Table of Contents
Table of Contents
About the Developmental Literacy Inventory
Why Should You Administer The Developmental Literacy Inventory?
Before you begin…
Why Are You Testing this Student?
Using the DLI for screening Assessment.
In Late Kindergarten, and the First Half of First Grade.
In Mid-to-Late First Grade.
With Students Beyond First Grade.
Using the DLI for Diagnostic Assessment.
In Late Kindergarten, and the First Half of First Grade.
In Early-to-Mid First Grade.
Late first grade and up.
Using the DLI for Monitoring Assessment
Monitoring Reading Fluency.
Monitoring Other Aspects of Reading.
Using the DLI for Assessment of Outcomes
Administering the Development Literacy Inventory
Getting Ready to Test
Assessing Word Recognition in Isolation
Administering the Text Passages
Find the Student’s Reading Rate.
Test the Student’s Listening Comprehension
Developmental Literacy Inventory Score Summary Sheet
Brief Instructions
The DLI Informal Reading Inventory
Word Recognition Lists, Form A
Word Recognition Response Sheets, Form A
Word Recognition Lists, Form B
Word Recognition Response Sheets, Form B
Pre-Primer and Primer Passages Form A
Narrative Passages Form A
Response Sheets for Pre-Primer and Primer Passages Form A
Response Sheets for Narrative Passages Form A
Social Studies Passages Form A
Social Studies Response Sheets Form A
Science Passages Form A
Science Response Sheets Form A
Pre-Primer and Primer Passages Form B
Narrative Passages Form B
Response Sheets for Pre-Primer and Primer Passages Form B
Response Sheets For Narrative Passages Form B
Social Studies Passages Form B
Social Studies Response Sheets Form B
Science Passages Form B
Science Response Sheets Form B
Emergent Literacy Assessments
For Concepts About Print
An Instrument for Screening Early Readers
The Demtup Names Test
References