THE 2018 PHILIPPINE

INFORMAL READING
INVENTORY (Phil-IRI)
Ma. Priscilla C. delos Reyes
Principal I
Bulakan District
DepEd Order No. 014 s.,2018 – Policy
Guidelines on the Administration of the
Revised Philippine Informal Reading Inventory

 The DepEd through the Bureau of Learning-

Delivery Teaching and Learning Division (BLD_TLD)
shall continue to administer the Revised
Philippine Informal Reading Inventory in public
elementary schools effective School Year 2018-
2019.
Points of Discussion
 1. Definition of Phil IRI and it’s objective
 2. Adjustment made in the Phil IRI selections
 3. Uses of Phil-IRI
 4. Persons involved in the administration of the Phil IRI
 5. Schedule of administration if Phil IRI
 6. How Phil IRI Group Screening Test is Administered
 7. Phil Iri Forms for Group Screening Test
Activity:

 What do I remember?

 Administration of Phil Iri Oral Reading Test

 Administration of Phil Iri Silent Test?
 How did Phil IRI helped me as a teacher?
 How did Phil Iri helped my students?
Definition of Phil IRI

 Tool for measuring and describing reading

performance.
 Composed of graded passages designed to
determine student’s reading level.
 Tool that determines students abilities and
needs in reading.
Adjustments made in the Phil IRI
selections
 The readability level of the selections were based on
the present curriculum
 The Phil IRI constructed in 2013 was revalidated to the
present group of learners in 2016 to give a better
assurance that the readability levels of the selections
are appropriate for the grade levels for which they are
assigned.
Uses of Phil-IRI
A. Group Reading Level – “ Phil-IRI Group Screening Test (GST)”
-determines the whole class reading level and identify particular
students who may need more assistance in performing reading tasks.
B. Individual Reading Level -“Phil IRI Oral Reading, Silent Reading and
Listening Comprehension
- can be used to determine the student’s independent,
instructional and frustration level.
In Oral Reading, Phil IRI may be used to describe decoding and
word recognition, fluency and comprehension. The student’s
performance in decoding and word recognition is measured through a
Reading Miscue Inventory. The child is asked to read the passage and
each word read incorrectly is noted and marked.
 In terms of fluency – the time taken by the child in reading the
passage is recorded and the number of words he or she read per
minute is computed.
 Comprehension skills may be gauged by having the child answer five
to eight questions of varying difficulty based on the graded passage
after it has been read.
 When used to assess Silent Reading Comprehension, Phil IRI may
be used to describe reading speed and comprehension. Speed is
measured by recording the time it takes the child to read each
passage completely. Silent reading comprehension is measured by
asking the student to answer five to eight questions of varying
difficulty after a passage has been read.
 When used to assess listening comprehension, the Phil IRI may be
used by having the child listen to the passages as they are read by
the test administrator and answer five to eight questions of
varying difficulty about each passage.
Persons involved in the administration of
Phil-IRI
 A. Test Takers
 All students in grades 3 to 6 will undergo the Group Screening Test in Filipino
while students in grades 4 to 6 will undergo GST in English.
 Students to be identified below level of expectation ( Raw Score is below 14)in
the GST should undergo further assessment through the individually
administered Phil IRI graded passages.
 B. Test Administrators
> All Filipino subject teachers for grades 3 to 6 and English subject teachers for
grades 4 to 6 can administer the GST in their respective classes.
> ELLN trained teachers and teachers who are trained in the administration of
Phil IRI can administer the Phil IRI Graded Passages to students who need further
assessment.
Schedule of Administration of Phil IRI
Reminders:
 The administration of the Phil-IRI GST for a whole class
takes approximately 30 mins. The time it takes to
administer the Phil IRI Graded Passages would vary for each
student.
 Group Assessment must be conducted within class time
while individual assessments may be conducted outside
class hours.
 The Phil IRI materials will be uploaded to the LRMDS portal
of the DepEd website which can be downloaded by the
teachers, supervisors and heads.
 Schools are advised to use the MOOE funds for the
reproduction and the distribution of materials to teachers.
Stages in the Administration of Phil-Iri

 Stage 1 – Initial Screening or the Group Screening

Test
 Stage 2 – Administration of the Phil IRI graded
passages
 Stage 3 – Provision of Reading Intervention
 Stage 4 – Administration of the Phil IRI Post Test
Stage 1-Group Screening Test

-silently administered both in English and Filipino

- Each tool is composed of 20 item
comprehension test based on a set of leveled
passages for each grade level covering grades 3
to 6 in Filipino and grades 4 to 6 in English.
How to administer the Group Screening
Test
 Keep your THOUGHTS positive because your
thoughts become your WORDS.
 Keep your WORDS positive because your words
become your BEHAVIOR.
 Keep your BEHAVIOR positive because behavior
becomes your HABITS.
 Keep your HABITS positive because habits become
your VALUES.
 Keep your VALUES positive because your values
become your DESTINY.