Fluency

Components:
Accuracy-the measurement of the success of decoding and recognizing words without errors
Automaticity-the rate at which words are read
Prosody-reading with expression
~Prosody includes inflection and pauses, as well as preservation of syntax.
"Evaluating Fluency: Prosody." National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
Class handout.
-addresses the different levels where meaningful units are read, from word-by-word reading to grouping meaningful phrases with expression.
Definition & Value:
Fluency is a term that describes the ease with which a reader can decode words and read sentences with accuracy, speed, and meaning (prosody). Fluency is essential to reading comprehension as the less time spent on decoding words, the more time there is for comprehension of the words as a whole (sentence).

Reading Standard 2: Getting the Meaning
-addresses accuracy and fluency across the grades

Associated Assessment: Dibels Oral Reading Fluency (See literacy reference packet)



Duke, Nell. TE301, Section 003, Fall 2007, Michigan State University.

New Standards Primary Literacy Committee (2004). Reading and writing grade by grade: Primary literacy standards for kindergarten through third grade. Washington, DC: National Center for
Education and the Economy.