Who: Informal Reading Inventory (IRI) passages range from pre-primer to high school level, but any passage may be used for any reading level.

 

What: IRI's are individually administered diagnostic assessments designed to evaluate different aspects of a student's reading performance.

 

When: This assessment can be conducted as needed.

 

Why: IRI's provide information about the students' reading stages and knoledge sources.Through miscue analysis, teachers are able to determine patternss in students' oral reading, which helps them to determine appropriate instruction for each student.

 

How: Before beginning, the teacher is to prepare a word list or reading passage. For the reading passafe, the teacher needs to activate prior knowledge. Have the student read the word list or passage orally While the student is reading, the teacher is to mark each word as correct, mispronounced,omitted, asking for help, self-correctioned, or as a repitition. The teacher will quickly score the student's reading performance. If the passage was in the student's instructional level (90%-94%), then the teacher is to immediately ask the student what the story was about. The teacher will write word for word what the student said in order to evaluate the student's comprehension. If the student did not score within the instructional level, the teacher is to choose another level depending on the child's performance.