Lisa, I was trained years ago on the QRI and the school district I'm in now has just started to request that their classroom teachers use it for 4th grade and up because the DRA takes too long past level 44. I like the newest QRI-4 because the students are allowed to look back for questions. The QRI offers the ability to compare straight retelling from memory, answering literal and inferential questions from memory, finding more information from the text when using look backs. I like it as a reading specialist because you really get a full picture of the student. The only issue is that it's just a grade level, so for teachers who are using leveled books it can be vague. There are gradients of difficulty within the passages, but still just that grade level. We (the reading specialists) are now using the new F&P assesment kit. It's been helpful and enables one to pinpoint an instructional level more closely related to the childs needs. However, I think the QRI is the way to go if you are purchasing it on your own- way less$$. Michelle- 2-5AIS/NY
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