QRI-5 Pages 37-47 Dave and Lindsay
Guidelines for Testing
Get materials
Explain QRI procedures
Administer word lists
Assess prior knowledge
concept questions
prediction
Give passages
Retelling
Questions
Administering Word Lists
Give directions
Determine a beginning list
start at a lower level than the grade level of child
Record responses
accurate vs. automatic
Scoring Word Lists
score it immediately
independent----> continue up
instructional or frustrational----> move down until independent, then move up until get to frustrational again
automatic vs. identified
low vs. high frequency vowel patterns (decoding by analogy)
note whether in isolation or in context after reading
Purpose for Administering Word Lists
Estimating starting point for passages
Examine knowledge of letter/sounds
Examining knowledge of vowel patterns
Analyze difference between words read in isolation vs. context
Estimating automatic word identification