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Reading Fluency Rates
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Fluency Rates in in words read correctly per minute. |
Grade K |
Grade 1 |
Grade 2 |
Grade 3 |
Grade 4 |
Grade 5 |
Grade 6 |
Grade 7 |
Grade 8 |
Oral |
N/A |
50-80 |
80-100 |
90-120 |
115-140 |
125-150 |
135-160 |
140-175 |
150-180 |
| Silent |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
115-140 |
130-175 |
160-200 |
190-220 |
215-245 |
235-270 |
The following sources were referenced to determine fluency rates:
- Caldwell, Reading Assessment, Guilford Press, 2002
- Fountas and Pinnell, Guiding Readers and Writers Grades 3-6, Heinemann, 2001
- Put Reading First, National Institute for Literacy, 2001
- Lipson and Wixson, Assessment and Instruction of Reading and Writing Difficulty, Pearson Education, 2003
- NAEP’s Scale for Assessing Oral Reading Fluency, 2001
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