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Emmett Albert Betts Directed Reading Activity or Informal Reading Inventory.

What is the IRI?. Teachers can gain insights into students' reading behavior.Teachers can analyze students' word recognition, fluency, and comprehension.Teachers can use this information for planning purposes and make better decisions.Teachers can help students make significant progress in reading.Teachers can estimate students' instructional level..

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Emmett Albert Betts Directed Reading Activity or Informal Reading Inventory.

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    1. Emmett Albert Betts Directed Reading Activity or Informal Reading Inventory. Susana Lastra University of Miami

    3. A Biographical Sketch 1920- He started his career as educator and theorist in the teaching of reading. 1925- He stressed the importance of his Betts Reading To Read Tests. 1934- He pursued research in reading instruction. 1941- He used his “subjective reading inventory”( IRI became a valuable test). 1942- He set up the three levels of the IRI. 1945- He helped to organize the International Council for The Improvement of Reading ( IRA). 1961- He became professor of education at U.M. and enhanced the doctoral program in reading and psychology. 1970- IRI continued to be popular, a new dimension was added ( Reading error-miscues) 1980- The Advanced Reading Inventory , Burns and Roe. 1990- IRI continued to be developed in classrooms, clinical situations, and teachers training programs. 2000- Three trends were developed: a) training initial teachers; b) used by teachers and districts; c) to asses ESOL students.

    4. Emmett Betts’ Contributions The most prolific of contributors to educational Journals(1300 papers and articles). He was the editor of Highlights for Children and My Weekly Reader. He wrote important books like: Prevention and Correction of Reading Difficulties (1956); Visual Problems of School Children(1947); Foundations of Reading Instruction (1957). Prior to his death (1987) Betts commented: The purpose of the IRI was to train teachers to be perceptive about students, reading behavior.

    5. Major Functions of the IRI Independent level –the level at which the student reads fluently and with excellent comprehension. Instructional level- the level at which the students can make progress in reading with teacher guidance. Frustration level- The level at which the students is unable to pronounce many words and/or to comprehend. Determine strategies for word identification ( sight vocabulary, phonic analysis, context clues) Determine the student’s rate. Determine strengths and weaknesses in comprehension. Determine student’s listening level.

    6. Steps for the IRI Establish a rapport- reduces anxiety Interview student- assess student’s prior knowledge and decoding skills. Apply word lists- determines word identification, structure analysis and phonics. Use oral passages-assess student’s background knowledge and ability to express themselves. Apply silent reading passages-observe student’s behavioral characteristics. Use listening passages-gives an estimate of student’s potential growth in reading.

    7. Conclusions “ A reading test is a useful instrument only in so far as it measures abilities which are employed in particular reading programs” Witty and Kopel. “ Informal tests based the reading materials used in the classroom and charts of faulty and difficulties observed when the child is reading provide the best basis for planning effective instruction”. Donald. D. Durrell.

    8. References Betts, Emmett A. (1937)Problems in Reading. New York States Education magazine. Meadville, Pennsylvania: keystone View Company. Betts, Emmett A. (1946) Foundations of Reading Instruction. New York: American Book Company. Betts, Emmet A. ( 1936) The Prevention and Correction of Reading Difficulties. Row, Peterson and Company.

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