Text Type and Text Structure: An Analysis of Three Secondary Informal Reading Inventories.

Olson, Mary W.; Gillis, M. K.

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Publication Date: 1987

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Text Type and Text Structure: An Analysis of Three Secondary Informal Reading Inventories.

Olson, Mary W.; Gillis, M. K.

Reading Horizons, v28 n1 p70-80 Fall 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, Narration, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Secondary Education

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Language: English

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