week 9 assignment #3

Assignment# 3 Compare and Contrast QRI5 and DIBELS (This assignment would also fulfill the requirement for one of the major project, DIBELS).

·         Summarize each assessment battery tool.

·         Describe the similarities and differences of both assessments.

·         Describe how they can be used (in the classrooms or as a standardized tool) for instructional planning and decisions.

Summarize 

The Qualitative Reading Inventory-5 (QRI-5) 

QRI 5 is an individually administered informal reading inventory (IRI) designed to provide information about (1) conditions under which students can identify words and comprehend text successfully and (2) conditions that appear to results in unsuccessful word identification or comprehension.

The QRI-5 provides graded word lists and numerous passages designed to assess the oral and silent reading and listening ability of students from the pre-primer 1 through the high school levels; number of assessment options-results can be used to estimate students’ reading levels, to group students for guided reading sessions, or to choose appropriate books for literacy circles, reading workshops, and independent reading.

Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS)

DIBELS is a set of procedures and measures for assessing early literacy skills from K-6. They are designed to be short fluency measures used to regularly monitor the development of early literacy and early reading skills. DIBELS consist of several measures to function as indicators of phonemic awareness, alphabetic principle, accuracy and fluency with connected text, reading comprehension, and vocabulary. 
DIBELS' measures all link to "Big Ideas in Beginning Reading" which is a website designed to provide information, technology, and resources to teachers, administrators, and parents across the country. The theory behind DIBELS is that giving primary school students a number of quick tests, educators will have the data to identify students who need additional assistance and monitor the effectiveness of intervention strategies. Early identification and intervention are essential for helping at risk students or students with reading difficulties. 

COMPARE

Similarities:

Analyze where students’ level are in terms of word recognitions, vocabulary, reading fluency, and comprehension. After the assessment of students’ reading levels, the results provide important reference for educators to determine further support or intervention instruction.

Differences:

Grade covering	QRI-5 offers assessment materials K-12
	DIBELS offers assessment materials K-6
Individual/ group	QRI-5 can provide group administration at level3  and above
	DIBELS mainly one on one model
Exam category	QRI-5 has word lists, concept questions, miscue analysis, retelling, and comprehension questions.
	DIBELS assesses issues such as phonemic awareness, alphabetic principle, accuracy and fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
Scale	QRI-5 rates students according to their reading level: independent, instructional, and frustrated.
	DIBELS rates students as At-Risk, Some-Risk and Low Risk for beginning of the year assessments and deficient, emerging and established during the middle and end of the year.
Benchmark	QRI-5 only in regard to the individual and not to any norm group.
	DIBELS has been researched and validated specifically for benchmark testing in kindergarten through sixth grade.
Technology	QRI-5 paid paper version only
	DIBELS  free material download/ paid tablet-based app
Test duration	QRI-5 no time limitation
	DIBELS most aspects take 1 minute to implement.
Support	QRI-5 during text, not automatically hint.
	DIBELS when students encounter difficulty, provide prompt.
direction	QRI-5 general instruction.
	DIBELS very detailed, including discontinue rules, articulation and dialect effect, etc.

Classroom 

Both assessments can be used to determine a student’s reading level and provide information for intervention. They both can be used to document student growth. In my class, I would like to take QRI 5(6) as a general assessment because it is suitable for K-12. However, for students who need to be identified the difficulty in  “Phonemic Awareness” or “ Alphabetic Principle”, I would like to take DIBELS. Or, if I don’t have much time to practice the routine, I willingly use DIBELS’ tablet-based app to assess and have a completed report!