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QRI-6 vs. Flynt/Cooter Comprehensive Reading Inventory-2

Michaela Lindemuth

Multiple Choice

An IRI is...

• Something I have NOT spent all semester studying

• An Informal Reading Inventory

• Something Not the Least Bit Helpful

• Truly just a lot of work

Flynt/Cooter Comprehensive Reading Inventory

CRI-2

Within the Book

• Interest Inventory/Reading Attitude Survey (K-5)

• Phonemic Awareness and other Alphabet Tests

• Concepts of Print

• Phonics and Decoding Tests

• Vocabulary Assessment

• Comprehension & Fluency Assessments

• Student Summary Form

CRI-2

What's in it for me?

• Pearson product (well known brand)

• Comes with a PDKit Online Resource

• Ranges from PrePrimer to 9th Grade Passages

• Can be used for students PrePrimer to 12th

• Validity: Independently researched and assessed

Interest Inventory & Reading Attitude Survey

• Both give you an understanding of how the student feels about reading

• Helps the examiner get to know the student

• Not all questions are about reading

• Gives you an informed understanding before begining

• Get ready for an example from each!

Open Ended

Interest Inventory Question:

What are some famous people that you like?

Does not have to be someone in the picture!

Poll

Reading Attitude Question:

How do you feel about reading books in the summer when school is out?

Concepts of Print Assessments

• For Pre-School through Grade 1

• Checking for basic knowledge of how books work

• Assesses students understanding of letters, words, sentences, and stories

• Includes assessment of reading left to right, top down, punctuation and more

Phonemic Awareness and Other Alphabetic Tests

**All Verbal

• Initial Consonant Sounds Test: hear, segment, and produce beginning sounds

• Phonemic Segmentation Test: hear whole spoken words and then segment them

• Blending Sounds Test: hear and blend spoken sounds to produce words

• Letter Naming Test: identify each of the 26 letters in both Upper and Lowercase randomly

Phonics & Decoding Tests

• Phonics: verbally pronounce words in the most common phonics patterns

• Often referred to as the PT

• Oral Reading and Analysis of Miscues Section: accompanies each graded passage (narative and expository)

• Helps the examiner understand the reason why the mistakes were made

Vocabulary Assessment

• Also known as the High Frequency Word Knowledge Test

• Just read the list of words!

• Sometimes vocabulary questions are included but not always

• Can print of the PDKit Flashcards and laminate for regular use

Comprehension Assessment

• Narrative and Expository Assessments

• Two forms for each style (A-B Narrative) (C-D Expository)

• Grades 1-8 have silent reading comprehension

• 9-12 nonfiction/expository passages are used

• Can choose to measure listening comprehension for levels above the frustration level--can help you find the students "potential"

• Students retell and any answers not given the examiner asks

Fluency Assessment

• Assessed by the Phonics Test and the Oral Reading rate (wpm)

• Graded Sentences help guide the examiner which passage level to begin at

Where Do I Start?

Everyone should start with the Interest Inventory (K-8 applicability)

Reading Attitude Survey (K-5 only)

When testing is completed there are if-then charts to help identify remediations for each need

Example: Iris, 5th grade

• Began with Reading Attitude Survey to get to know student

• Completed the HFWKS (100%) and Phonics Assessments (1 error)--considered proficient in both

• Initial Passage Sentences for Narrative--she read all without mistakes so began at Level 9 (No higher level so stopped here)

• Initial Passage Sentences for Expository--she read all without mistakes so began at Level 9

• Level 9 was too hard so after the questions went to Level 8 and was considered adequate

Example: Iris, gr. 5

• Upon completion of the passage fill out the Assessment Protocol noting any Fundamental Behaviors, Word Attack Behaviors, and Miscues

• Iris was Narrative Level 9 made one mistake, marked as Visual Substitution

• Based upon how many Silent Reading Comprehension/Oral Reading Accuracy will determine what happens next

• Can become a judgement call

Student Summary Form

• Helps keep track of the entire testing protocol

• Ranging from Interests/Background knowledge, any Tier 1-2 Instruction, section to identify strengths and weaknesses

• Example: Final Page of Student Summary Form

Pros of Both the CRI-2 and the QRI-6

• Both have excellent quantity of passages to choose from

• Both work on retell, questioning, and gramatical elements such as inference, comparisions, cause and effects, and literal response

• Both have options to read aloud and silently measuring both silent and oral reading

Specific Pros for Each

• QRI-6: clear and easy to follow with direct instructions

• QRI-6: only two types of tests so easy to follow how to give

• CRI-2: many types of tests that can identify different areas of weakness

• CRI-2: section to identify fundamental behaviors and word attack behaviors

Cons of CRI-2

• It is a bit outdated! Get a newer version

• There are a lot of tests to give and it can feel overwhelming

• Not nearly as straightforward as the QRI-6

Cons of the QRI-6

• Does not test any phonics skills or high frequency words specifically

• Requires the examiner to pay attention to word attack skills and fundamental behaviors

• Does not have a reading attitude survey or a reading interest survey

Poll

Based upon what you have heard which do you prefer?

• QRI-6

• CRI-2

Poll

If you could add a piece of the CRI-2 to the QRI-6 what would you add?

• Student Summary Form

• Reading Attitude/Interest Inventory Test

• Concepts of Print Assessments

• Specific Phonemic Awareness Tests

• Phonics and Decoding Tests

Poll

One more Reading Attitude Survey Question!

How do you feel about the stories you reading in reading class (meaning the books you are teaching!)