Accordingly, the QRI-5 gives graded word lists and passages to the evaluation of the both verbal and non-verbal reading including listening skills of individual student since the pre-primer 1 until the upper levels. As a matter of fact, QRI-5 grants the wide range of assessment options which its outcome will be employed for the further diagnosis of students' reading …show more content…
Informal reading inventory users may decide by themselves about such the number including type of passages and assessment options. In contrast, the QRI-5, will employ the percentages to identify the independent, instructional as well as frustration levels. Meanwhile, student scores will be assessed not to the norm group but individual.
Six passages, of which five of total are narratives and another is expository, of more difficulty are provided for the pre-primer level students.
For the given narratives, they associate with stories whereas expository text includes some written document e.g. newspapers and magazine by three narratives and the expository passage will include pictures. From primer until third grade readability levels contain six passages which are four narratives and two expository.
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In case that examiner does not employ think-aloud process, paper without think-aloud formatting is allowed on the DVD.
The second passage is used for the think-aloud process and discusses the same topic, conducting pre and post-tests or comparison of verbal and non-verbal reading including note-taking ability evaluation.
Upper Middle School
There are six passages for the upper middle school level which consist of two autobiographies, two science contents, and two social studies contents. Two social studies and science passages relate to each other in terms of topic. The second passage in each category is used for the think-aloud process, conducting pre and post-tests or comparison of verbal and non-verbal reading including note-taking ability evaluation.
All the passages were taken from published literature, science, and social studies texts, so they are representative of classroom materials. Prior knowledge tasks allow the examiner to determine whether comprehension scores were due, in part, to the subject's level of prior knowledge.
High