TY  - CHAP
AB  - Purpose – The chapter provides the reader with an overview of the major components of informal reading inventories (IRIs) and how they can be administered to answer specific questions about students’ reading behaviors. The focus then shifts to how IRIs can be used to help teachers target instruction to better meet students’ instructional needs.Methodology/approach – The authors describe how educators can use the results of IRIs to analyze a student's strengths and areas of need, align those findings with research about six types (clusters) of readers (Valencia & Buly, 2004), and select one or more of the strategies recommended in the chapter to provide instruction related to that student's specific areas of need.Practical implications – In addition to the numerous instructional recommendations provided for the six clusters of readers, the chapter includes a detailed scenario of how one teacher used the results of an IRI to plan instruction for a struggling reader, a process that could be replicated by educators who read the chapter.Social implications – The chapter suggests how small groups of educators could work together to determine which of their students to assess with an IRI and, after assessing, to discuss how they will use the results to target instruction for those students.
VL  - 1
SN  - 978-1-78052-630-0, 978-1-78052-631-7/2048-0458
DO  - 10.1108/S2048-0458(2012)0000001005
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S2048-0458(2012)0000001005
AU  - Johns Jerry L.
AU  - L’Allier Susan K.
AU  - Johns Beth
ED  - Evan Ortlieb
ED  - Earl H. Cheek
PY  - 2012
Y1  - 2012/01/01
TI  - Making the Most of Informal Reading Inventories: Moving from Purposeful Assessment to Targeted Instruction
T2  - Using Informative Assessments towards Effective Literacy Instruction
T3  - Literacy Research, Practice and Evaluation
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 39
EP  - 72
Y2  - 2024/04/19
ER  -