Analytical Reading Inventory

Mary Lynn Woods was a classroom teacher for 18 years, teaching preschool, grades 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and K-12 remedial reading.  For the last 22 years, she has been an on-site language arts staff development consultant in the Indianapolis area, working directly in K-12 classrooms with teachers and administrators, teaching in-classroom demonstration lessons, conducting in-classroom observations/debriefing sessions, and facilitating teacher study groups.  During that time she also taught language arts and reading diagnostic courses at the University of Indianapolis.  Currently she consults for the Indianapolis Public Schools, Center for Inquiry K-8 schools, # 84, # 27, and #2, providing in-classroom staff development focused upon informal reading inventory assessment and language arts instruction.

SECTION I OVERVIEW 

 

SECTION II EXAMINER’S PASSAGE AND SUMMARY RECORD SHEETS MODEL 

 

SECTION III ARI FOR YOUR REFERENCE          

 

SECTION IV DIRECTIONS– READING LEVELS INDEPENDENT THROUGH FRUSTRATION      

     

SECTION V DIRECTIONS– SUMMARIZE DATA, IDENTIFY INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS, AND REPORT RESULTS   

 

SECTION VI ARI QUICK ASSESSMENTS          

 

SECTION VII TRANSITION TO INSTRUCTION  

 

SECTION VIII ARI DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION  

 

SECTION IX APPENDIX           

 

SECTION X MODEL CASE STUDY – READING LEVELS INDPENDENT THROUGH FRUSTRTION    

 

SECTION XI EXAMINER’S RECORD SHEETS