RICA SUBTEST 3 VERSION 2 LATEST VERSION
UPDATED AND REVISED IN
2025/2026
Graded Reading Passages - ANSWER ->a set of texts, usually between
50 and 100 words, of increasing difficulty. The passages start at the
preprimer level and continue on to grade 8 in most test packages.
Student reads the text either orally or silently, depending on the goal of
the assessment. Used to determine: frustration, instructional, and
independent reading levels and areas of reading strength and need.
1. most important part of IRI.
2. passages for every grade level
3. students read aloud and measure miscue analysis graphophonemic
errors, semantic errors, syntactic errors.
Preprimer and primer - ANSWER ->two reading levels, corresponding to
kinder, that feature the easiest texts to read. Texts written in these
levels use few words and have very short sentences. After these levels,
the rest correspond to grade levels.
Reading Level - ANSWER ->A grade level from preprimer (early kinder)
to grade 12. Texts are assigned a reading level on the basis of one of
many formulas; almost all determine a text's reading level by the size of
words and the length of sentences in the text (aka readability)
miscue analysis - ANSWER ->The process of analyzing a student's oral
reading performance. A teacher examines a student's errors to identify
areas of strength an need. The results of miscue analysis show patterns
,of error and allow the teacher to provide data-based instruction (e.g.,
Fred has trouble with words with the CVCe pattern, such as bike.)
Three categories of Oral Reading Errors - ANSWER ->graphophonemic
errors semantic errors
syntactic errors
Graphophonic Error - ANSWER ->A sound-symbol error a student makes
when reading aloud. While reading, the students states a word, or
version of a word, that sounds like the target word. This category of
error shows the student is not using the meaning of the text to
determine an unknown word and is using her or his knowledge of
symbol sound relationships to make a guess.
For example, if the word in the text is feather, the child might read
father.
Semantic Error - ANSWER ->A category of oral reading error in which
the student substitutes a synonym for the target word. This category of
error shows the student understands the meaning of the text, but has
not applied his or her knowledge of phonics.
For example, if the word in the text is father, the child might say dad.
Syntactic Error - ANSWER ->A category of oral reading error in which
the student substitutes a word that is the same part of speech as the
target word. This category of error shows the student understands the
meaning of the text buy has not applied her or his knowledge of
phonics.
For example, if the word in the text is through, the child might say into.
, Instructional Reading Level - ANSWER ->The grade level of texts that a
child can read and understand with the assistance of a teacher. The
student's oral reading performance must be at least 90% accurate and
the student must answer at least 60% of comprehension questions
correctly for the text to be at his or her instructional reading level.
Independent Reading Level - ANSWER ->The grade level of texts that a
child can read and understand without assistance of the teacher. The
student's oral reading performance must be at least 95% accurate and
the student must answer at least 90% of comprehension questions for
the text to be at their reading level.
Frustration Reading Level - ANSWER ->The grade level of texts that a
child cannot read or understand even with the assistance of a teacher.
Fails to achieve 90% oral reading accuracy or 60% of reading comp
questions correctly.
independent reading individual conferences - ANSWER ->help a teacher
determine whether or not the student did read the book with some
reasonable level of understanding, learn more about the child's reading
interests, and learn more about the student's ability to read, write, and
speak
what are the contents of an IRI usually? - ANSWER ->word recognition
lists, graded reading passages, reading interest survey, assessments
measuring concepts about print, phonemic awareness assessments,
phonics assessments, assessments of reading fluency, structural
analysis assessments, vocab assessments
Uses for ELA content standards - ANSWER ->1. instructional decisions
UPDATED AND REVISED IN
2025/2026
Graded Reading Passages - ANSWER ->a set of texts, usually between
50 and 100 words, of increasing difficulty. The passages start at the
preprimer level and continue on to grade 8 in most test packages.
Student reads the text either orally or silently, depending on the goal of
the assessment. Used to determine: frustration, instructional, and
independent reading levels and areas of reading strength and need.
1. most important part of IRI.
2. passages for every grade level
3. students read aloud and measure miscue analysis graphophonemic
errors, semantic errors, syntactic errors.
Preprimer and primer - ANSWER ->two reading levels, corresponding to
kinder, that feature the easiest texts to read. Texts written in these
levels use few words and have very short sentences. After these levels,
the rest correspond to grade levels.
Reading Level - ANSWER ->A grade level from preprimer (early kinder)
to grade 12. Texts are assigned a reading level on the basis of one of
many formulas; almost all determine a text's reading level by the size of
words and the length of sentences in the text (aka readability)
miscue analysis - ANSWER ->The process of analyzing a student's oral
reading performance. A teacher examines a student's errors to identify
areas of strength an need. The results of miscue analysis show patterns
,of error and allow the teacher to provide data-based instruction (e.g.,
Fred has trouble with words with the CVCe pattern, such as bike.)
Three categories of Oral Reading Errors - ANSWER ->graphophonemic
errors semantic errors
syntactic errors
Graphophonic Error - ANSWER ->A sound-symbol error a student makes
when reading aloud. While reading, the students states a word, or
version of a word, that sounds like the target word. This category of
error shows the student is not using the meaning of the text to
determine an unknown word and is using her or his knowledge of
symbol sound relationships to make a guess.
For example, if the word in the text is feather, the child might read
father.
Semantic Error - ANSWER ->A category of oral reading error in which
the student substitutes a synonym for the target word. This category of
error shows the student understands the meaning of the text, but has
not applied his or her knowledge of phonics.
For example, if the word in the text is father, the child might say dad.
Syntactic Error - ANSWER ->A category of oral reading error in which
the student substitutes a word that is the same part of speech as the
target word. This category of error shows the student understands the
meaning of the text buy has not applied her or his knowledge of
phonics.
For example, if the word in the text is through, the child might say into.
, Instructional Reading Level - ANSWER ->The grade level of texts that a
child can read and understand with the assistance of a teacher. The
student's oral reading performance must be at least 90% accurate and
the student must answer at least 60% of comprehension questions
correctly for the text to be at his or her instructional reading level.
Independent Reading Level - ANSWER ->The grade level of texts that a
child can read and understand without assistance of the teacher. The
student's oral reading performance must be at least 95% accurate and
the student must answer at least 90% of comprehension questions for
the text to be at their reading level.
Frustration Reading Level - ANSWER ->The grade level of texts that a
child cannot read or understand even with the assistance of a teacher.
Fails to achieve 90% oral reading accuracy or 60% of reading comp
questions correctly.
independent reading individual conferences - ANSWER ->help a teacher
determine whether or not the student did read the book with some
reasonable level of understanding, learn more about the child's reading
interests, and learn more about the student's ability to read, write, and
speak
what are the contents of an IRI usually? - ANSWER ->word recognition
lists, graded reading passages, reading interest survey, assessments
measuring concepts about print, phonemic awareness assessments,
phonics assessments, assessments of reading fluency, structural
analysis assessments, vocab assessments
Uses for ELA content standards - ANSWER ->1. instructional decisions
