AdministeringtheOralReadingFluencyTestsToadministerthefluencyassessment,usetheOralReadingFluencyRecordingFormsandastopwatchorsecondhand.StudentcopiesofthepassagesareprovidedwitheachThemeTest.Allofthepassagesare“freshreads”thatstudentshavenotreadbefore.DirectionsforAdministering1.Explainthetasktothestudent.Tellthestudentthatyouwanttoseehowwellheorshecanreadaloud.Informthestudentthatyouwillfollowalongasheorshereads,takingnotes.Thestudentmayaskaboutbeingtimed.Encouragehimorhertoreadathisorher“normal”pace.Youdon’twantthestudenttospeedupandreadartificiallyfastbecauseofthetiming..Havethestudentbegin.Timeaone-minuteinterval..Asthestudentreads,recordreadingerrorsunobtrusivelyontheRecordingForm.Markmispronunciations,substitutions,omissionsofasoundorword,andothererrors.Donotcountrepetitionsorself-correctionsasreadingerrors.4.Whenthetimereachestheone-minutemark,placeaslashmarkontheOralReadingFluencyRecordingFormafterthelastwordthestudentreads.Tellthestudenttostopreading.ComputingtheFluencyScore1.Totalthenumberofwordsreadbythestudentinoneminute.Therownumbersintherightmarginwillhelpyoudeterminethenumber..Countthenumberofreadingerrorsthestudentmade..Subtractthenumberofreadingerrorsmadefromthetotalnumberofwordsreadcorrectly.Thisisthestudent’soralreadingfluencyscore.Writethewordscorrectlyreadperminute(WCPM)onthePerformanceSummary.InterpretingtheFluencyScoreThenormsbelowarebasedonastudyconductedbyHasbrouckandTindal(2006)inwhichtheyestablishedfluencynormsforGrades1through8.LookattheWCPMnormsbelow,findingthecolumnthatcorrespondsmostcloselytothetimeofyearthetestwasgiven,andcomparethestudent’sscoretothenorms.Studentsreadingbelowthe50thpercentilemayrequireadditionalinstructiontoimproveoralreadingfluency.Grade5OralReadingFluencyNormsPercentileFallWinterSpring25th859910950th11012713975th139156168Source:Hasbrouck,Jan,andGeraldA.Tindal.2006.Oralreadingfluencynorms:Avaluableassessmenttoolforreadingteachers.ReadingTeacher59(April),no.7:636-644.©Harcourt•Grade5TAdministeringtheOralR...
