Flynt/Cooter Comprehensive Reading Inventory, Assessment of K-12 Reading Skills in English and Spanish, 3rd edition

Examiner's Manual Contents 

SECTION I: Overview of the Flynt/Cooter Comprehensive Reading Inventory-3 

SECTION II: Administration Procedures 

Getting Acquainted With the CRI-3  

Quick Test or Comprehensive Assessment: Two Choices  

Comprehensive Administration Procedures 

PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS 

Interest Inventory  

Reading Attitude Survey (Grades K–5) 

EARLY/EMERGENT LITERACY ASSESSMENTS (PreK-1) 

Concepts of Print Assessment  

The Phonemic Awareness Survey (PAS)  

Blending Sounds Assessments (BSA)  

Blending Sounds Assessments - Part 1: Onsets & Rimes  

Blending Sounds Assessments - Part 2: Blending Individual Sounds  

Phonemic Segmentation Assessment (PSA)  

Completing the Phonemic Awareness Survey (PAS) Student Summary  

Letter Naming Test (LNT)  

Phonics Test (PT)  

Vocabulary Assessment: Sight Words 

Administering the Narrative and Expository Reading Passages (Forms A-I): Grades 1-12 

Sentences for Initial Passage Selection  

Reading Passages: Narrative and Expository (Forms A–I)  

Part 1: Reading Comprehension Assessment  

Part 2: Oral Reading and Analysis of Miscues  

Part 3: Analysis Tools For Planning Instruction  

A. Analysis of Oral Reading Miscues 

What are the types of miscues?  

How to complete the Miscue Grid  

B. Reading Fluency Assessment: One-Minute of Reading 

Completing The CRI-3 Student Summary Form  

Part I. Preliminary Assessments: Interest Inventory & Reading Attitude Survey 

Part II. Early/Emergent Literacy Assessments (PreK–1)  

Part III. Reading Comprehension, Fluency, and Oral Reading Assessments  

Part IV. Analyzing Student Data To Plan Instruction  

Quick Administration Procedures  

SECTION III: Examiner's Assessment Protocols 

Preliminary Assessments 

Interest Inventory  

Reading Attitude Survey – Elementary Grades K–5  

Early/Emergent Literacy Assessments (PreK-1) 

Concepts of Print Assessment  

The Phonemic Awareness Survey (PAS): Form A 

Initial Consonant Sounds Assessment (ICSA)  

Blending Sounds Assessments (BSA)  

Onsets & Rimes: FORM A  

Blending Individual Sounds: Form A  

Phonemic Segmentation Assessment (PSA) 

Part 1: Beginning (Initial) Phonemes in Spoken Words  

Part 2: Medial (Middle) Phonemes in Spoken Words  

Part 3: Final (Ending) Phonemes in Spoken Words  

Student PAS Summary for Form A  

The Phonemic Awareness Survey (PAS): Form B  

Initial Consonant Sounds Assessment (ICS)  

Blending Sounds Assessments (BSA)  

Onsets & Rimes: Form B  

Blending Individual Sounds (Use Form B)  

Phonemic Segmentation Assessment (PSA)  

Part 1: Beginning (Initial) Phonemes in Spoken Words  

Part 2: Medial (Middle) Phonemes in Spoken Words  

Part 3: Final (Ending) Phonemes in Spoken Words  

The Phonemic Awareness Survey (PAS): Form C  

Initial Consonant Sounds Assessment (ICSA)  

Initial Consonant Sounds Assessment: Form C  

Onsets & Rimes  

Phonemic Segmentation Assessment (PSA)  

Part 1: Beginning (Initial) Phonemes in Spoken Words  

Part 2: Medial (Middle) Phonemes in Spoken Words  

Part 3: Final (Ending) Phonemes in Spoken Words  

Letter Naming Test  

Phonics Test  

APPENDIX: Teacher Resources 

IF – THEN Charts for Planning Instruction  

Student Summary Form  

Glossary of Terms  

Practice Exercises  

Exercise 1: Administering Part 2: Oral Reading and Analysis of Miscues; and the Reading Fluency Analysis  

Exercise 2: Practice Conducting a Reading Fluency Assessment: One-Minute of Reading 

Student's Booklet Contents 

Early/Emergent Literacy Assessments (PreK-1) 

Letter Naming Test 

Phonics Test 

Vocabulary Assessment 

FORM A: NARRATIVE PASSAGES: Fall Term 

Sentences for Initial Passage Selection  

Narrative Reading Passages Protocols: Fall Term  

Grade Level 1F (230L): I Can Fly!  

Grade Level 2F (420L): The Pig and Snake  

Grade Level 3F (640L): Zeke's New Dog  

Grade Level 4F (690L): New Clothes  

Grade Level 5F (850L): Great Shoes  

Grade Level 6F (980L): Mountain Fire  

Grade Level 7F (1000L): The Canoe Trip  

Grade Level 8F (1050L): The Eagle  

Grade Level 9F (1110L): The Case of Miss Angela Violet  

FORM B: NARRATIVE PASSAGES: Winter Term 

Sentences for Initial Passage Selection  

Narrative Reading Passages Protocols: Winter Term  

Grade Level 1W (300L): Birthday at the Zoo  

Grade Level 2W (500L): Mary's New Bike  

Grade Level 3W (630L): Bedtime  

Grade Level 4W (770L): A Different Time  

Grade Level 5W (970L): Afternoon Walk  

Grade Level 6W (1010L): Laser Boy  

Grade Level 7W (1020L): The Lawn Mower Business  

Grade Level 8W (1100L): Riley and Leonard  

Grade Level 9W (1150L): A Long Night In The Big Easy  

FORM C: NARRATIVE PASSAGES: Spring Term 

Sentences for Initial Passage Selection  

Narrative Reading Passages Protocols: Spring Term  

Grade Level 1S (450L): Our New Baby  

Grade Level 2S (640L): Drake's Problem  

Grade Level 3S (740L): What Was That Sound?  

Grade Level 4S (840L): The Adventure Girl  

Grade Level 5S (970L): Thanksgiving  

Grade Level 6S (1050L): I Hate Mondays!  

Grade Level 7S (1110L): The Cemetery  

Grade Level 8S (1150L): Being Herself  

Grade Level 9S (1200L): Always Together  

FORM D: EXPOSITORY PASSAGES: Fall Term 

Sentences for Initial Passage Selection  

Expository Reading Passages Protocols: Fall Term  

Grade Level 1F (110L): Dogs  

Grade Level 2F (430L): Bright Stars  

Grade Level 3F (570L): Flying Flowers  

Grade Level 4F (700L): The Story of Coca-Cola  

Grade Level 5F (830L): Popcorn  

Grade Level 6F (960L): Careers In Cooking  

Grade Level 7F (1010L): Diamonds  

Grade Level 8F (1040L): Reversing Global Warming  

Grade Level 9F (1090L): Visual Illusions  

FORM E: EXPOSITORY PASSAGES: Winter Term 

Sentences for Initial Passage Selection  

Expository Reading Passages Protocols: Winter Term  

Grade Level 1W (310L): Animal Friends  

Grade Level 2W (540L): Art Is Everywhere  

Grade Level 3W (670L): The History of Books  

Grade Level 4W (780L): Mountain Man  

Grade Level 5W (890L): Music of Mexico  

Grade Level 6W (1010L): Jesse Owens  

Grade Level 7W (1060L): Nails: A Carpenter's Fastener  

Grade Level 8W (1100L): The Environments of Africa  

Grade Level 9W (1150L): The Mathematics of Health  

FORM F: EXPOSITORY PASSAGES: Spring Term 

Sentences for Initial Passage Selection  

Expository Reading Passages Protocols: Winter Term  

Grade Level 1S (450L): Dreams  

Grade Level 2S (650L): Malala  

Grade Level 3S (760L): Twins  

Grade Level 4S (850L): Mustangs  

Grade Level 5S (970L): Valentine's Day  

Grade Level 6S (1060L): Pizza  

Grade Level 7S (1090L): Mudslides  

Grade Level 8S (1150L): Sand Castles  

Grade Level 9S (1190L): The Joust  

FORM G: EXPOSITORY PASSAGES FORGRADES 10-12: Fall Term  

Expository Reading Passages Protocols: Fall Term  

Grade Level 10F (1140L): Urban Legends  

Grade Level 11F (1220L): Rabies  

Grade Level 12F (1260L): Hoarding  

FORM H: EXPOSITORY PASSAGES FOR GRADES10-12: Winter Term  

Expository Reading Passages Protocols: Winter Term  

Grade Level 10W (1190L): The Art of Mime  

Grade Level 11W (1250L): The Four Fundamental Forces of Nature  

Grade Level 12W (1280L): Mitochondrion  

FORM I: EXPOSITORY PASSAGES FOR GRADES10-12: Spring Term  

Expository Reading Passages Protocols: Spring Term  

Grade Level 10S (1260L): Where Do Clothes Go?  

Grade Level 11S (1300L): On Broadway  

Grade Level 12S (1330L): The Origin of Dogs