IRI Rationale
Context:
I administered the Informal Reading Inventory (IRI) to a third grade student in Mrs. Parsons's class at Blue Ridge Elementary School. This individual assessment is appropriate in calculating a student's reading rate along with their comprehension level and can be used to determine a student's reading level. This assessment was completed during Block II of the fall of 2007. It was administered under the advisement of Dr. Ellen Pesko.
Impact:
The Informal Reading Inventory provides teachers with information about students' reading comprehension and reading rate. Specifically, it documents how quickly and accurately a student can read, what sight words that student can read, and a students level of comprehension pertaining to a specific passage of text. These data can be used to determine a student's reading level as well as target specific instruction that children need.
I hope to use this assessment in my student teaching and future classroom in order to determine students' reading levels as well as to assess where they are in their reading.
Alignment:
Standard 1, Indicator 1-This standard was met because the Informal Reading Inventory yields data pertaining to early developmental stages of reading; specifically reading fluency and comprehension.
Standard 7, Indicator 7-This standard was met because teachers use the Informal Reading Inventory as a tool to assess where a student is in their reading; specifically reading comprehension and reading fluency. The teacher uses the information gathered through the assessment to better design and deliver instruction to meet students' individual reading needs and to provide instruction that falls in a student's zone of proximal development.
Standard 16, Indicator 4-This standard was met because the Informal Reading Inventory can be used to determine a student's reading level and reading zone of proximal development; including their frustration level, instruction level, and independent level. This information is important in the selection of materials that augment the elementary curriculum.
Author:
Sarah Gyori
Last modified:
4/12/2008 6:11 AM (EST)
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