Diagnostic Reading Placement Informal Reading Inventory

PURPOSES OF THE INFORMAL READING INVENTORY

1. To determine the grade level at which the pupil will begin using the Reading Comprehension Workbooks, Levels 1-10.

2. To provide the teacher with diagnostic information, obtained in a one-to-one testing situation, about the pupil's word recognition skills, comprehension strategies, rates of comprehension, and general reading behavior.

3. To observe the pupil's behavior during the reading act particularly for signs of frustration, e, g., not wanting to continue reading, anger, unusual complaints or marked distaste for testing situation. These behavioral signs are just as significant, if not more so, than numerical scores.

4. To determine four levels of reading: Independent, Instructional, Frustration, and Hearing Capacity.

5. To supplement standardized test scores with informal test data to obtain a more realistic view of the pupil's true reading performance.