FL Hlandone 5B Calculating Fluency * Reading grade levels alone do not give information about whether students are reading fluently. + Reading fluency is calculated by taking the total number of words read in 1 minute and subtracting the number of errors. (Only count one error per word.) calculation gives you the number of words read correctly pet minute (wepm), represents a studene’s reading fluency. * Accuracy can be calculated by dividing the number of words read correctly by the otal number of words read in | minute. 1-Minute Reading Words Correct Per Total W - | Errors ‘otal Words Read Misuse Grenan) — For example: a student read 73 words and made 3 errors in | minute in a beginning ninth-grade passage, the stulent’s fluency would be 70 words correct per minute (73-3 = 70 wepm) in beginning ninth grade materials. WCPM + | Total WordsRead |= | Accuracy © When assessing fluency, always encourage students to do their “best reading,” not necessarily their “fastest reading.” This gencle reminder helps students understand that the purpose is to read well, even though you are timing them. Did “Fluency isa prerequisite for success in the primary purpose of reading, thas isthe you construction of meaning from text know? (Alingon, 1994 Sumac, 1988 Streit, 1980)/ FLUENCY (©2005 UT Spien/TEA