Teachers' Use of Informal Reading Inventories: An Example of School Constraints.

Harris, Larry A.; Lalik, Rosary M.

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ERIC Number: EJ348997

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Publication Date: 1987

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Teachers' Use of Informal Reading Inventories: An Example of School Constraints.

Harris, Larry A.; Lalik, Rosary M.

Reading Teacher, v40 n7 p624-30 Mar 1987

Reports on what started out to be a survey of the use of the informal reading inventory (IRI) by teachers that revealed the technique to be embedded in a complex environment. Concludes that the use of IRIs and other diagnostic methods can be limited when teachers do not have primary responsibility for making placement decisions. (FL)

Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Education, Informal Reading Inventories, Reading Instruction, Student Placement, Teacher Role, Test Use, Testing Problems

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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