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When your average reading speed is right, you read fluently with comprehension. Discover the average reading rates by age and grade level.
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The table below shows the mean oral reading fluency of students in grades 1 through 6, as determined by Hasbrouck’s and Tindal’s 2017 data. You can also see an analysis of how the 2017 norms differ from the 2006 norms.
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 average reading rates for kids in grades 1-6 are between 80 and 185 words per minute (wpm). Teens have an average reading speed of 195 to 204 wpm. For college-aged adults, the average reading speed is between 200 and 300 words per minute. This speed declines steadily with age.
Average reading rates by age and grade. The table below presents the summary of average reading rates by age and grade level based on Hasbrouck & Tindal’s 2017 Oral Reading Fluency Norms and Marc Brysbaert’s review and meta-analysis of reading rate last 2019.
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.
