New and updated features of this title

• NEW: Section 11 provides greater detail on how to administer, score, and analyze results for the Inference Diagnostic passages. Testing materials for Inference Diagnostic passages are now included in Section 12.
• NEW: Section 9 now focuses on recording, analyzing, and using the results of QRI-7. This includes using the Student Summary Form to select materials and instructional strategies for intervention instruction, plus information about how to use QRI-7 to indicate growth and monitor progress.
• UPDATED: Section 1 defines reading and challenges simplistic views of reading comprehension. It also explains informal reading inventory (IRI) assessment and discusses the issue of text complexity.
• UPDATED: Section 2 explains how the QRI-7 is different from other published IRIs and explains the research that guided the development of the QRI-7.
• UPDATED: Section 3 clearly describes the different purposes for administering QRI-7 and outlines the basic steps for conducting the assessments. Sections 4 to 8 provide detailed descriptions of how to administer QRI-7 for its various purposes.
• UPDATED: Section 13 describes the extensive piloting of testing materials found in QRI-7 and includes reliability and validity data for the overall test.