Policy Guidelines on the Administration of the Revised Philippine Informal Reading Inventory

DepEd Order 14, series of 2018, issued on March 26, 2018, concerns 'Policy Guidelines on the Administration of the Revised Philippine Informal Reading Inventory'. These guidelines are addressed to various DepEd officials, including Undersecretaries, Assistant Secretaries, Directors, and School Superintendents across different regions.

The Department of Education (DepEd) supports the 'Every Child a Reader Program' to ensure all Filipino children become proficient in reading and writing at their grade level. To further this goal, the Bureau of Learning Delivery-Teaching and Learning Division (BLD-TLD) will continue administering the Revised Philippine Informal Reading Inventory (Phil-IRI) in public elementary schools nationwide, commencing from School Year 2018-2019.

The Phil-IRI is a classroom-based assessment tool designed to evaluate and describe learners' reading performance in both English and Filipino. It assesses oral reading, silent reading, and listening comprehension to determine a learner's independent, instructional, and frustration reading levels. The data gathered from Phil-IRI will be crucial for teachers and schools in planning and designing reading instruction and programs to enhance overall reading performance.

For further inquiries, interested parties can contact the Bureau of Learning Delivery-Teaching and Learning Division (BLD-TLD) at the DepEd Central Office in Pasig City. Contact can be made via telephone at (02) 687-2948 or (02) 637-4347, or by email at [email protected]. Immediate dissemination of this Memorandum is requested.