Phil IRI
Phil IRI
Informal
Reading
Inventory
Manual 2018
The Philippine Informal
Reading Inventory
Manual 2018
The region and/or division can also conduct training programs to teachers on
the conduct of the Phil-IRI. Teachers who will administer the Phil-IRI should
read the manual thoroughly and prepare all the necessary materials and forms
prior to the scheduled date of test administration.
How do we get a copy of the
Phil-IRI materials?
– The Phil-IRI materials will be uploaded to the Learning
Resource Management Development System (LRMDS)
portal of the DepEd website which can be downloaded
by the teachers, school heads and education supervisors.
– Schools are advised to use the MOOE funds for the
reproduction and distribution of the materials to
teachers.
B. DESCRIPTION OF THE
PHIL-IRI TESTING KIT
– The Phil-IRI Silent Reading Test may be administered after the Oral
Reading Test is conducted to further check the student’s
comprehension skill.
– This is an optional activity
The Phil-IRI Graded Passages
(Sets A, B, C and D)
Step 2:
– For each passage, compute scores in Word Reading and Comprehension to
identify student’s Reading Levels.
– Using these graded passages, the test administrator must find the student’s
independent, instructional and frustration levels.
– Awareness of a child’s reading levels can help the teacher identify materials that
are suitable for developing the learner’s reading skills.
STAGE 2:
Administration of the Phil-IRI Graded Passages
(Pre-Test)
Step 2:
– Finding the independent level means that we are looking for the grade level passage
that the child can read on his/her own without any assistance.
– To find the independent level, the test administrator continues to give a selection
that is one level lower than a given selection until the child is able to register
performance at 97 to 100% in word reading and 80 to 100% comprehension.
– It is important to find the independent level so that we know the kind of text that the
child is already able to perform well in.
– Providing material at the independent level may serve as a source of motivation or as
a starting point for instruction.
STAGE 2:
Administration of the Phil-IRI Graded Passages
(Pre-Test)
Step 2:
– Finding the instructional level means that we are looking for the grade level
passage that the child can read with the support of a teacher.
– This is the level where students make the most progress in reading.
– To find the instructional level, the test administrator continues to give a selection
that is one level higher than the independent level passage until the learner is
able to register performance at 90 to 96% in word reading and 59 to 79% in
comprehension.
STAGE 2:
Administration of the Phil-IRI Graded Passages
(Pre-Test)
Step 3:
– Administer Listening Comprehension Test (Stage 2a) and Silent Reading Test
(Stage 2b).
– Note that both stages are optional.
STAGE 2:
Administration of the Phil-IRI Graded Passages
(Pre-Test)
Step 3: STAGE 2a:
– After administering the Oral Reading Test, if there is a need to describe the
performance of the child when the reading task is lifted (i.e. especially when the
students have been identified to be non-readers), the Listening Comprehension Test
may be administered.
– The process of finding the independent, instructional and frustration levels are the
same except that the passages are no longer read by the student and instead are
read by the test administrator.
– After each selection has been listened to, the test administrator reads the multiple
choice questions that the students must respond to orally.
STAGE 2:
Administration of the Phil-IRI Graded Passages
(Pre-Test)
Assess Performance
2. Let the pupil read/listen to the selection.
3. After the child has listened to/read the selection, show the
multiple choice items on the student’s booklet. The student may read the
question or the teacher may read it for him/her and read the options which
the test-taker will choose from. Ask the child to answer the question by
writing the letter of the option that he/she thinks has the correct answer.
Repeat the process until all questions are answered.
E. Specific Directions for the
Administration of the Phil-IRI Graded
Passages
STEP 5:
Assess Performance
4. If the child answers the question with the response, “I
don’t know,” mark the item on the scoring sheet with an X.
5. If the student asks to go back to the selection to look for
the answer, he/she may do so. If the student is then able to
answer correctly, mark the item on the scoring sheet as correct
and write LB (Looked Back)3 .
E. Specific Directions for the
Administration of the Phil-IRI Graded
Passages
STEP 6:
Report Results
a. Form 3A/3B 1. Fill out all the required student information and
test details in Form 3A / 3B.
2. In Part A of the form, record the time when the student starts
and ends reading the passage. Then, compute the reading rate (Refer to
Section G: Recording the Speed and Rate in Reading). If the student is
asked to read orally:
3. As the child reads, record the student’s miscues. (Refer to Table 4
under 1 Section G.)
Marking and Scoring the
Miscues
– When administering the Phil-IRI Graded Passages, both the
teacher and the student need to have a copy of the passage to be
read by the student.
– While the student is reading a passage orally, the teacher records
every miscue committed. The guide in marking and scoring the
miscues is shown in Table 4.
Marking and Scoring the
Miscues
Marking and Scoring the
Miscues
Computing the Oral Reading
Score per Passage
Recording the Speed and Rate
in Oral Reading
Computing the Student’s
Comprehension of the
Passage
Analysis and Interpretation of Word
Reading and Comprehension Level
Analysis and Interpretation of Word
Reading and Comprehension Level
Qualitative Analysis
Qualitative Analysis
Conducting the Reading
Intervention
– Based on the reading difficulty of the student, a reading intervention program is
designed for him/her.
– Appendix H contains the Handbook on Reading Intervention.
– It discusses some cases of different problems in reading of some pupils and the
recommended intervention.
– It likewise looks into the behavior of some readers, as recorded in Table 9
(word-byword reading, reading on a monotonous tone, disregards punctuation .
. .) and tries to correct these during the reading intervention.
Conducting the Phil-IRI
Graded Passages Posttest
– The Phil-IRI Posttest for the grade level is administered during the 4th quarter.
– The teacher records the score of each student and compares the result of the
posttest against the pre test.
– The behavior during the reading of the selection is compared to the student's
behavior during the pretest.
– It should be noted that only the pupils who got a score of 14 and below during
the Group Screening Test are subjected to further testing through the individual
reading of graded selection.
Conducting the Phil-IRI
Graded Passages Posttest
– Based on the observed reading needs of these pupils, they are given the
appropriate reading intervention.
– Then they take the Phil-IRI posttest.
– The result of the posttest and the improved behavior while reading will indicate
the pupils' improved reading skills.
– The better readers are not subjected to Phil-IRI activities, but it is expected that
the regular classroom instruction in Reading will further improve their reading
skills.
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