It's true the QRI can be labor intensive, but you can cut some corners and
still get reasonably accurate results. If I know the student is at least at a
first grade level, I'll start with the word list at first grade, and go until I
get their instructional level for words in isolation (for those of you who are
not familiar - we have the student read lists of words, about 25 or so, and see
if they can read them fairly comfortably. When they make 2-3 errors, we
generally call that instructional level - that's a quick summary - that gives
us a good level for a passage reading assignment).
I generally just have them answer questions using the text in front of them -
it's more "real life" - what they'd do in a class room, and less dependent on
sheer memory. How well can they find info in a reading situation? That's
what I want to know, anyway. It speeds things up. Takes about 20 min. per
kid, though - I'll do the word list one day, the passage the next. Amy
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