Fluency Flashcards
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Which of the following BEST describes an 'instructional level' text for fluency practice?
Answer: A text the student reads with 90–95% accuracy
Instructional-level texts (90–95% accuracy) provide enough challenge to support learning while keeping error rates manageable.
On FastBridge aReading, a student's ORF score is compared to a benchmark goal. What does it mean if a student's score is in the 'strategic' range?
Answer: The student is at some risk and needs supplemental support
The 'strategic' (or 'some risk') range indicates a student needs targeted supplemental instruction beyond core classroom teaching.
A student reads with high accuracy but very slowly and in a monotone voice. Which component of fluency is MOST lacking?
Answer: Prosody and rate
The student's slow pace and lack of expression indicate deficits in rate and prosody, even though accuracy is strong.
Which of the following reading behaviors indicates a student is reading with good automaticity?
Answer: Reading smoothly with few pauses and minimal errors
Smooth reading with minimal pauses and errors reflects automatic word recognition, a hallmark of fluency.
When a FastBridge ORF examiner underlines words on the scoring sheet during administration, what does each underline represent?
Answer: An error or hesitation requiring the examiner to provide the word
Examiners mark errors and words provided after hesitation so the total can be subtracted from words read to calculate WCPM.
A student who reads grade-level text at benchmark WCPM but struggles to answer comprehension questions likely has difficulty with which skill?
Answer: Language comprehension
When fluency is adequate but comprehension is low, the deficit is typically in language comprehension rather than word reading.
Which of the following is a key reason FastBridge uses multiple ORF passages (probes) at the same grade level rather than a single passage?
Answer: To prevent score inflation from passage memorization across testings
Alternate-form probes prevent students from gaining an advantage by memorizing a previously seen passage, ensuring valid progress monitoring.