This is the only reading inventory on the market to support the treatment of reading as a thinking process through questions and assessments that measure not only readers' abilities to recall facts, but also whether they can inference logical conclusions and respond critically to those conclusions. The text includes both narrative and expository readers' passages for use with pre-K readers through readers in grade 12; and is written in an accessible, inviting style. Through the use of longer passages, multi-level assessments, and case studies, the authors provide a truly effective means to secure a differential analysis of a child's reading comprehension performance.

• Three distinct levels of comprehension questions: text-based, inferential, and critical—Assist in grouping readers by ability levels, from simple recall to critical engagement with text.

  • Enables users to differentiate between readers who can recall what they've read and readers who can respond to it—may serve as incentive to direct attention toward fostering engaged, thoughtful reading.

• Seperate readers passages and audio CD— Automatically packaged with every copy of the book.

  • Explains how to use the Critical Reading Inventory. A spiral bound reader passage book seperate from the main text avoids the need to make copies of the passages for the student to read from.

• Rubrics for retelling and for fluency—Based on research into story grammar and the structure of informational text.

  • Emphasize for future teachers the difference between recall of minute details and that of important facts—stress that word recognition must be assessed within the context of comprehension.

• Original, longer reading passages—Each containing a full story or coherent treatment of a content topic.

  • Illustrate the type of text that engenders interest among students of all ages—helps future teachers learn to select high-interest text for classroom use.

• Case study examples of three levels of diagnostic analysis—Illustrating the flexibility of the Critical Reading Inventory.

  • Put students in the position of reading instructors/analysts—helps them understand the difference between readers who are having genuine difficulty and readers who are simply reluctant.

• Simplified miscue analysis technique.

  • Makes this reading assessment task particularly accessible to novice and veteran teachers alike—highlights both the reader's strategies and his/her orientation.

• A Recapitulation Record that provides a visual display of reader performance—Linked to the Automated Scoring and Interpretation Interview (to handle the calculations).

  • Facilitates comparison among different reading abilities at different functional levels.

• An Audio CD—Provides opportunity to hear how to administer the test.

  • Allows users to listen and learn from the Authors as they give student tests and ask critical response questions.

 1. Introduction to the Critical Reading Inventory.


 2. Description of the Critical Reading Inventory.


 3. Administration and Scoring of the Critical Reading Inventory.


 4. Interpretation of Test Results.


 5. Technical Features of the CRI: Development and Validation.


 6. Case Studies.


Test Materials: Reader's Copy.


Test Materials: Examiner's Copy.


References.


Appendix A: Sample Scoring of Comprehension Questions.


Appendix B: Sample Retellings and Scoring Rubrics.


Appendix C: Passage Length and Readability Data.


Appendix D: Directions for Using the ASII System.


Appendix E: Directions for Using the Demonstration CD.

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