REVISITING PHIL-IRI AND CRLA:

BASES FOR READING PROGRAM

RECALIBRATION

AUGUST 14, 2024

1. What is the Phil-IRI?

The Philippine Informal Reading Inventory (Phil-IRI) was created to

provide classroom teachers a tool for measuring and describing
reading performance. It is an assessment tool composed of graded
passages designed to determine a student’s reading level. It is
important to note that the Phil-IRI only provides an approximation of
the learner’s abilities and may be used in combination with other
reliable tools of assessment.
Who needs to take the Phil-IRI?

All students in Grades 3 to 6 will undergo the Phil-IRI Group

Screening Test (GST) in Filipino, while students in Grades 4 to 6
will undergo the GST in English.

Students identified to be performing below level of expectation (those

with a total Raw Score below 14 in the Phil-IRI GST) should
undergo further assessment through the individually
administered Phil-IRI graded passages.
What can Phil-IRI tell the teachers?

The Phil-IRI Group Screening Test (GST) can tell teachers whether
students are reading at, above, or below their grade levels. The individually
administered Phil-IRI Graded Passages can be used to assess students’ Oral
Reading, Silent Reading Comprehension and/or Listening Comprehension
levels.

When used to assess oral reading skills, the Phil-IRI may be used to describe
decoding and word recognition, fluency and comprehension. The student’s
performance in decoding (the ability to read isolated words using phonics
knowledge) and word recognition (the ability to
When should the Phil-IRI be administered?
The following table below shows the administration
schedule of Group Screening Test and the Individualized
Phil-IRI assessments.
Group assessments must be conducted within class
time while Individual assessments may be conducted
outside class hours.
Table 1. Schedule of Phil-IRI Administration
Filipino English
(for Grade 3 to Grade 6 (for Grade 4 to Grade 6
learners) learners)

Type of Test Pretest Posttest Pretest Posttest

Phil-IRI Group Screening Within Within

Test (GST) the first the first
or second or second
month of the month of the
school year Within school year Within
January to January to
February of February of
the school the school
Individualized Phil-IRI Within a year Within a year
Assessment (only for month after month after
pupils who did not pass the GST is the GST is
the GST) administered administered
The Phil-IRI Group Screening Test
The Phil-IRI Group Screening Test (GST) is 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 passages were written and selected based on concept load, level of vocabulary used,
sentence complexity, nature of themes and cohesion.
In consideration of Abadzi’s1 (2014) recommendations on the kind and size of font and spacing
options in between letters used in textbooks, the font features in Table 2 were followed in the design
of the tools.
Table 2: Font Size Used for the Passages for each Grade Level

Recommended Font
Grade/Reading Level and Size
Kindergarten to 1st Comic Sans, Font Size
Grade 18
Comic Sans, Font Size
2nd Grade 16
Comic Sans, Font Size
3rd Grade 14
Comic Sans, Font Size
4th to 7th Grade 12
The Phil-IRI Graded Passages (Sets A, B, C and D)

The Phil-IRI Graded Passages is an informal individualized assessment tool used to

record the student’s performance in oral reading, silent reading and/or listening
comprehension.

The Phil-IRI Oral Reading Test is administered in order to:

a. identify the student’s miscues in oral reading;

b. record the number of words that a student reads per minute; and
c.find out how well a student understands the passage read.
The Phil-IRI Listening Comprehension is administered when the student is identified as a
nonreader. The purpose is to find out how well a student understands the selection which
will be read by the test administrator. Then the test administrator reads the multiple choice
questions and the student answers them orally.

The Phil-IRI Silent Reading Test may be administered after the Oral Reading Test is
conducted to further check the student’s comprehension skill. This is an optional activity.
The Graded Passages range from Grade 2 to Grade 7 Readability levels for English and Grade
1 to Grade 7 Readability levels for Filipino.

The selections for Grade 2 to Grade 4 are narrative texts, while those from Grades 5 to 7 are
expository texts. The expository texts in Filipino deal with Social Studies concepts, while
those in English focus on Science concepts.
General Directions for Administration: The Four Stages
There are four stages in the administration of the Phil-IRI.

Stage 1: Initial Screening Using the Phil-IRI Group Screening Test

Stage 2: Administration of the Phil-IRI Graded Passages (Pre-test)

Stage 3: Provision of Specialized Instruction/Intervention

Stage 4: Administration of the Phil-IRI Graded Passages (Post Test)

STAGE 2: Administration
of the Phil-IRI Graded
Passages (Pre-Test)

The Phil-IRI Graded

Passages Pre-Tests have a
total of four parallel sets
(SETS A to D) that the test-
administrator can choose
from. The administration of
the Phil-IRI should begin
with the Oral Reading Test.
Phil-IRI Group Screening Tests in Filipino
(Pangkatang Pagtatasa sa Filipino)

Bilang at Uri ng Bilang ng

Antas Teksto Pamagat ng mga Tanong
Seleksyon
• Ang Loro ni Lolo Kiko
• O Pagong
3 rd 4 na kuwento 20
• Reyna ng Duwende
• Manonood Ako
• Ang Aso sa Lungga
• Si Muning
4 th 4 na kuwento 20
• Si Brownie
• Balat ng Saging
• Ang Regalo Kay Lea
• Napulot ko!

5 th 4 na kuwento • Ang Matanda 20

• Sinaunang Sistema ng
Pagsulat at Panitikan
Phil-IRI Group Screening Tests in English

Level Number Pamagat ng mga Bilang ng

and Kind of Text Seleksyon Tanong

• The Best Part of the Day

th • Ice Cream for Sale 20
4 4 Narrative Texts
• At Last
• The Owl and the Rooster
• Early Start
5 th 4 Narrative Texts • Rice for Lunch 20
• The Gift
• One Stormy Night
• Chameleons
6 th 3 Expository Texts • The Philippine Eagle 20
• Home to Millions of Fish
• Telling Time
7 th 3 Expository Texts • Counting the Hours 20
• Nosebleeds
 CRLA
COMPREHENSIVE RAPID
LITERACY ASSESSMENT
Grade 3 –ENGLISH
Task 1

ASK THE CHILD TO READ ALL THE WORDS IN THE ‘TASK 1” BOX OUT
LOUD,
WRITE DOWN THE NUMBER OF WORDS READ CORRECTLY

If the child reads 0 words ,end the If the learner correctly reads 1-10 words ,
assessment. go to WORDS
WORDS

If the Task 1 score is 0, If the WORD

If the WORD If the WORD
he learner is a FULL score is 17-
score is 1-10, score is 11-
REFRESHER 20, the
the learner is 16, the
MODERATE learner is learner is
REFRESHER LIGHT GRADE
REFRESHER READY
GRADE 3 -FILIPINO

Task 1
ASK THE CHILD TO READ ALL THE WORDS IN THE
‘TASK 1” BOX OUT LOUD,
WRITE DOWN THE NUMBER OF WORDS READ
CORRECTLY

If the child reads 0-6 words ,go to WORDS.

If the learner correctly reads 7-10 words , go to
SENTENCES
If the If the
WORD If the SENTENCE
If the WORD
score is 0- SENTENCE score is 17-20
score is 15-20,
14, the score is 7-16 , , the learner
the learner is
learner is the learner is is GRADE
MODERATE
FULL LIGHT READY
REFRESHER
REFRESHE REFRESHER
R
Grade 2 –TAGALOG
Task 1
ASK THE CHILD TO READ ALL THE WORDS IN THE
‘TASK 1” BOX OUT LOUD,
WRITE DOWN THE NUMBER OF WORDS READ
CORRECTLY

If the child reads 7-10 words , go to SENTENCES

If the child reads 0-6 words , go to WORDS. .

SENTENCES.
If the WORD If the child
score is 0-14, reads 15 -20
the learner is words ,the If the SENTENCE If the SENTENCE
FULL learner is score is 7-16, the score is 7-16, the
REFRESHER MODERATE learner is LIGHT learner is LIGHT
REFRESHER REFRESHER REFRESHER
GRADE READY
 GRADE 1- TAGALOG
Task 1
ASK THE CHILD TO READ ALL THE LETTERS
(SOUND) IN THE ‘TASK 1” BOX OUT LOUD,
WRITE DOWN THE NUMBER OF WORDS READ
CORRECTLY

IF THE CHILD COrRECTLY IF THE CHILD CORRECTLY

READS 0-6 LETTERS, GO TO READS 7-10 LETTERS , GO TO
“RHYMES” LETTERS
RHYMES
LETTERS
If the RHYME If the RHYME
score is 0-14, score is 15 -20, If the LETTER
If the LETTER score
the learner is ,the learner is score is 7-16,
is 17 -20, ,the
FULL MODERATE the learner is
learner is
REFRESHER REFRESHER LIGHT
GRADE READY
REFRESHER
NEXT STEP
• ANALYZE THE DATA
• PERCENTAGE OF FULL REFRESHER AND MODERATE
REFRESHER, UNDERGO REMEDIATION

• LIGHT REFRESHER, INTERVENTION

• GRADE READY, ENHANCEMENT ACTIVITIES- USE JOURNEY
IN READING, DEVELOPING READING POWER, OTHER LMs

• PULL OUT SESSIONS FOR FULL / MODERATE REFRESHERS

• USE OF LOCALIZED MATERIALS, BATANG PINOY / JOY IN
READING
• SEE AIP/ SIP PROJECT, IMPLEMENT CIP