WPM WPM Reading Fluency & Speed

Question 1

According to NAEP, oral reading fluency encompasses accuracy, rate, and which third component?

Accepted Answer

Prosody

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Vocabulary

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Comprehension

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Phonemic awareness

Question 2

What does WCPM stand for in fluency assessment?

Accepted Answer

Words Correctly Per Minute

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Words Checked Per Minute

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Written Comprehension Per Measure

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Whole Class Progress Monitor

Question 3

Repeated reading is an evidence-based fluency strategy. What is its core instructional component?

Accepted Answer

Rereading the same passage multiple times to build automaticity

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Reading many different texts once each

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Reading silently then answering questions

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Partner reading of different texts alternately

Question 4

Which term describes the automatic recognition of words without conscious decoding effort?

Accepted Answer

Automaticity

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Fluency

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Prosody

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Scaffolding

Question 5

According to LaBerge and Samuels' Automaticity Theory, fluency improves comprehension because:

Accepted Answer

When decoding becomes automatic, working memory is freed for meaning-making

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Faster readers naturally understand more

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Fluent readers use context clues more effectively

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Prosody signals text structure to the reader

Question 6

Which of the following is a Tier 1 (grade-level benchmark) WCPM goal for a typical US third grader at end of year?

Accepted Answer

120–140 WCPM

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50–70 WCPM

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90–110 WCPM

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160–180 WCPM