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Annual goal
By the annual review date, when given an unpracticed third-grade-level passage, [Student] will read aloud for one minute at 90 words correct per minute with 95% accuracy, as measured by weekly one-minute curriculum-based measurement probes.
Benchmarks
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By the annual review date, when given an unpracticed third-grade-level passage, [Student] will read aloud for one minute at 56 words correct per minute with 95% accuracy, as measured by weekly one-minute curriculum-based measurement probes.
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By the annual review date, when given an unpracticed third-grade-level passage, [Student] will read aloud for one minute at 68 words correct per minute with 95% accuracy, as measured by weekly one-minute curriculum-based measurement probes.
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By the annual review date, when given an unpracticed third-grade-level passage, [Student] will read aloud for one minute at 79 words correct per minute with 95% accuracy, as measured by weekly one-minute curriculum-based measurement probes.
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reading fluency goals
Each shown at an example present level and target.
Oral reading rate
·rate over time
By the annual review date, when given an unpracticed third-grade-level passage, [Student] will read aloud for one minute at 90 words correct per minute with 95% accuracy, as measured by weekly one-minute curriculum-based measurement probes.
—monthly benchmark passages scored by the reading teacher
Oral reading rate
·rate over time
By the annual review date, when given a sixth-grade-level informational passage read cold, [Student] will read aloud at 110 words correct per minute, as measured by weekly one-minute timed readings on unpracticed informational text.
Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Other ways to measure this
—weekly one-minute timed readings on unpracticed informational text
—biweekly curriculum-based measurement probes
—quarterly benchmark assessment
Accuracy
·percent accuracy
By the annual review date, when reading a third-grade-level passage aloud, [Student] will read words correctly with 95% accuracy across three consecutive readings, as measured by running records taken weekly.
Grades K–2, 3-5CCSS RF.2.4
Other ways to measure this
—running records taken weekly
—miscue analysis on biweekly passages
—monthly benchmark running records
Self-correction
·opportunities met
By the annual review date, while reading third-grade-level text aloud, [Student] will independently reread and self-correct errors that change meaning in 4 of 5 observed reading sessions, as measured by running records with self-correction ratio noted.
Grades K–2, 3-5
Other ways to measure this
—running records with self-correction ratio noted
—weekly teacher-collected observation records
—audio-recorded readings reviewed biweekly
Prosody
·opportunities met
By the annual review date, when reading a practiced sixth-grade-level passage aloud, [Student] will read in phrases and observe punctuation, scoring 3 or 4 on a four-point fluency rubric in 4 of 5 readings, as measured by a four-point expression rubric scored by the teacher.
Grades 3-5, 6-8CCSS RF.4.4
Other ways to measure this
—a four-point expression rubric scored by the teacher
—recorded readings scored against the same rubric monthly
—weekly partner-reading observation records
Sight word automaticity
·a running total
By the annual review date, when shown high-frequency words on flashcards for three seconds each, [Student] will read 100 high-frequency words correctly without sounding them out, as measured by a weekly timed word list.
Grades PreK, K–2CCSS RF.1.3
Other ways to measure this
—a weekly timed word list
—biweekly flashcard probes recorded on a data sheet
—monthly sight word inventory
Sight word automaticity
·rate over time
By the annual review date, when given a list of grade-level high-frequency words, [Student] will read 60 words per minute correctly, as measured by weekly one-minute word-list probes.
Grades K–2, 3-5
Other ways to measure this
—weekly one-minute word-list probes
—biweekly timed word reading recorded on a data sheet
Nonsense word fluency
·rate over time
By the annual review date, when given a list of unfamiliar decodable nonsense words, [Student] will produce 50 correct letter sounds per minute, as measured by weekly nonsense word fluency probes.
Grades K–2CCSS RF.1.2
Other ways to measure this
—weekly nonsense word fluency probes
—biweekly decoding probes scored for correct letter sounds
Passage retell after fluent reading
·a running total
By the annual review date, after reading a third-grade-level passage aloud, [Student] will retell what was read including 6 relevant details in sequence, as measured by weekly retell checklists scored during progress monitoring.
Grades K–2, 3-5
Other ways to measure this
—weekly retell checklists scored during progress monitoring
—biweekly oral retell recorded on a data sheet
Reading stamina
·time on task
By the annual review date, during independent reading, [Student] will read sixth-grade-level text continuously for 20 minutes without redirection, as measured by a timer and teacher-collected stamina log.
Grades 3-5, 6-8
Other ways to measure this
—a timer and teacher-collected stamina log
—independent reading records kept daily
—weekly observation records during independent reading
Repeated reading gains
·rate over time
By the annual review date, after three practice readings of a third-grade-level passage, [Student] will read the passage aloud at 100 words correct per minute, as measured by repeated reading charts kept for each passage.
Grades K–2, 3-5, 6-8
Other ways to measure this
—repeated reading charts kept for each passage
—weekly timed rereadings recorded by the teacher
Multisyllabic word reading in text
·percent accuracy
By the annual review date, when reading sixth-grade-level text aloud, [Student] will read multisyllabic words correctly with 90% accuracy, as measured by error analysis of weekly oral reading records.
Grades 3-5, 6-8CCSS RF.4.3
Other ways to measure this
—error analysis of weekly oral reading records
—biweekly multisyllabic word probes drawn from class texts
Punctuation and phrasing
·percent accuracy
By the annual review date, when reading aloud from third-grade-level text, [Student] will pause at commas and stop at end punctuation with 90% accuracy across a 100-word sample, as measured by a marked reading copy scored weekly.
Grades K–2, 3-5
Other ways to measure this
—a marked reading copy scored weekly
—recorded readings reviewed against a punctuation checklist
Silent reading rate
·rate over time
By the annual review date, when reading ninth-grade-level text silently, [Student] will read at 150 words per minute while answering three comprehension questions correctly, as measured by timed silent reading with a three-question check, weekly.
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Other ways to measure this
—timed silent reading with a three-question check, weekly
—biweekly silent reading probes with comprehension questions
Reading aloud in front of peers
·opportunities met
By the annual review date, during small-group reading, [Student] will volunteer to read aloud a passage of at least three sentences in 4 of 5 sessions, as measured by a participation tally kept during small-group reading.
Grades 3-5, 6-8
Other ways to measure this
—a participation tally kept during small-group reading
—weekly teacher-collected observation records
Fluency with decodable text
·rate over time
By the annual review date, when given decodable text containing taught phonics patterns, [Student] will read aloud at 60 words correct per minute with 95% accuracy, as measured by weekly timed decodable passage probes.
Grades K–2CCSS RF.1.4
Other ways to measure this
—weekly timed decodable passage probes
—biweekly decodable text readings recorded on a data sheet
Error monitoring
·percent accuracy
By the annual review date, when reading aloud, [Student] will notice and repair errors that break meaning, leaving no more than five uncorrected meaning-changing errors per 100 words, reaching 92% accuracy on repaired reading, as measured by running records annotated for uncorrected errors.
Grades 3-5, 6-8
Other ways to measure this
—running records annotated for uncorrected errors
—audio-recorded readings reviewed weekly
Fluency across content areas
·rate over time
By the annual review date, when given an unpracticed passage from a ninth-grade-level science or social studies text, [Student] will read aloud at 125 words correct per minute, as measured by monthly content-area fluency probes.
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Other ways to measure this
—monthly content-area fluency probes
—biweekly timed readings drawn from current course texts
Word attack independence
·fading prompts
By the annual review date, when [Student] meets an unfamiliar word while reading aloud, they will apply a decoding strategy and continue reading with no adult prompting, as measured by a prompting-level data sheet kept during reading instruction.
Grades K–2, 3-5
Other ways to measure this
—a prompting-level data sheet kept during reading instruction
—weekly observation records noting prompts given
Fluency goal self-monitoring
·opportunities met
By the annual review date, after each timed reading, [Student] will chart their own words-correct-per-minute score and state whether it rose or fell in 5 of 5 sessions, as measured by the student-kept fluency chart, reviewed weekly.
Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Other ways to measure this
—the student-kept fluency chart, reviewed weekly
—teacher-collected records of self-graphing sessions
Letter naming fluency
·rate over time
By the annual review date, when shown upper- and lowercase letters in random order, [Student] will name 45 letters per minute correctly, as measured by weekly letter naming fluency probes.
Grades PreK, K–2CCSS RF.K.1
Other ways to measure this
—weekly letter naming fluency probes
—biweekly letter identification probes recorded on a data sheet
Phrase reading
·rate over time
By the annual review date, when given a list of common phrases, [Student] will read 25 phrases per minute correctly as whole units rather than word by word, as measured by weekly timed phrase-list probes.
Grades K–2, 3-5
Other ways to measure this
—weekly timed phrase-list probes
—biweekly phrase reading recorded on a data sheet
Fluency with accommodations
·opportunities met
By the annual review date, when assigned course reading, [Student] will choose and use an appropriate reading support — audio text, a reading guide, or chunked text — and complete the reading in 4 of 5 assignments, as measured by an assignment completion log kept by the case manager.
Grades 6-8, 9-12
Other ways to measure this
—an assignment completion log kept by the case manager
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