I think finding a screening tool is a challenge when we are talking about teachers who deal with larger numbers of students than a single classroom. Our ninth grade reading teacher used the QRI this year. She conducted the readings in one on one sessions with the students and used the comprehension questions as an interview. She is working with the most troubled groups of readers, but generally has 12-18 kids in her classes. Previously she had been required to use the STAR, which none of us like, and she likes the QRI much better. I believe she used only the passage reading, and she did running records with a miscue eye. I don't suppose anything is perfect, and to be honest, I cannot see the majority of our middle or high school teachers willing to do anything that requires 1:1 assessment.
My husband taught two sections of 8th grade reading this year (with a certification in Art Education and a master's in Technology Education, go figure) and he used the QRI in a slightly different way. He administered an on-level passage at the beginning of the year and kids did the questions (typed up with more room to respond) in writing. Then he re-administered passages with readers who did not score in the instructional and independent ranges. These he did orally. This amounted to some 2-6 readers, I believe, and that doesn't seem to me to be an overwhelming task. Our other high school reading teacher (working a more confident and more able group) plans to administer in this way in the coming year. I would so appreciate a continuing conversation about assessing reading with students at the middle and high school level. Lori ----- Original message ----- From: gina nunley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Date: 2008, 08, Saturday Of March 15:27 Subject: [MOSAIC] best iri > Wow I actually took a course from Silvaroli at ASU back in the early 80s. > > Our district reviewed IRIs about 7 years ago and couldn't find big > differences in them. In the end we were down to Jerry John's and QRI. > (Qualitative Reading Inventory) We chose QRI because they were going to allow > us to purchase 1 book for a grade level and then copy passages, whereas Jerry > John required us to purchase every teacher a book and we didn't have the > funds. We made kits from the QRI and gave one to each teacher. > > Overall I like it. It offers narrative and expository passages and there is > a mixture of implicit and explicit comprehension questions. You can do a > reading rate at the same time, and of course you can do as much as you'd like > with the miscue analysis. What upper grade teachers don't always understand > is that unlike the early year's running records, a QRI is only good as a > beginning, middle, and end of the year assessment. ( I even wonder about how > helpful the middle of the year is). The running records of early grades of > course reflect the big leaps those readers make within short periods of time. > You aren't going to see many older kids jump a full grade level from > beginning to middle. > > > Gina > 6th grade ELA > _________________________________________________________________ > Shed those extra pounds with MSN and The Biggest Loser! > http://biggestloser.msn.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
