Overview

Participants will become familiar with research on why fluency is critical to reading comprehension and how it is connected to the CCRSAE. Participants will practice administering and scoring oral reading fluency using the oral reading assessment from the Diagnostic Assessment of Reading (DAR) and free online assessments. Participants will learn how to use readability formulas to select appropriate texts for fluency instruction. A number of techniques for teaching word recognition and fluency similar to those used by STAR teachers will be demonstrated and discussed in detail.

    Learning Objectives

    Upon completion of this professional development activity/course, you will be able to:

  • Examine research on the connection between fluency and reading comprehension
  • Administer and score the DAR oral reading fluency assessment
  • Use readability formulas to select appropriate texts for fluency instruction
  • Use techniques for teaching word recognition and fluency that are similar
Presenter(s) / Facilitator(s)
Date
01/20/2015 - 10:00 am to 01/20/2015 - 3:30 pm
Location

Middlesex Community College
591 Springs Road
Bedford, MA 01730
United States

PD Center
Massachusetts NRS Assessments page
Topic Area
Assessment
PDP Eligible
No