Targeted, defined comprehension questions - allows the tester to identify comprehension strengths and weaknesses. A student book with the forty texts, appropriately spaced lines and words - includes all the questions. If used as an informal reading inventory the oral reading analysis allows for noting speed, hesitations, omissions, insertions and dependence. When recording comprehension, there is space for the tester to record actual answers given - allowing more accurate evaluation. The analysis of comprehension allows for a clear picture of the reader's level of understanding.
Comprehension is the ultimate purpose of reading.
Without comprehension reading cannot be said to have taken place. The different types of comprehension questions allow for a detailed and accurate analysis of the reader's comprehension ability. The authors consider its main use would be with students eight years and upwards. It can be used with adult students. Answers can be given orally or in writing.