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Peer reviewedFloriani, Bernard P.; Wolinski, John T. – Reading Horizons, 1981
Describes the development of an informal syllabication instrument that has proven useful in determining the strengths and weaknesses of secondary school students' word attack abilities. (FL)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Informal Assessment, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Instruction
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
Peer reviewedCushenberry, Donald C. – Reading Horizons, 1978
Describes procedures for constructing and administering informal reading measures on the secondary level and discusses the proper analysis of the test results. (MAI)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Functional Reading, Informal Assessment, Informal Reading Inventories
