Qualitative Reading Inventory

    What is QRI5?

·         The QRI5 is an informal reading inventory that looks to show the conditions when a student can recognize words and comprehend a passage properly as well as the conditions when students cannot recognize words and comprehend a passage properly. 

    What is the purpose of using QRI5?

·         The purpose of the QRI5 is to determine the exact areas that a student is struggling with in order to address those areas. For example, the QRI5 reading passages for 3^rd through 5^th grade are biographies of familiar and unfamiliar people. If a student has more success reading the familiar biographies, it is possible that the student struggles reading when they are unfamiliar with the background of a passage. 

    Have you seen similar assessment activities like QRI5? What are they?

·         I do not believe I have seen a QRI 5 being administered, however I have seen a teacher administering a word list and a running record to a student. 

    What is your impression of QRI5?

·         I like the fact that the QRI 5 is not a norm-referenced assessment and only looks to compare students to themselves. Students, just like all humans, have specific strengths and weaknesses. If a 4^th grade student is struggling on the 2^nd grade word list, intervention should focus on improving his/her ability with the 2^nd grade word list before worrying about what words the average 4^th grader is struggling with.