Mr. Jones has a new student in his class and he would like to use assessment data to inform his instruction and his selection of instructional reading materials. He could best determine the student's independent, instructional, and frustration reading levels by:

A) Administering a norm-referenced reading test.
B) Having students complete a CLOZE assessment.
C) Conducting an Informal Reading Inventory.
D) Reviewing the previous year's SOL scores in reading.


Ans: C) Conducting an Informal Reading Inventory.
Conducting an Informal Reading Inventory would be the best way to determine the student's independent, instructional, and frustration reading levels. This information would be helpful to a teacher both for instruction and selection of instructional reading materials.

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