This paper-and-pencil oral reading fluency sub-test is supplemental to Let's Go Learn's Diagnostic Online Reading Assessment (DORA).
In simplest terms, oral reading fluency consists of three components: accuracy (words correct per minute (WCPM)), rate, and expression/prosody. Fluency plays a critical role in the development of reading proficiency. It is important to remember that fluency is not an end in itself, but rather a critical gateway to comprehension. Fluent reading frees cognitive resources to process meaning, and in turn, helps with text comprehension (National Center on Improving Literacy, 2023).
Use the fluency ONLY sub-test to measure a student's oral reading fluency skills. Because oral reading fluency requires listening to the student read while making annotations about the nature of his or her reading, it is a measure that must be administered one-on-one with the student. Use the fluency with Comprehension Questions as appropriate for individual students
Oral Reading Fluency ONLY Sub-test - Click Here
Teacher's Fluency Only Worksheets
Oral Reading Fluency with Comprehension Questions - Click Here
Teacher's Fluency with Comprehension Worksheets
Student Passages - Click Here
Passages on a single page for the students to read
See these resources for: 1) updated Norms Charts; 2) recommendations for building student fluency skills; and 3) interpreting fluency WCPM.
Hasbrouck, J. & Tindal, G. (n.d.). Fluency Norms Chart (2017 Update). Reading Rockets. Retrieved from:
https://www.readingrockets.org/topics/fluency/articles/fluency-norms-chart-2017-update
Hasbrouck, J. & Tindal, G. (2017). An update to compiled ORF norms (Technical Report No. 1702). Eugene, OR, Behavioral Research and Teaching, University of Oregon. Retrieved from: https://www.brtprojects.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/TechRpt_1702ORFNorms_Fini.pdf
National Center on Improving Literacy. (2023). The Educators science of reading toolbox: How to build fluency with text in your classroom. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Special Education Programs, National Center on Improving Literacy. Retrieved from http://improvingliteracy.org.
Shanahan,T. (2020). Should we be using words correct per minute? Shanahan on Literacy. Retrieved from: https://www.shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/should-we-be-using-words-correct-per-minute