Contents
Preface
Section 1
Description of the Qualitative Inventory
Section 2
A Research Perspective
Reading Acquisition: A Developmental Process
Factors Related to Comprehension
Factors Related to Word Identification
Factors Related to Use of an Informal Reading Inventory
Section 3
Information Provided by the Qualitative Reading Inventory
Finding Reading Levels
Determining Reader Strengths and Needs
Documenting Growth and Change
Questions Regarding the Validity and Reliability of QRI-5
Section 4
Uses of Qualitative Reading Inventory 5-The Examiner as a Reflective Decision Maker
Using the QRI-5 to Estimate Individual Instructional Reading Level
Using the QRI-5 to Estimate Group Reading Level and Monitor Classroom Progress (Response to Intervention)
Using the QRI-5 to Determine Reading Level
Using the QRI-5 to Indicate Growth and Monitor Individual and Group Progress: Response to Intervention
Using the QRI-5 to Verify a Suspected Problem
Using the QRI-5 to Describe Specific Reading Behaviors as a Guide for Intervention Instruction (Response to Intervention: Tiers Two and Three)
Section 5
Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-5
Preparation for Testing
Summary Guidelines for Administration and Scoring
Section 6
Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-5
The Word Lists
Purpose for Administering the Word Lists
Procedures for Administering the Word Lists
Procedures for Scoring the Word Lists
Section 7
Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-5
Assessment of Prior Knowledge
Assessing Prior Knowledge
Section 8
Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-5
The Passages
Purposes for Administering the Passages
Assessment Option
General Procedures for Administering the Passages
Passage Selection
How to Find an Instructional Level
Section 9
Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-5
Word Identification Index: Oral Reading
Recording Oral Reading Miscues
Counting Oral Reading Miscues
Analyzing Oral Reading Miscues: Miscue Analysis
Evaluating Automatically
Section 10
Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-5
Comprehension
Retelling
Questions
Criteria for Determining Reading Levels
Section 11
Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-5
Assessing Strategic Reading
Look-Backs
Think-Alouds
Assessing Note-Taking Ability
Assessing Listening Comprehension
Section 12
Summarizing the Results of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-5
Organizing the Data
Section 13 Examples of Using the Qualitative Reading Inventory
Using the QRI-5 to Estimate Individual Instructional Reading Level
Using the QRI-5 to Estimate Group Instructional Reading Level and Monitor Classroom Progress (Response to Intervention)
Using the QRI-5 to Determine Individual Instructional Reading Level
Using the QRI-5 to Indicate Growth and Monitor Individual and Group Progress (Response to Intervention)
Using the QRI-5 to Verify a Suspected Problem
Using the QRI-5 to Describe Specific Reading Behaviors as a Guide for Intervention Instruction (Response to Intervention: Tiers Two and Three)
Section 14
Test Materials
Subject Word Lists
Examiner Word Lists
Pre-primer I Passages
I Can (Pictures)
I See (Pictures)
Pre-primer 2 Passages
Just Like Mom (Pictures)
People at Work (Pictures)
Pre-primer 3 Passages
Lost and Found
Spring and Fall
Primer-Level Passages
A Trip
Fox and Mouse
The Pig Who Learned to Read
A Night in the City (Pictures)
Who Lives Near Lakes? (Pictures)
Living and Not Living
Examiner Copies
Level One Passages
Mouse in a House
Marva Finds a Friend (Pictures)
A Bear and the Rabbit (Pictures)
Air
The Surprise (Pictures)
The Brain and the Five Senses (Pictures)
Examiner Copies
Level Two Passages
What Can I Get for My Toy?
The Lucky Cricket (Pictures)
Father's New Game (Pictures)
Whales and Fish
The Family's First Trip
Seasons
Examiner Copies
Level Three Passages
The Trip to the Zoo
A Special Birthday for Rosa
The Friend
A New Friend from Europe
Cats: Lions and Tigers in Your House
Where Do People Live?
Wool: From Sheep to You
Examiner Copies
Level Four Passages
Johnny Appleseed
Amelia Earheart
Tomie dePaola
Early Railroads
The Busy Beaver
Plant Structures for Survival
Examiner Copies
Level Five Passages
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Margaret Mead
Patricia McKissack
Farming on the Great Plains
The Octopus
How Does Your Body Take in Oxygen?
Examiner Copies
Modeling Passage for Think-Alouds
The Mining Boom
Level Six Passages
Pele
Abraham Lincoln
The Early Life of Lois Lowry
The Lifeline of the Nile
Building Pyramids (Think-Aloud Passage)
Temperature and Humidity
Clouds and Precipitation (Think-Aloud Passage)
Examiner Copies
Upper Middle School Passages
Literature
Biddy Mason
Malcolm X
Social Studies
Immigration-Part 1
Immigration-Part 2
(Think Aloud-Passage)
Examiner Copies
Science
Life Cycles of Stars-Part 1
Life Cycles of Stars-Part 2
(Think-Aloud Passage)
Examiner Copies
High School Passages
Literature
Where the Ashes Are-Part 1
Where the Ashes Are-Part 2
Where the Ashes Are-Part 3
(Think-Aloud Passage)
Social Studies
World War I-Part 1
World War I-Part 2
World War I-Part 3
(Think-Aloud Passage)
Science
Characteristics of Viruses-Part 1
Characteristics of Viruses-Part 2
Characteristics of Viruses- Part 3
(Think Aloud Passage)
Examiner Copies
Section 15 Technical Development of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-5
The Pilot
Development of the World-Identification Tests
Development of Prior-Knowledge Assessment Tasks
Development of Measures of Comprehension
Development of the Think-Aloud Procedure
Development of the Passages
The Relationship between Oral Reading Accuracy and Comprehension
Reliability and Validity
Using the QRI-5 to Guide Instruction
References
Index
