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| Preface | |
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| Introduction to the Qualitative Reading Inventory-4 | |
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| Why Another Informal Reading Inventory? A Research Perspective | |
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| Early Reading Assessment: A Developmental Perspective | |
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| Factors Related to Comprehension | |
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| Factors Related to Word Identification | |
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| A General Description of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-4 | |
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| The Word Lists | |
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| The Passages | |
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| Information Provided by the Qualitative Reading Inventory-4 | |
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| Finding Reading Levels | |
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| Determining Reader Strengths and Needs | |
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| Documenting Growth and Change | |
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| Questions Regarding the Validity and Reliability of QRI-4 | |
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| Uses of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-4: The Examiner as a Reflective Decision Maker | |
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| Using the QRI-4 to Estimate Reading Level | |
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| Using the QRI-4 to Determine Reading Level | |
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| Using the QRI-4 to Indicate Growth | |
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| Using the QRI-4 for Literacy Portfolios | |
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| Using the QRI-4 to Match Students to Appropriate Text | |
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| Using the QRI-4 to Verify a Suspected Problem | |
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| Using the QRI-4 to Describe Specific Reading Behaviors as a Guide for Intervention Instruction | |
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| Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-4: Preparation for Testing | |
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| Summary Guidelines for Administration and Scoring | |
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| Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-4: The Word Lists | |
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| Purposes for Administering the Word Lists | |
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| Procedures for Administering the Word Lists | |
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| Procedures for Scoring the Word Lists | |
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| Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-4: Assessment of Prior Knowledge | |
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| Assessing Prior Knowledge | |
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| Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-4: The Passages | |
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| Purposes for Administering the Passages | |
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| Assessment Options | |
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| General Procedures for Administering the Passages | |
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| Passage Selection | |
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| How to Find an Instructional Level | |
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| Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-4: Word Identification in Context: Oral Reading | |
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| Recording Oral Reading Miscues | |
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| Counting Oral Reading Miscues | |
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| Analyzing Oral Reading Miscues: Miscue Analysis | |
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| Evaluating Automaticity | |
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| Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-4: Comprehension | |
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| Retelling | |
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| Questions | |
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| Criteria for Determining Reading Levels | |
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| Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-4: Assessing Strategic Reading | |
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| Look-Backs | |
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| Think-Alouds | |
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| Assessing Note-Taking Ability | |
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| Assessing Listening Comprehension | |
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| Summarizing the Results of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-4 | |
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| Organizing the Data | |
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| Examples of Using the Qualitative Reading Inventory-4 | |
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| Using the QRI-4 in the Classroom to Estimate Reading Level | |
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| Using the QRI-4 for Literacy Portfolios | |
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| Using the QRI-4 to Design Intervention Instruction | |
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| Using the QRI-4 for Indicating Growth | |
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| Test Materials | |
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| Subject Word Lists | |
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| Examiner Word Lists | |
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| Pre-Primer-Level Passages | |
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| Lost and Found | |
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| Spring and Fall | |
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| Who Do I See? (Pictures) | |
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| Just Like Mom (Pictures) | |
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| People at Work (Pictures) | |
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| Examiner Copies | |
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| Primer-Level Passages | |
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| A Trip | |
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| Fox and Mouse (Pictures) | |
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| The Pig Who Learned to Read (Pictures) | |
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| Who Lives Near Lakes? (Pictures) | |
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| Living and Not Living | |
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| Examiner Copies | |
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| Level One Passages | |
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| Mouse in a House | |
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| Marva Finds a Friend (Pictures) | |
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| The Bear and the Rabbit (Pictures) | |
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| Air | |
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| The Brain and the Five Senses (Pictures) | |
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| Examiner Copies | |
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| Level Two Passages | |
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| What Can I Get for My Toy? | |
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| The Lucky Cricket (Pictures) | |
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| Father's New Game (Pictures) | |
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| Whales and Fish (Pictures) | |
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| Seasons | |
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| Examiner Copies | |
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| Level Three Passages | |
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| The Trip to the Zoo | |
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| A Special Birthday for Rosa | |
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| The Friend | |
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| Cats: Lions and Tigers in Your House | |
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| Where Do People Live? | |
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| Wool: From Sheep to You | |
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| Examiner Copies | |
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| Level Four Passages | |
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| Johnny Appleseed | |
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| Amelia Earhart | |
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| Tomie dePaola | |
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| Early Railroads | |
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| The Busy Beaver | |
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| Plant Structures for Survival | |
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| Examiner Copies | |
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| Level Five Passages | |
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| Martin Luther King, Jr. | |
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| Margaret Mead | |
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| Patricia McKissack | |
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| Farming on the Great Plains | |
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| The Octopus | |
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| How Does Your Body Take in Oxygen? | |
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| Examiner Copies | |
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| Modeling Passage for Think-Alouds | |
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| The Mining Boom | |
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| Level Six Passages | |
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| Pele | |
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| Abraham Lincoln | |
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| The Early Life of Lois Lowry | |
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| The Lifeline of the Nile | |
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| Building Pyramids (Think-Aloud Passage) | |
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| Temperature and Humidity | |
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| Clouds and Precipitation (Think-Aloud Passage) | |
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| Examiner Copies | |
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| Upper Middle School Passages | |
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| Literature | |
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| Biddy Mason | |
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| Malcolm X | |
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| Social Studies | |
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| Immigration-Part 1 | |
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| Immigration-Part 2 (Think-Aloud Passage) | |
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| Science | |
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| Life Cycles of Stars-Part 1 | |
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| Life Cycles of Stars-Part 2 (Think-Aloud Passage) | |
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| Examiner Copies | |
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| High School Passages | |
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| Literature | |
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| Where the Ashes Are-Part 1 | |
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| Where the Ashes Are-Part 2 | |
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| Where the Ashes Are-Part 3 (Think-Aloud Passage) | |
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| Social Studies | |
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| World War I-Part 1 | |
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| World War I-Part 2 | |
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| World War I-Part 3 (Think-Aloud Passage) | |
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| Science | |
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| Characteristics of Viruses-Part 1 | |
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| Characteristics of Viruses-Part 2 | |
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| Characteristics of Viruses-Part 3 (Think-Aloud Passage) | |
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| Examiner Copies | |
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| Technical Development of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-4 | |
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| The Pilot | |
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| Development of the Word-Identification Tests | |
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| Development of the Prior-Knowledge Assessment Tasks | |
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| Development of the Measures of Comprehension | |
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| Development of the Think-Aloud Procedure | |
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| Development of the Passages | |
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| Rationale for Scoring Oral Reading Miscues | |
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| Reliability and Validity | |
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| Using the QRI-4 to Guide Instruction | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |