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An Oral Reading Fluency Assessment for Young Adult Career and Technical Education Students
Author(s) -
Mellard Daryl,
Woods Kari,
Md Desa Zairul Deana
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
learning disabilities research and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.018
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1540-5826
pISSN - 0938-8982
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-5826.2012.00358.x
Subject(s) - fluency , reading (process) , psychology , literacy , reading comprehension , task (project management) , comprehension , cognition , mathematics education , pedagogy , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , management , neuroscience , economics , programming language
Educators confront a difficult challenge of quickly and efficiently identifying students with literacy skill deficits in academically diverse career and technical education classes. A statistical examination of oral reading fluency (ORF) of 296 at‐risk students participating in Job Corps tests the hypothesis that a 2‐minute, two‐dimensional ORF task is a useful tool for differentiating the basic literacy skills of these students. This study formed four student groups on this basis and statistically demonstrated the groups were distinct in terms of standardized assessments of reading and cognitive processing: phonological processing, processing speed, memory, and integrated and fluent reading with comprehension. We discuss the implications of these findings for further diagnostic reading assessments and instructional planning.