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Download full textLDA of Minnesota, 2006
GED (General Educational Development) learners are a diverse group--just like ABE (Adult Basic Education) and ESL (English as a second language) learners. For some, passing the GED tests closes the door on a history of defeat and failure and allows them to move ahead personally. Achieving the goal of passing all five GED tests is not easy for some…
Descriptors: Reading Research, Teacher Researchers, Reading Difficulties, Educational Development
Johns, Jerry L. – 1990
This 90-item annotated bibliography contains material primarily published after 1977. The bibliography provides a readily available resource related to informal reading inventories (IRIs). The three sections of the document are: (1) basic information; (2) research; and (3) descriptive reports. The bibliography is designed to be useful to a diverse…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Elementary Education, Informal Assessment, Informal Reading Inventories
Peer reviewedOlson, Mary W.; Gillis, M. K. – Reading Horizons, 1987
Suggests that informal reading inventories (IRIs) should include both narrative and expository passages. Describes a study of several reading inventories indicating that some current secondary school IRIs have been constructed with some consistency of text types, but failed to reveal a clear picture of text structure for the inventories. (HTH)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Expository Writing, Informal Assessment, Informal Reading Inventories
Levine, Mary Ann; Singleton, Barbara A. – 1981
Qualitative research that takes into account children's views of themselves as well as their own assessments of their talents and capabilities in reading and other academic areas can enhance understandings already established in research and measured by standardized instruments. New avenues of qualitative research can prove amenable to assessing…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Informal Assessment, Measurement Techniques, Reading Attitudes
Rakes, Thomas A.; McWilliams, Lana J. – 1978
The results from two informal measures (a cloze test and a group reading inventory and a standardized reading test were compared in a study of instruments available for measuring adult reading performance. The three instruments were administered to 158 undergraduates enrolled in reading improvement classes. From this group, 75 subjects were…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Anderson, Betty – 1986
Noting that most classroom teachers use informal reading inventories (IRI) as diagnostic instruments, a study examined what oral reading accuracy level is most appropriate for the instructional level and whether repetitions should be counted as oral reading errors. Randomly selected students from the second through fifth grades at two elementary…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Informal Assessment, Informal Reading Inventories, Oral Reading
Gustafson, David J. – 1987
Cumulative school records kept on children generally contain only standardized test scores and random notes concerning conduct, yet some theorists suggest that one of the most powerful tools of assessment is teachers' daily observation. To determine teachers' capability for evaluating their students' reading, a study examined teachers' informal…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Informal Assessment, Knowledge Level, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedHarlin, Rebecca; Lipa, Sally – Reading Horizons, 1990
Compares the effectiveness of the Concepts about Print (CAP) Test and the Metropolitan Readiness Test (MRT) in assessing the literacy development of both normal and at-risk primary students. Finds the CAP to be an effective predictor for at-risk children. Finds the MRT not worth the time, effort, and cost of administration. (RS)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Emergent Literacy, High Risk Students
Peer reviewedDuffelmeyer, Fredrick A.; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1989
Examines the utility of informal reading inventories (IRI) and acknowledges four limitations of the research. Indicates that no validity-enhancing measures were implemented in conjunction with the three IRIs analyzed. Suggests that IRI vocabulary questions do not appear to be useful. (MG)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Context Clues, Elementary Education, Informal Assessment
Siedow, Mary Dunn – Forum for Reading, 1991
Explores the utility of an informal reading inventory for assessing the reading abilities of college students. Determines the amount and kinds of information that can be learned from an informal reading inventory. Determines whether information gained from the Advanced Reading Inventory differed qualitatively from that obtained from the Nelson…
Descriptors: College Students, Content Area Reading, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
Aiex, Nola Kortner – 1990
This digest is intended to help and inform those teachers who are contemplating using children's literature to teach reading, and provides a brief review of material in the ERIC database on literature-based reading instruction. The digest includes sections on recent research, basic resources, assessing literature based reading, diverse methods…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Informal Assessment
Garcia, Georgia Earnest – 1992
The first part of this report reviews the different types of formal assessment measures that have been used to evaluate the language and literacy performance of second-language learners of English in the United States, including language proficiency tests, reading readiness tests, standardized reading tests, basal reading tests, and statewide…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Class Activities, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Marks, Tracey A.; And Others – 1994
A study describes the process of two first-grade teachers incorporating the Reading Recovery process of "roaming around the known" in their regular classrooms. Their purpose was to assess what their students knew about print. Data collection for these case studies took place for 16 weeks late in 1992; participants included 49 first-grade…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Case Studies, Classroom Design, Elementary School Teachers
Noble, Cynthia – 1982
To accumulate the data necessary for making recommendations for the improvement of middle school reading programs in Massachusetts, such programs were assessed by computer searches, informal interviews, and random questionnaires. "TRANS," Teaching Reading Acquisition Natural to Subject Areas, embodies the kind of program needed to meet…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Informal Assessment, Instructional Improvement
