Informal Prose Inventories (IPI's) are tests of a person's reading ability. They take about 20 minutes to conduct and give you information about a student's reading ability and use of strategies to decode and comprehend text. They provide a benchmark against which you can measure progress and allow you to plan lessons with confidence knowing your student's strengths and weaknesses and the correct instructional level for reading material.
Each Informal Prose Inventory is a stand alone testing package with tests at Reading Age 6-15 years. Purchasing all three gives you greater choice of tests at each level. The three packages are:
The three criteria included in these Informal Prose Inventories, Accuracy, Retelling, and Comprehension, provide a reliable indicator of the instructional reading age that a student should be working on, and establish a benchmark against which progress can be measured.
Downloadable eBooks, School Site Licence: