Fluency ASSESSMENT

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College of Education and Behavioral Science Department of Educational Leadership, Curriculum and Special Education

Fluency Assessment

Overview

In this course, you learn about the various aspects of reading and language arts as related to exceptional children, including formal and informal assessments of students. This fluency assessment assignment will help you synthesize your learning and demonstrate your knowledge, application, and analysis of fluency and assessing fluency.

Learning Outcomes

Know and demonstrate professional roles and responsibilities relevant to ethical and legislative requirements as related to the Council of Exceptional Children (CEC) Code of Ethics, professional certification standards, and confidentiality.

Gather, interpret, and communicate background and assessment information from a variety of sources to make educational decisions and design individualized instruction.

Understand and adhere to legal and ethical guidelines for assessing, identifying, and monitoring diverse learners with exceptionalities.

Understand and apply research-based strategies to teach or assess pre-literacy skills appropriate to the needs of learners with exceptionalities.

Understand and apply research-based strategies to teach or assess early literacy skills appropriate to the needs of learners with exceptionalities.

Understand and apply research-based strategies to teach or assess advanced literacy skills appropriate to the needs of learners with exceptionalities.

AR Grade-Level Standards for Reading Foundational Skills RF.K.4 Read grade appropriate texts with purpose and understanding.

RF.1.4 Read grade-level text with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

RF.2.4 Read grade-level text with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

RF.3.4 Read grade-level text with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

RF.4.4 Read grade-level text with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

RF.5.4 Read grade-level text with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

Adapted from Lamar University-College of Education Counseling and Special Populations Department, 2019. Module Task 1.4: Page 1

ELSE 5633: Literacy Assessment and Diagnosis of Exceptional Learners

Directions

1. Select a student (preferably a student with exceptionalities or struggling in the area of Reading).

2. Complete a student profile (Reading Performance Information and School Information Forms: Embed in Appendix B and C).

3. Select an appropriate fluency assessment from collaborative, online, and/or scholarly resources.

4. Administer fluency assessment.

5. Analyze the fluency assessment data. Calculate reading rate (words per minute [WPM] and analyze fluency assessment data [compared to grade level norms] and attach a scanned copy of the completed fluency assessment to Appendix A).

6. Formulate suggestions for strategies or lessons to increase fluency based on the student’s profile and fluency assessment data (Use the Backward Design Lesson Plan in template).

7.Write and turn in toCanvas a fluency assessment analysis paper using the template provided.

Resources:

Reading Rockets (n. d.). Fluency: Introduction. https://www.readingrockets.org/reading-101/reading-101-learning-modules/course-modules/fluency

Reading Rockets (n.d.). Screening, Diagnosing, and Progress Monitoring for Fluency: The Details https://www.readingrockets.org/topics/fluency/articles/screening-diagnosing-and-progress- monitoring fluency-details

Adapted from Lamar University-College of Education Counseling and Special Populations Department, 2019. Module Task 1.4: Page 2