Oral reading fluency is a high priority reading skill in the Bancroft-Rosalie Elementary. Parents will often comment that they encourage their child to read a lot at home, and I always ask "Do you listen to them read out loud?" Reading orally is the best way to determine reading ability (not comprehension) in young readers. We use the DIBELS Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) assessment.
ORF is a standardized set of passages and administration procedures designed to (a) identify children who may need additional instructional support, and (b) monitor progress toward instructional goals. The passages and student goals are grade level appropriate. Student performance is measured by having students read a passage aloud for one minute. Words omitted, substituted, and hesitations of more than three seconds are scored as errors. Words self-corrected within three seconds are scored as accurate. The number of correct words per minute from the passage is the oral reading fluency score.
We use the Retell assessment to measure comprehension at the older grade levels.
All DIBELS assessment are given by the Reading Coach, Mrs. Vogt. She is in the process of giving the mid-year reading assessments to students in grades K-6 and the results should be in before Christmas break.
