Explain three informal measures which may be used to test reading comprehension

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Answer 1

Three informal measures which may be used to test reading comprehension include: (i) Cloze Passages—include a paragraph (or set of paragraphs) with missing words at strategic points, student read the passage and use context clues to determine the missing word, scoring rubric is used to determine comprehension level. (An example may be provided here.)
(ii) Informal Reading Inventories—helps determine independent, instructional, and frustrational reading levels; student reads a set of graded word lists and reading passages (orally and silently); student is asked comprehension questions at varying levels; score determines reading level. (An example may be provided here.)
(iii) Running Record—students read from textual material with identified level of readability; teacher listens to student read roughly 100 words in book used for reading instruction; mark check for each word read correctly; write in word said (and write underneath word that should have been said); helps determine student’s reading instructional level. (An example may be provided here.)