Summary of Findings For Each Student by Test Feature
Subject A-Reading Comprehension
Subject A-Listening Comprehension
Subject A-Metacomprehension
Subject B-Reading Comprehension
Subject B-Listening Comprehension
Subject B-MetacomprehensionSubject A -Reading Comprehension
Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA)- Narrative Text: Comprehension Skills and Strategies
No data available for comparison.
Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA)-Expository Text: Comprehension Skills and Strategies
Comparison of pretest and posttest scores for nonfiction text revealed a 4-point gain in performance. Subject A received a score of 11 prior to intervention and 15 following intervention. Comparison of performance revealed a gain in 1-point, from a 2 to a 3, in making predictions. Subject A obtained a score of 2 prior to and following intervention on summarizing information in the story after it was read. A gain of 1- point, from a score of 2 to 3, was observed on the posttest score for literal comprehension and interpretation. A 1-point gain, from a 1 to a 2, was noted when subject A was required to provide a reflection about the story. Subject A’s metacognitive awareness score remained constant, a score of 2, from pre-intervention to post-intervention. It is important to note that for this subtest, the same story was administered prior to and following intervention. The familiarity with the text may have impacted the gains observed on the posttest score (Return to Summary of Finding).
Informal Reading Inventory-7th Edition (B/RIRI-7)-Narrative Text: Comprehension Score
Subject A’s skills in comprehending narrative passages showed a small improvement from pre-intervention to post-intervention. The student achieved a score of 80% correct prior to intervention and 90% correct following intervention when asked to read a third-grade passage, which was found to be the student’s independent reading level, and answer a variety of questions types, such as the main idea, details, cause and effect, inference, and vocabulary. A 10-point increase was achieved (Return to Summary of Finding).
Informal Reading Inventory-7th Edition (B/RIRI-7)- Expository Text:
Comprehension Score
A comparison of pretest and posttest scores on fifth-grade reading passages revealed a small improvement in comprehending nonfiction text. Subject A achieved 30% correct pre-intervention and 50% correct post-intervention. Prior to the intervention, the student answered 3 out of 10 questions correct either by answering a series of closed-ended questions. Following the intervention, 5 out of 10 questions were answered correctly. The same test was administered prior to and following intervention due to the alternate reading passage for this test being fiction (Return to Summary of Finding).
Subject A-Listening Comprehension
Informal Reading Inventory-7th Edition (B/RIRI-7): Narrative Text
The B/RIRI-7 was used to further assess listening comprehension skills. A decrease in performance was observed from pre-intervention to post-intervention, using a primer level passage, in which subject A was required to listen to a narrative and answer a variety of questions, by answering questions in a closed-response format. Subject A received a 25-point decrease in performance from 62.5% correct pre-intervention to 37.5% correct post-intervention. Prior to the intervention, subject A answered 5 out of 8 questions correct. Following the intervention, the student answered 3 out of 8 questions correct (Return to Summary of Finding).
Informal Reading Inventory-7th Edition (B/RIRI-7): Expository Text
Comparison of pretest and posttest scores for listening comprehension using the B/RIRI-7 revealed a 15-point increase in subject A’s ability to comprehend expository text through closed-ended comprehension questions. The student received a score of 20% correct pre-intervention and 35% correct post-intervention. Prior to the intervention, subject A answered 2 out of 10 questions correct. Following the intervention, the student answered three and one half out of 10 questions correct. Overall, the change in score revealed an increase in listening comprehension skills of fifth-grade expository text passages (Return to Summary of Finding).
Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA): Narrative Text
No data obtained for comparison.
Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA): Expository Text
Subject A’s ability to identify and apply strategies while reading nonfiction text remained unchanged, a score of 2, from pre-intervention to post-intervention. No gains were observed in this area (Return to Summary of Finding).
Subject B-Reading Comprehension
Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA): Narrative Text
A comparison of subject B’s pretest and posttest scores on the DRA revealed a 2-point increase on the comprehension skills and strategies subtest. This demonstrated some growth in subject B’s reading comprehension skills. A detailed analysis of subject B’s performance revealed no change on the prediction subtest, revealing a score of 3 pre-intervention and post-intervention. The student’s summarization skills improved by 1-point from a score of 2 pre-intervention to a 3 post-intervention. Literal comprehension remained constant, a score of 3 prior to and following intervention. Subject B’s interpretive skills improved by 1-point from a 2 pre-intervention to a 3 post-intervention. Skills in reflection and metacognitive awareness remained constant, a score of 2 pre-intervention and post-intervention, indicating no growth in this area (Return to Summary of Finding).
Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA): Expository Text
Subject B’s skills in reading comprehension for expository text were also found to improve from pre-intervention to post-intervention. The student achieved a score of 13 on the comprehension skills and strategies subtest pre-intervention and a score of 15 post-intervention, demonstrating a 2-point gain in reading comprehension skills. The student demonstrated a 1-point, a score of 2 pre-intervention and 3 post-intervention, in prediction making. No change in score was reported on the summarization subtest, a score of 2 prior to and following intervention, was noted when asked to summarize the story in written form. The literal comprehension score remained constant at a score of 3 prior to and following intervention. A 1-point gain was observed when subject B was asked to answer an interpretive question, achieving a score of 2 pre-intervention and a 3 post-intervention. No change in score was observed on the reflection subtest, revealing a score of 3 pre-intervention and post-intervention. The metacognitive awareness score also remained constant, with a score of 2 pre-intervention and post-intervention (Return to Summary of Finding).
Informal Reading Inventory-7th Edition (B/RIRI-7): Narrative Text
Upon reviewing subject B’s pretest and posttest scores for reading comprehension of third-grade narrative passages, a 30-point increase in performance was found. Subject B achieved a score of 60% correct pre-intervention on the B/RIRI-7 by answering 6 out of 10 questions correctly. The posttest score was 90% correct indicating that subject B answered 9 out of 10 questions correctly (Return to Summary of Finding).
Informal Reading Inventory-7th Edition (B/RIRI-7): Expository Text
Reading comprehension of fifth-grade expository text passages was also found to improve following intervention. Subject B achieved a pretest score of 40%, revealing 4 out of 10 questions answered correctly. Following intervention, subject B obtained a score of 60%, which demonstrated a 20-point increase in performance. Due to the alternate test for the fifth-grade passage being fiction, the same passage was administered pretest and posttest (Return to Summary of Finding).
Subject B-Listening Comprehension
Informal Reading Inventory-7th Edition (B/RIRI-7): Narrative Text
Subject B’s listening comprehension was also assessed using the B/RIRI-7 to measure comprehension of third-grade narrative passages before and after instruction in metacognitive strategies. The results revealed no change in performance prior to and following intervention, subject B achieved a score of 50 on each test (Return to Summary of Finding).
Informal Reading Inventory-7th Edition (B/RIRI-7): Expository Text
Analysis of listening comprehension skills for fifth-grade expository text passages revealed a 60-point increase in score prior to and following intervention. Subject B achieved a score of 10%, 1 question answered correctly out of 10, pre-intervention. Following intervention, subject B achieved a score of 70% correct, answering 7 of 10 questions correctly (Return to Summary of Finding).
Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA): Narrative Text
Subject B’s ability to identify and apply strategies while reading remained constant prior to and following intervention. No change in performance was observed in this area (Return to Summary of Finding).
Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA): Expository Text
Subject B’s ability to identify and apply strategies for nonfiction text remained unchanged, from pre-intervention to post-intervention. No gains were observed in this area (Return to Summary of Finding).
