Scholastic Reading Inventory-Interactive Training Module

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Scholastic Reading Inventory-InteractiveTraining
Module
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• What is the SRI Interactive?
• Interactive reading comprehension test
• An assessment of student reading levels
• Scores are reported in Lexiles

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• Who should take the SRI?
• The SRI is designed for students who can read.
• It is recommended that teachers take an SRI
  BEFORE students.

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• If students are unable to read, should the SRI be
  read to them?
• The SRI is for students who are readers.

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• REFLECT
• Why is it important for you as a teacher to take
  this test?
• What environmental conditions should exist for
  students during this test?

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How does the SRI-Interactive work?
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• 1. Student logs onto computer.
• 2. Student answers questions about his/her
  reading interests to prepare a customized reading
  list.

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Student selects favorite types of books.
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Book Interest Screens
Grades K-2
Grades 6
Grades 3-5
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• Student takes a short Practice Test.
• 4. The test begins.

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Students take the practice test.
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Practice Test
Optional Practice Test

• To make sure
• student understands
• directions.
• To make sure
• student knows how
• to use computer.
• Approximately three to
• five questions in
• length.

Directions can be read aloud by the computer.
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• Student takes the SRI-Interactive test.

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Compute-Adaptive Technology
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Assess Reading Levels through Graduate
School
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• The test ends when a student has
• answered enough questions to accurately
• calculate a Lexile measure.
• Student receives a
• Recommended Reading List.

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• Why does SRI work?
• Authentic text passages
• Fiction, non-fiction, high interest low
  readability passages
• Require students to use inference, draw
  conclusions, demonstrate knowledge of content
  vocabulary, and higher order thinking skills

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• Why does SRI work?
• Computer Adaptive Technology
• Test adapts to student responses. Test
  automatically steps up or down according to
  performance.
• Adaptive technology only requires student to do
  as many questions as needed to calculate accurate
  Lexile.
• Test bank of 3000 questions ensures that no two
  tests are identical.

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• Why does SRI work?
• Flexible
• Test can be administered at any computer station
  or on a number of computers.
• Appropriate for all students who are reading.
• Settings are easily adjusted to accommodate
  specific student needs.

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What is a Lexile? A Lexile is a unit for
measuring text difficulty. The word Lexile is a
blend of the root word Lex, which refers to
words, and echoes the word percentile, a
comparative unit of measure.
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Test takes approximately 20 to 30 minutes To
complete.
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How do you use a Lexile Measure?
On Grade Level Lexile Range
Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7
600-900L 700-1000L 800-1050L 850-1100L
Student Tested Lexile 729L
Independent/Fluent Reading Range is 250L below Lexile Score. 80 to 90 Comprehension Independent/Instructional Reading Range is 100L Below to 50L Above Lexile. 70 to 80 Comprehension Instructional/Challenging Reading Range is 250L Above Lexile Score. Less than 70 Comprehension
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Recommended Reading List

• Selected Interest areas based
• on initial selection
• Measured Reading Level
• reported in Lexiles
• Grade Level
• Developmentally appropriate

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• REFLECT
• How often should the SRI be given?
• What possible exceptions might exist?