There are many different assessments for Reading Fluency. Following extensive research and trials, the team opted to use Rasinski’s criteria for reading fluency. This criteria breaks the assessment into 4 prime areas:

• Expression and volume
• Phrasing
• Smoothness
• Pace

Depending on the scoring, the following characteristics of a reader can be identified:

• Reader A: At risk – lack of fluency is likely to impede understanding.
• Reader B: Comprehension will still be compromised by lack of fluency.
• Reader C: A reader who is well on the way to being fluent – no action required.
• Reader D: Fluent reader

The assessment can be found by clicking on the link: READING FLUENCY ASSESSMENT

The assessment with characteristics of a reader can be found by clicking on the link: ASSESSMENT WITH CHARACTERISTICS

Making an Assessment of Reading Fluency

• Use a familiar book for this assessment, i.e. a book that the child has read at least once before
• The book chosen for the assessment should be at the child’s instructional reading level (although you may want to also try this assessment on a book that they find easy to read)
• Time yourself reading the text at a slow conversational pace. Then prepare a version of the text in advance to identify the sort of reading aloud that you’d would expect on the text