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Using Oral Reading Fluency as a Benchmark Assessment

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Fluency with Text: The effortless, automatic ability to read words in connected text.

Definition: The ability to translate letters-to-sounds-to-words fluently, effortlessly. LaBerge and Samuels (1974; see References) described the fluent reader as "one whose decoding processes are automatic, requiring no conscious attention" (e.g., Juel, 1991; see References). Such capacity then enables readers to allocate their attention to the comprehension and meaning of the text. From: IDEA

CBM (CURRICULUM BASED MEASUREMENT )

CBM is the method of monitoring student progress through direct, continuous assessment of basic skills. CBM is used to assess reading fluency skills and comprehension. CBM is an approved and standardized assessment practice based on over 25 years of scientific research.

Reading Fluency Rates of Growth

The Edformation Normative Performance Tables are calculated using the AIMSweb Pro student database. Below is the Oral Reading Fluency Normative Performance Chart. It displays the oral reading fluency rates (words read correctly in one minute from Edformation’s Standard Reading Assessment Passages) for grades 1-8. The information is presented by percentile rank and by fall, winter, and spring benchmark periods.

AIMSweb® Growth Table Reading Curriculum Based Measurement Multi-Year Aggregate
		Fall		Winter		Spring
Grade	%ile	Num	WRC	Num	WRC	Num	WRC	ROI
1	90	12140	49	51928	78	53723	106	1.6
	75		22		46		80	1.6
	50		8		23		52	1.2
	25		2		13		28	0.7
	10		0		6		15	0.4
	Mean		18		34		57	1.1
	StdDev		25		31		37	0.3
2	90	47914	103	45601	129	50868	143	1.1
	75		79		103		118	1.1
	50		54		77		92	1.1
	25		27		52		68	1.1
	10		14		25		42	0.8
	Mean		56		78		93	1
	StdDev		35		45		40	0.1
3	90	43969	130	42631	148	47706	163	0.9
	75		103		124		139	1
	50		77		96		110	0.9
	25		49		67		82	0.9
	10		30		41		52	0.6
	Mean		78		96		110	0.9
	StdDev		39		43		44	0.1
4	90	35769	149	37050	168	37689	184	1
	75		123		141		155	0.9
	50		99		114		126	0.8
	25		73		89		100	0.8
	10		48		62		73	0.7
	Mean		99		115		128	0.8
	StdDev		40		44		122	2.3
5	90	33720	169	35344	183	35579	198	0.8
	75		142		158		171	0.8
	50		112		128		141	0.8
	25		85		99		109	0.7
	10		60		73		82	0.6
	Mean		114		128		140	0.7
	StdDev		45		45		48	0.1
Num = Number of Students WRC = Words Read Correct ROI = Rate Of Improvement ROI is Spring Score minus Fall Score (or Winter minus Fall) divided by 36 weeks (or 18 weeks

In this chart, first grade students reading at the 50th percentile in the Spring of the school year reads approximately 50 WRC per/minute when reading Edformation's AIMSweb Grade 1 Standard Reading Assessment Passages.

This chart also indicates second grade students reading at the 90th percentile in the Winter of the school year read approximately 126 WRC per/minute when reading Edformation's AIMSweb Grade 2 Standard Reading Assessment Passages.

Finally, this chart displays third grade students reading at the 10th percentile in the Fall of the school year read approximately 28 WRC per/minute when reading Edformation's AIMSweb Grade 3 Standard Reading Assessment Passages.

For more information call 1-888-944-1882 or e-mail info@edformation.com.

http://www.aimsweb.com/norms/reading_fluency.htm http://www.prel.org/products/re_/assessing-fluency.htm

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