QRI-6 INTRODUCTION

& PRACTICE
The Beginning Point
It is recommended for this test that you begin with a word list that is two (or more)
years below the student’s grade level placement. For the purposes of our class, we
will begin with a word list that is two years below the student’s identified grade
level.
It is better to begin the student too low than to place him/her in a frustrating
situation immediately. Little time will be lost if the list is too easy, and the initial
experience of success may put the student more at ease.

Grade Level Begin with the…

1st – 3rd Pre-primer or primer list
4th – 5th 2nd or 3rd grade list
6th grade and above 4th and/or 5th grade lists
Word Lists Scoring
• While administering the word lists, be sure to look for:
• Accuracy of word identification – whether the student
reads the word correctly or not
• Automaticity of response – the response (correct or not) is
given within one second
• One second can be identified using the phrase – “one
thousand and one”

• If the student scores 90% or higher (independent level)

on the Total Number Correct, go on to the next word list.
Continue this process until the student scores less than
50%. This means that s/he has reached frustration level.
• If the student scores less than 90% on the Total Number
Correct for the first word list, go back to the previous
word list and continue this process until the student
reaches 90% (independent level).
Things to Consider:
• It is important to recognize that the graded word lists do not represent a
true reading situation and therefore do not assess a student’s
comprehension ability. Rather, the lists provide an idea of how well the
student can decode and/or recognize a word at various grade levels, which
may help provide insight as to where the child’s reading independent
reading level is at.
• Additionally, as you observe the student completing the word lists, look for
the following:
• How well does the child use letter-sound patterns?
• Is the child approaching each unfamiliar word as a new phenomenon? Or are they
connecting patterns to any previously known words?
• What vowel patterns does the child recognize? Consonant patterns?
• Does the child recognize parts within multisyllabic words (i.e., syllables,
initial/medial/final sounds)
 LET’S PRACTICE
SCORING WORD LIST
RESPONSES
Wait for the following directions from your instructor.
Leveled Diagnostic Reading Passages
• Once you have identified the student’s independent reading level (90% or above),
you will select a corresponding leveled passage to begin assessing the student’s
reading abilities.
• NOTE: If you have additional data from your Cooperating Teacher’s classroom that
indicate a different reading level, you may use that data in consideration with the
student’s performance from the word lists.
• For students who are in grades below third grade, or who are demonstrating
below grade level reading abilities, it is suggested that the student’s read the
passages aloud. For students in grades four and beyond, it is recommended that
they read the passages silently.
• NOTE: If you are also looking for specific miscues to provide additional insight about the
student’s reading abilities, you will most likely want the child to read aloud.
 Miscues
As the student reads aloud, you will look for the following miscues (see below). A miscue is
defined as any deviation from the printed text. As you record the miscues, here are some
suggestions for how to code each miscue as it is presented.
Types of Coding Suggestions
Miscues
Substitution Write what the student said over the word as it
appears in print.
Omission Circle the omitted word.

Insertion Write in the insertion and mark it with a ^.

Self- If a student corrects a miscue, write the miscue and

correction mark it with “C.”

Reversal If the student transposes two words or phrases,

such as “said John” for “John said,” mark the
reversal with a symbol.
Change in Mark miscues that change the meaning of the
Meaning sentence as “MC.”
 LET’S PRACTICE
CODING MISCUES
We will look at an example of how to read and score miscues on the
following slide.
• Let’s imagine that a student was
reading the following passage and
provided the following errors.
There are a total of 16 miscues
identified in this passage (each
one is numbered 1 – 16).
• Which miscues were
substitutions?
• Which miscues were insertions?
• Which miscues were omissions?
• Which miscues were corrected?
• Which miscues changes the
meaning of the text?
NOTE: Some numbers may be used in
multiple categories (i.e., 14 is both a
substitution and was corrected)
 Total Accuracy Additional Scoring Notes
Independent Level: 98% Accuracy You can locate additional information

Calculating Miscues Instructional Level: 90% - 97%

Accuracy
Frustration Level: Less than 90%
Accuracy
• When calculating the total accuracy
about how to score miscues on pgs. 39
– 50 in the Administration and Scoring
Guide: Word Identification in Context
(Oral Reading), located in your QRI-6
Materials and Resources page.

miscue scores for students, you count

up the total number of miscues
identified on the previous slide.
• While students are reading aloud, they
may still present the following miscues
(see Figure 7.3); however, they will not
be penalized with these type of
miscues when determining their total
accuracy score.
• For additional qualitative feedback,
you may want to use the Miscue
Analysis Worksheet.
Leveled Diagnostic
Reading Passages Continued
• Prior to reading the passages aloud, you will ask the
student to answer a series of Concept Questions. These
concept questions will allow to see if the student’s
performance is based on his/her understanding of the
reading passages or based on familiarity with the
concepts presented within the text.
• After you ask the student the Concept Questions, write
down his/her responses, and then calculate the
student’s responses.
• If the student scores 55% or more in how they respond to
the questions, you have an idea that they have some
familiarity with the story they are about to read.
Leveled Diagnostic
Reading Passages: Retelling
• Once you have identified the student’s independent reading level (90% or above),
you will select a corresponding leveled passage to begin assessing the student’s
reading abilities.
• As the student is reading aloud, you will begin coding his/her miscues.
• Once the student has finished reading the text aloud, you will remove the passage
and ask him/her to retell the passage as if they were telling it to someone who has
never heard the story before.
• After the student has finished retelling the story, you can ask him/her if there is anything
else s/he might like to add. If the student says no, you can restate the title of the passage
to offer additional prompting, but you should not offer any further prompting after that.
• If the student still doesn’t add any additional information, move on to the Comprehension
Questions.
So, What’s the Purpose of Retelling?
• While retelling is not used to determine the
student’s independent, instructional, and/or
frustration level in reading, it can provide
insight for instructional purposes.
• If a student is unable to retell the contents of
the passage, it may mean s/he needs
additional instruction surrounding story
structure (as in the case of a narrative
retelling).
• Additionally, the Retelling section may be
broken down into subcategories like main
idea, key details, events, problem, resolution,
etc. If a student is not able to recall any of
these sections, it may mean s/he needs
instruction within that concept.
Leveled Diagnostic
Reading Passages: Comprehension Questions
• After the student has completed the retelling of the text, you will need to decide as to whether
you will allow the student the opportunity to look back through the story as s/he answers the
comprehension questions or if you will not permit Look Backs.
• Once you’ve made that decision, you will begin asking the student comprehension questions
about the text. There are two types of comprehension questions:
• Explicit – questions that have answers which are stated directly in the text
• Implicit – questions in which the reader must use clues from the passage to make inferences in order
to answer correctly
• Answers are scored as either right or wrong with no half points awarded.
• While you, as the examiner, may prompt the student to provide clarification on an answer, you are
not to provide additional hints or clues to assist the student in coming to the correct answer.
• After you have scored both the explicit and implicit question responses, you should begin to get an
idea as to what type of comprehension instruction should take place next.
When to Discontinue Test Administration
• You will discontinue the test
administration when the student
reaches his/her overall frustration
level.
• The overall level is determined by
adding the miscues score/level to the
comprehension score/level.
• Once you have recorded all of your
scores/notes for each of the three
tests, you will need to transfer that
information to your Assessment
Results sheet. This will be part of your
assignment for the DIP Part B of your
Signature Task.
Guidelines for Determining Total Passage Level
WI: Independent + Comprehension: Independent = Independent Level
+ Comprehension: Instructional = Instructional Level
+ Comprehension: Frustration = Frustration Level
WI: Instructional + Comprehension: Independent = Instructional Level
+ Comprehension: Instructional = Instructional Level
+ Comprehension: Frustration = Frustration Level
WI: Frustration + Comprehension: Independent = Frustration Level
+ Comprehension: Instructional = Frustration Level
Notes WI = Word Recognition
Word Recognition Scores are obtained by the total
number of miscues (either the Total Accuracy or the Total
Acceptability scores)
 LET’S PRACTICE
With your partner, you will practice administering and scoring a Leveled Diagnostic
Reading Passage. Before we begin, the facilitator will model one round of administration
with a participant. Then, participants will continue practicing, with one partner playing the
role of the Examiner and one partner playing the role of the Student. Decide which person
will play the role of the Examiner and which partner will play the role of the Student.