Morris Informal Reading Inventory: Preprimer through Grade 8

In one concise volume, Darrell Morris provides a complete tool for assessing students' reading ability. Unlike most informal reading inventories (IRIs), Morris's approach incorporates measures of automaticity (word recognition and fluency) together with oral reading accuracy and comprehension. This results in more efficient, accurate, and thorough assessments.

Included are an examiner's manual and all test materials for the basic IRI (grades 2-8) plus a separate beginning reading inventory (grades K-1).

In a large-size spiral-bound format for ease of use, the book features more than 90 pages of word/letter lists, illustrated reading passages, and other test materials, all with permission to photocopy.

Table of Contents

Part One. Examiner's Manual

1. The Informal Assessment of Reading Ability
2. Administering an Informal Reading Assessment (Grades 2–8)
3. Interpretation of Reading Scores
4. Assessing the Beginning Reader (Grades K–1)
5. Development of the Reading Inventories

Part Two. Test Materials

I. Informal Reading Inventory (Grades 2–8)

II. Beginning Reading Inventory (Grades K–1)

References 

Index

"Morris has written the best informal reading inventory (IRI) currently available. It assesses word recognition in isolation and in context, as well as comprehension and spelling. In five decades in the reading profession, I have never encountered a better IRI. This is a tour de force of reading assessment."
- Ronald L. Cramer, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Education, Oakland University

"Finally! An informal reading inventory that melds the best of the reading clinical tradition and current reading development theory. This book is a 'must' for classroom teachers, special educators, literacy coaches, and Title I facilitators—in fact, for any teacher who wants a valid, reliable, efficient way to determine students' instructional reading levels. Veteran teachers will applaud Morris's no-nonsense, 'let's get it done right' approach, and novice educators will appreciate his accessible 'how-to' direction. Elementary and special education professors need look no further for a methods assessment guide that will serve their students well in the real world."
- Kathleen J. Brown, PhD, Director, University of Utah Reading Clinic

"The synthesis of research, clinical wisdom, and fine writing make the Morris Informal Reading Inventory a 'new classic' for every literacy professional's bookshelf. Preservice and inservice classroom teachers will find this book a crystal-clear guide to artfully constructed, reliable, and valid individual reading assessment. Scholars and students will appreciate its elegant historical overview of individual reading assessment combined with compelling new data. And literacy educators will find Morris's carefully sequenced approach valuable for university classes and other professional development. Kudos to Morris for this fine resource."
- Camille Blachowicz, PhD, Co-Director, The Reading Leadership Institute, National College of Education, National Louis University