AdministeringtheOralReadingFluencyTestsToadministerthefluencyassessment,usetheOralReadingFluencyRecordingForms.StudentcopiesofthepassagesareprovidedwitheachThemeTest.Allofthepassagesare“freshreads”thatchildrenhavenotreadbefore.DirectionsforAdministering1.Explainthetasktothechild.Tellthechildthatyouwanttoseehowwellheorshecanreadaloud.Informthechildthatyouwillfollowalongasheorshereads,takingnotes.Thechildmayaskaboutthestopwatchandbeingtimed.Encouragehimorhertoreadathisorher“normal”pace.Youdon’twantthechildtospeedupandreadartificiallyfastbecauseofthetiming..Havethechildbegin.Usethestopwatchorasecondhandtotimeaone-minuteintervalasinconspicuouslyaspossible..Asthechildreads,recordreadingerrorsunobtrusivelyontheRecordingForm.Markmispronunciations,substitutions,omissionsofasoundorword,andothererrors.Donotcountrepetitionsorself-correctionsasreadingerrors.4.Whenthestopwatchorsecondhandreachestheone-minutemark,placeaslashmarkontheOralReadingFluencyRecordingFormafterthelastwordthechildreads.Tellthechildtostopreading.ComputingtheFluencyScore1.Totalthenumberofwordsreadbythechildinoneminute.Therownumbersintherightmarginwillhelpyoudeterminethenumberquickly..Countthenumberofreadingerrorsthechildmade.Remember,donotcountrepetitionsorself-correctionsasreadingerrors..Subtractthenumberofreadingerrorsmadefromthetotalnumberofwordsreadcorrectly.Thisisthechild’soralreadingfluencyscore.Writethewordscorrectlyreadperminute(WCPM)onthePerformanceSummary.InterpretingtheFluencyScoreThenormsbelowarebasedonastudyconductedbyHasbrouckandTindal(2006)inwhichtheyestablishedfluencynormsforGrades1through8.LookattheWCPMnormsbelow,findingthecolumnthatcorrespondsmostcloselytothetimeofyearthetestwasgiven,andcomparethechild’sscoretothenorms.Childrenreadingbelowthe50thpercentilemayrequireadditionalinstructiontoimproveoralreadingfluency.Grade2OralReadingFluencyNormsPercentileFallWinterSpring25th25426150th51728975th79100117Source:Hasbrouck,Jan,andGeraldA.Tindal.2006.Oralreadingfluencynorms:Avaluableassess...
