Reading fluency IEP goals

Rate, accuracy and prosody goals, each written with the five parts a measurable goal needs. Set the present level and the target and the generator writes the goal and three benchmarks to match.

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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

  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

    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.

  3. 3

    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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23 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.

Grades K–2, 3-5, 6-8 CCSS RF.3.4
Other ways to measure this
  • weekly one-minute curriculum-based measurement probes
  • biweekly timed readings scored for words correct
  • 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, 3-5 CCSS 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, 6-8 CCSS 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–2 CCSS 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–2 CCSS 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, 6-8 CCSS 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–2 CCSS 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–2 CCSS 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
  • weekly check-ins recorded on a data sheet

Other skill areas

The five parts of a measurable goal

Sources

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