Bader Reading and Language Inventory » (6th Edition)

The Bader Reading and Language Inventory was constructed for use by teachers for K-12 and adult students, reading specialists, and clinicians. The design of this inventory allows examiners the flexibility to obtain information for measuring a reader's growth, assessing the effectiveness of specific reading approaches, and diagnosing specific literacy needs. As experienced teachers look for patterns of behavior to observe learner's strengths and needs. This can be accomplished with an assessment model that includes personal interviews and student reflection, observations, informal and formal tests and diagnostic teaching. The Bader inventory provides several valuable, research-based tools and guides to complement this assessment model balancing assessment practice without overtesting students.

Introduction

Assessment Model

Content of the Inventory

Administering the Inventory

Preparation for Using the Inventory

Testing Sequences: Flowcharts

Getting Optimum Results from Testing

PART TWO TEST BATTERY

Student Priorities and Interests

Student Priorities I

Student Reading Interests

Student Priorities II

Unfinished Sentences

English Language Learning

English Language Learning (ELL) Quick Start

English Language Learning (ELL) Checklist

Graded Word Recognition Lists

Graded Word Lists

Using Experiential Word Lists

Experiential Word Lists

Adult Thematic Lists

Using Graded Reader's Passages

Graded Reader's Passages

Reading and Listening Levels

Determining a Starting Point

Oral Reading

Qualitative Analysis

Qualitative Analysis and Instruction

Silent Reading and Listening Comprehension

Interpreting and Summarizing the Results of the Graded Passages

Differences in Word List and Passages Performance

Determining Instructional Levels

Graded Passages

Phonemic Awareness

Rhyme Recognition

Initial Phoneme Recognition

Ending Phonemic Recognition

Phonemic Manipulation

Blending

Segmenting

Letter Knowledge

Letter Recognition

Letter Identification

Letter Writing

Hearing Letter Names in Words

Phonics and Structural Analysis Tests

Phonics Test

Structural Analysis

Structural Analysis

Spelling Tests

Administration

Interpretation

Summarizing Student Spelling Performance

Cognitive Development as a Basis for Selecting a Remedial Reading Approach

Diagnostic Spelling Tests

Summary of Spelling Peformance

Visual and Auditory Discrimination

Visual Discrimination Tests

Auditory Discrimination Test

Preliteracy and Emerging Literacy Assessment

Literary Awareness: Assessment of Beginning Concepts About Print

Literacy Concepts - Interview I

Literacy Concepts - Interview II

Syntax (Word) Matching

Syntax Matching Test

Semantic and Syntactic Evaluation: Cloze Tests

Cloze Test for Beginning Readers (Cloze I)

Semantic Cloze Test (Cloze II)

Syntactic Cloze Test (Cloze III)

Grammatical Closure (Cloze IV)

Preliteracy/Emergent Literacy Assessment Record

Oral Language Assessment

Evaluation of Expression

Oral Language Expression Checklist

Evaluation of Oral Language Reception

Writing Evaluation

Handwriting: Writing Letters

Handwriting: Writing Words in Sentences

Near- and Far-Point Copying

Writing from Dictation

Expressing Ideas in Writing

Written Language Expression: Children

Writing Scale: Adults

Arithmetic Test

Purpose

Administration

Scoring and Interpretation

Arithmetic Test

Open-Book Reading Assessments

Description

Purposes

Construction

Administration

Scoring

Analysis

PART THREE: RECORDING, SUMMARIZING, INTERPRETING

Background Information: K-12

Child's Home Information

K-12 Summary

Adult Intake Information

Adult-Level Summary

Case Study: Jackie

Getting Started

Home and Family Resources

Ruling Out Problems and Developing a Diagnostic Plan

Analyzing Reading Abilities

Finding Specific Needs

Summarizing the Findings: Making Recommendations

Case Analysis

Referrals: Case Excerpts

PART FOUR: DEVELOPMENT OF THE INVENTORY: VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY

The Graded Word Lists

The Graded Reader's Passages

Other Inventory Subtests and Checklists

Appendix: Directions for Using the Video Segments that Accompanies the Sixth Edition of the Bader Reading and Language Inventory. (See MyEducationLab for more information.)