Reading Inventory for the Classroom

Reading Inventory for the Classroom, 3/e

E. Sutton Flynt, Austin Peay State University
Robert B. Cooter, Dallas Public Schools

Published August, 1997 by Prentice Hall Career & Technology

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Summary

Using the constructivist approach, this tool is an appropriate supplement for undergraduate-level reading/literacy education courses or as a supplement for graduate-level assessment courses. This informal inventory provides current and future teachers with a simple, straightforward means of assessing reading competencies of students at pre-K through grade 12 levels. The primary focus of the inventory is to assist teachers in the placement of students with appropriate reading and instructional materials. Pre-service teachers will gain insight into reading developments, especially in the reading of connected text, word analysis, story and content comprehension, and miscue analysis. Teachers using basal reading programs will find the inventory useful in basal placements. Teachers of literature-based reading programs will find the inventory helpful in planning collaborative learning activities involving reading, planning mini-lessons, and determining which non-negotiable skills require further development.

Features

Teaching and intervention decisions made possible with the Reading Inventory for the Classroom are:

1) use of decoding strategies.
2) reading aspects of print (selected words, punctuation, and fluency).
3) attention to story elements and content elements
4) literal and inferential comprehension.
5) miscue recording and pattern determination.

Assesses the impact of socially relevant factors on a student's interest in reading through an interest/attitude questionnaire.
Measures reading comprehension by combining assessments of story and grammar perspectives.
Facilitates efficient identification of error patterns with Miscue Analysis Grids.
Covers student ranges from pre-reading through 12th grade which eliminates the need for extra pre-K or adult material.
Comprehensive instructions and completed examples make the inventory easy to understand and to administer.
Ensures a more valid assessment of actual reading performance by using longer reading passages of higher interest.
Uses short sentences as a pre-assessment tool, rather than graded word lists used in other inventories, to offer a streamlined and accurate way to place students.
Increases subjects' interest in the process by using visually appealing illustrations to introduce reading passages.

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