AdministeringtheOralReadingFluencyTestsToadministerthefluencyassessment,usetheOralReadingFluencyRecordingForms.StudentcopiesofthepassagesareprovidedwitheachThemeTest.Allofthepassagesare“freshreads”thatstudentshavenotreadbefore.DirectionsforAdministering1.Explainthetasktothestudent.Tellthestudentthatyouwanttoseehowwellheorshecanreadaloud.Informthestudentthatyouwillfollowalongasheorshereads,takingnotes.Thestudentmayaskaboutthestopwatchandbeingtimed.Encouragehimorhertoreadathisorher“normal”pace.Youdon’twantthestudenttospeedupandreadartificiallyfastbecauseofthetiming..Havethestudentbegin.Usethestopwatchorasecondhandtotimeaone-minuteintervalasinconspicuouslyaspossible..Asthestudentreads,recordreadingerrorsunobtrusivelyontheRecordingForm.Markmispronunciations,substitutions,omissionsofasoundorword,andothererrors.Donotcountrepetitionsorself-correctionsasreadingerrors.4.Whenthestopwatchorsecondhandreachestheone-minutemark,placeaslashmarkontheOralReadingFluencyRecordingFormafterthelastwordthestudentreads.Tellthestudenttostopreading.ComputingtheFluencyScore1.Totalthenumberofwordsreadbythestudentinoneminute.Therownumbersintherightmarginwillhelpyoudeterminethenumberquickly..Countthenumberofreadingerrorsthestudentmade.Remember,donotcountrepetitionsorself-correctionsasreadingerrors..Subtractthenumberofreadingerrorsmadefromthetotalnumberofwordsreadcorrectly.Thisisthestudent’soralreadingfluencyscore.Writethewordscorrectlyreadperminute(WCPM)onthePerformanceSummary.InterpretingtheFluencyScoreThenormsbelowarebasedonastudyconductedbyHasbrouckandTindal(2006)inwhichtheyestablishedfluencynormsforGrades1through8.LookattheWCPMnormsbelow,findingthecolumnthatcorrespondsmostcloselytothetimeofyearthetestwasgiven,andcomparethestudent’sscoretothenorms.Studentsreadingbelowthe50thpercentilemayrequireadditionalinstructiontoimproveoralreadingfluency.Grade3OralReadingFluencyNormsPercentileFallWinterSpring25th44627850th719210775th99120137Source:Hasbrouck,Jan,andGeraldA.Tindal.2006.Oralreadingf...
