REVISED PHILIPPINE INFORMAL

READING INVENTORY (PHIL-IRI)

DO NO. 14 s. 2018
 Objectives of the Administration
• To assess student’s Oral Reading, Silent Reading
Comprehension and Listening Comprehension
levels. These 3 types of assessment aim to
determine the learners’ independent,
instructional and frustration levels.

• To determine a whole class reading level and

identify particular students who may need more
assistance in performing reading task
 Who needs to take the test?
• All Grades 3 to 6 – Filipino- Phil-
IRI Group Screening Test (GST)

• All Grades 4-6- English- Phil-IRI

Group Screening Test (GST)
 What’s new in the Revised Phil-IRI?

• Group Screening Test ( GST ) – 20 items –

Grade 3-6 in Filipino & Grade 4-6 in English
• Below 14 score- will undergo graded passage
• Group Assessment will be conducted during
class time
• Individual Assessment will be done outside
the class hour.
Group Screening Test
 Take note
• If a student garners a score of 13
and below in the Filipino GST,
s/he will be given the Filipino
Graded Passages Pre-Test. If the
student garners a score of 13 or
below in the English GST, s/he will
be given the English Graded
Passages Pre-Test.
What’s the process of the Revised Phil-IRI?

• Phil-IRI Oral Reading Test – to identify student’s

miscues, read the no. of words that a student
reads per minute; and understanding of the
passage read
• Phil-IRI Listening Comprehension for Non –
reader
• Phil-IRI Silent Reading Test – an optional activity
• English and Filipino- Sets A , B , C , D
 Remember the score
• Test score >14 – reading at the level

• Test score < 14- not at the

reading level
What are flexible ways to use Phil-IRI?

• a. Group Reading Level – for all students

• The Phil-IRI GST can be used to determine a
whole class’ reading level, and identify
particular students who may need more
assistance in performing reading tasks.
What are flexible ways to use Phil-IRI?

• b. Individual Reading Level – for those w/

raw score below 14 in the Phil-IRI GST
• The individually administered Phil-IRI Graded
Passages can be used to determine a student’s
independent, instructional and frustration
levels for three types of literacy tasks: Oral
Reading, Silent Reading, and Listening
Comprehension
What are flexible ways to use Phil-IRI?

• c. Monitor Growth and Response to

Intervention
• Pre-test and Post-test results of the Phil-IRI
can be compared to monitor growth in
students’ reading skills, as well as determine
the efficacy of the program or reading
interventions conducted by the school and/or
classroom teachers.
What are flexible ways to use Phil-IRI?

• d. Describe Reading Behaviors

• The recording of the student’s oral reading
behaviors during the conduct of the
individually administered Phil-IRI Graded
Passages can help the teacher describe a
student’s reading performance and behavior
What are flexible ways to use Phil-IRI?

It specifies the number of words read per

minute, the cues used for identifying or
recognizing words, manner of reading, etc.
Types of miscues as well as types of
comprehension questions answered correctly
can also be analyzed by the teacher to help
him/her design appropriate reading lessons or
interventions
When should the Phil-IRI be administered?
How long does it take to administer the Phil-
IRI?

• The administration of the Phil-IRI

GST for a whole class takes
approximately 30 minutes. The
time it takes to administer the
Phil-IRI Graded Passages would
vary for each student.
Who can administer the Phil-IRI?
• All Filipino subject teachers for Grades 3
to 6 and English subject teachers for
Grades 4 to 6 can administer the Phil-IRI
Group Screening Tests in their respective
classes. ELLN-trained teachers can
administer the Phil-IRI Graded Passages
to individual students who need further
assessment.
Roles and Responsibilities
Roles and Responsibilities
 The Phil-IRI Group Screening Test

• A silently-administered test in both

Filipino and English. Each tool is
composed of a 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.
 The Phil-IRI Group Screening Test

• The passages were written and

selected based on concept
load, level of vocabulary used,
sentence complexity, nature of
themes and cohesion.
Group Screening Test
Guidelines in Conducting the GST
Analysis of GST
Other Data from GST
Other Data from GST
Analysis of the Individual Assessment
Oral Reading Test
 The Phil-IRI Forms
• Phil-IRI Form 1A: Talaan ng Pangkatang
Pagtatasa ng Klase (PPK) sa Phil-IRI
• The Phil-IRI Form 1A is to be used for the GST
in Filipino. The objectives of completing and
submitting this form include the following: a)
to identify the types of questions (literal,
inferential or critical) that each child can
answer;
 Phil-IRI Form 1A: Talaan ng Pangkatang Pagtatasa ng Klase (PPK) sa
Phil-IRI

• b) to classify the students to be recommended

for administration of the Phil-IRI tests, c) to
capture the reading performance of the class,
thus design appropriate classroom instruction.
This form includes the class list, the itemized
scores of the students according to the types of
questions answered, and their total score.
The Phil-IRI Forms
The Phil-IRI Forms
PHIL-IRI Form 3A
The Phil-IRI Forms
PHIL-IRI Form 3A
PHIL-IRI FORM 3B
PHIL-IRI GST
Reminders on Conducting Assessments
and Interpreting Assessment Results
Guidelines on Interpreting Assessment
Results
Guidelines on Interpreting Assessment
Results
View on Reading
Assessment and Instruction
 What shall we do?

•Start where the

child is at.
Literacy Curriculum
Literacy Curriculum
Teaching Word Recognition
Sequence of Presentation of Words in English
Consonant Blends
Consonant Digraphs
Long Vowels
Words with digraphs
Words with vowel diphthongs
Sequence in Presenting Word Recognition
 FLUENCY
• SPEED
• ACCURACY
• PROPER EXPRESSION
 How to Develop Fluency

• Repeated Exposures and

practice to read appropriate
text level
• Expose to ONE MINUTE
READING
 Intervention based on needs
• PHIL-IRI will REVEAL SOMETHING ABOUT THE
CHILD
• Reflect on the most suitable intervention
• Report RESULTS OF PHIL-IRI (Pre-Test June July)
• PROGRESS of every child July, September,
December, February,
• Post Test
( February)
 Remember
• PHIL-IRI will help us SAVE OUR
LEARNERS FROM ILLITERACY SO
LONG THAT IT WOULD BE
ADMINISTERED WITH UTMOST
CARE AND GUIDANCE