Use one-minute timed grade-level passages to monitor oral reading fluency progress¶

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Description¶

The Fluency Formula™ Assessment System "allows teachers to assess student fluency using one-minute grade-level passages and a timer." Teachers administer it weekly to identify struggling students, use the assessment handbook to set instructional goals from student scores, and monitor fluency growth at the beginning, middle, and end of the school year. Students can track their fluency progress on a class chart and receive bookmarks and certificates as rewards for progress.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Grade-level passages of at least 200 words (per the OFA measure description) and a timer
• An assessment handbook for setting instructional goals based on scores

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• elementary students in grades 1–6

Target Learning Goals¶

• oral reading fluency measured as words correct per minute

Related Strategies¶

• Curriculum Based Measurement
• Timed Practice With Progress Monitoring
• Progress Monitoring

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Fluency Formula™ WWC Intervention Report. (2007). What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Education. http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/fluencyformula/pdfs/FF_EffectivessReport.pdf