: So what should we do now?
For example, Texas has created the Texas Primary
Reading Inventory (TPRI) for teachers to use as an assessment tool with K - 3 children.
For teacher - designed assessments, 34 % of the assessments used were observations, 23 % informal
reading inventories, 19 % anecdotal records, 13 % work samples, and 10 % teacher - designed tests.
Teachers use informal
reading inventories (IRIs) to assess oral reading accuracy with running records or miscue analyses.
Some examples of screening assessment tools include (but are not limited to) DIBELS Next, Aimsweb, Predictive Assessment of Reading (PAR), and the Texas Primary
Reading Inventory (TPRI).
The Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) and Qualitative
Reading Inventory (QRI) are used as measures of comprehension, in addition to district assessments aligned to grade level content standards.
Some schools use the Basic
Reading Inventory, previously known as the Jerry L. Johns Reading Inventory to evaluate a student's reading level.
After every book we read as a group (whole class, small group, or literature circle), I ask my students to reflect on that book in their «
Reading Inventory.»
Accuracy of student performance while reading leveled books rated at their instructional level by
a reading inventory.
The QRI - II is an informal
reading inventory that is administered to children individually and provides diagnostic information about children's (a) reading words in isolation; (b) oral reading accuracy; and (c) comprehension and memory of text.
Administer and score assessments including the Word Identification and Spelling Test (WIST), Comprehensive Mathematical Abilities Test (CMAT), Qualitative
Reading Inventory (QRI), Gray Diagnostic Reading Test (GDRT - 2), Test of Word Reading Efficiency (TOWRE) and the Test of Written Spelling (TWS).