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Find the mean oral reading fluency (ORF) scores for grades 1-6 based on a 2017 study by Hasbrouck and Tindal. Learn how to use ORF for screening, progress monitoring, and fluency-building programs.
- Fluent, Automatic Reading of Text
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- Fluency: Instructional Guidelines and Student Activities
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- An Introduction
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- A Fundamental Foundational Skill
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- Jan Hasbrouck
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- Fluent, Automatic Reading of Text
Use the rate recommendations from the table with the Fluency Practice Passages and Fluency Timed Reading assessments to help determine whether students are making progress toward or nearing grade-level standards for oral reading fluency.
The Hasbrouck-Tindal oral reading fluency charts show the oral reading fluency norms of students as determined by data collected by Jan Hasbrouck and Gerald Tindal. Teachers can use these tables to draw conclusions and make decisions about the oral reading fluency of their students.
392 441 377 424 376 423 200 200. M E Third grade. Available: https://dibels.uoregon.edu. DIBELS® 8th Edition Benchmark Goals Updated: July 2020. Fourth grade Fifth grade. B M E B M E Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) – Words Correct. 131+ 159+ 159+ 139+ 149+ 157+ 130 158 158 138 148 156.
To determine if a student has reached grade-level benchmarks for fluency, use a norm-referenced set of fluency scores. Provided by an assessment company: Published assessments for measuring oral reading fluency typically provide grade level benchmark norms for beginning, middle and end of year.
Learn what reading fluency is, why it is critical to make sure that students have sufficient fluency, how we should assess fluency, and how to best provide practice and support for all students.
First grade: 60 words (read correctly by the end of the year)* Second grade: 100 words (read correctly by the end of the year)* Third grade: 112 words (read correctly by the end of the year)* * 50th percentile. See the 2017 Fluency Norms Chart by Hasbrouck and Tindal for the complete set of scores.