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Reading Fluency: Developing the ability to read a text accurately and quickly.
Reading fluency is defined as reading text with speed, accuracy, and proper expression (National Reading Panel, 2000). Fluency provides a bridge between word recognition and comprehension and fluent readers recognize words and comprehend at the same time (Reading First Guidance, p. 3). Gaining fluency in reading involves developing rapid and automatic word identification processes (LaBerge & Samuels, 1974)... (continue reading from New Jersey's Reading First Program Grant Application).

The Classroom (Video! Clip of Oral Reading Fluency administration from DIBELS assessment.)

Fluency instruction, from The National Institute for Literacy (NIFL). An excellent guide (based on research), for different levels of text and kinds of practice. You may print out the entire document at the first page of Put Reading First (which supports all Five Essentials).

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 Assessing Reading Fluency - by Timothy V. Rasinski, Ph.D.

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Oral Reading Fluency
Retell Fluency, from the University of Oregon.		 A two-page guide of DIBELS resources.