

Sections of the book are: (1) Introduction to the Qualitative Reading Inventory-II (2) Why Another Informal Reading Inventory? A Research Perspective (3) A General Description of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-II (4) Information Provided by the Qualitative Reading Inventory-II including finding reading levels and determining reader strengths and needs (5) Uses of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-II: The Examiner as a Reflective Decision Maker (6) Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-II: Preparation for Testing (7) Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-II: The Word Lists (8) Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-II: Assessment of Prior Knowledge (9) Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-II: The Passages (10) Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-II: Word Identification in Context: Oral Reading including reading, counting, and analyzing oral reading miscues (11) Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-II: Comprehension (12) Administration and Scoring of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-II: Assessing Strategic Reading (13) Summarizing the Results of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-II (14) Examples of Using the Qualitative Reading Inventory-II (15) Test Materials which include six levels of reading passages plus junior high passages and (16) Technical Development of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-II. It focuses assessment on specific questions regarding word identification, fluency, and comprehension, and recommends procedures for assessment of strategic reading and inclusion of results in a classroom portfolio. It includes narrative and expository passages at each level, questions to assess prior knowledge, and word lists. Examples of Using the Qualitative Reading Inventory-4 Using the QRI-4 in the Classroom to Estimate Reading Level using the Qri-4 for Literacy Portfolios and.

Based on current research in reading, this book presents an informal reading inventory designed to assess reading ability at emergent through junior high levels.
