Word Recognition Inventory

1. Start the test at the PP level. Flash the word. If the student’s response is correct, proceed to the next word on the list. If the flash response is incorrect, expose the word for the untimed response, or flash again. Then proceed to the next word.
2. Mark the scoresheet only when an error is made. If the student misreads a word on the flash or untimed presentation, write the response in the appropriate column. If he does not respond to the word, write /  in the appropriate column. If the student hesitates (1 second or more) in responding to the flashed word, write H in the flash column and put a (check) in the untimed column. The following example shows  3 incorrect responses in the flash column and 2 incorrect responses in the untimed column.

                     Flash              Untimed
   1.  accept    asset                     /
   2.  favor      
   3.  seal
   4.  buffalo       H                (check)                    
   5.  slipper        /                  sipper

    

3. Stop the test when the student’s flash score on a given list falls below 50% (When the student misses more than 10 words).
4. In scoring the test, start with the flash column. Take 5% for each error in the flash column and subtract the total from 100. For example, if the student makes 6 errors in the flash column, his flash score is 70% (6 x 5%=30%; 100-30= 70%).
5. The untimed score is a cumulative score. Start with the flash score and add 5% for each correct response (check) in the untimed column. In the preceding example, the student’s flash score was 70%; if he read 3 additional words correctly in the untimed column (3 x 5%= 15%), his untimed score would be 85%.
6. A score of 70% or better in the flash column indicates that the student has sufficient sight vocabulary to read at that level.