[LIT] Reading Levels

[Heather Poland]

For diagnostic tests, I like informal inverntories including the IRI. I have
the ARI since I had to purchase it for the reading specialist credeential,
and plan on using it in my support class next year for diagnostic purposes.
It is ok, though I don't like some of the questions. I honestly like the IRI
much better since it asks both implicit and explicit questions and has a
variety of fiction and nonfiction passages. I've briefly looked at the QRI
which looks pretty good, but has a lot to it, it is very detailed.

On 7/3/06, Alice Cortigiano <ac at take5audio.com> wrote:
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> If the IRI you are referring to is the same that I
> utilized as a Literacy Education Technician before I
> became a certified teacher, it is the Individual
> Reading Inventory  and just a way to assess students
> reading level. Using it as a "graded"  test is
> ludicrous!
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> I agree totally.  What is a good diagnostic tool for a remedial reading
> teacher to use to get specific information on students' areas of weakness?
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> Alice
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