aReading Fluency 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A student reads 85 words per minute with 94% accuracy. According to FastBridge aReading norms, this student is MOST LIKELY performing at which level?
- Benchmark/on grade level
- Below benchmark for most grade levels (Correct answer)
- Above benchmark for all K-2 grades
- Intensive intervention required immediately
Correct answer: Below benchmark for most grade levels
85 WPM with 94% accuracy falls below benchmark for most elementary grade levels on FastBridge norms.
Question 2: Which aspect of fluency is assessed when an examiner listens to a student read and marks whether phrasing sounds natural and sentences are grouped appropriately?
- Accuracy
- Rate
- Prosody (Correct answer)
- Decoding
Correct answer: Prosody
Prosody refers to the natural expression, phrasing, and intonation a reader uses, which reflects comprehension.
Question 3: During a FastBridge ORF probe, a student self-corrects an error before moving on. How is this self-correction typically scored?
- Counted as an error
- Counted as correct (Correct answer)
- Counted as two errors
- Omitted from the score
Correct answer: Counted as correct
Self-corrections are scored as correct because the student demonstrated monitoring and fixing their own reading.
Question 4: A teacher wants to build a student's reading rate without sacrificing accuracy. Which instructional approach is BEST supported by research?
- Having the student read only decodable texts silently
- Using repeated reading with corrective feedback (Correct answer)
- Increasing the difficulty of texts each session
- Focusing exclusively on phonics drills
Correct answer: Using repeated reading with corrective feedback
Repeated reading with corrective feedback is one of the most research-supported methods for improving both rate and accuracy.
Question 5: On the FastBridge aReading assessment, what does WCPM stand for?
- Words Correctly Per Minute (Correct answer)
- Written Comprehension Per Measure
- Word Count Per Measure
- Words Checked Per Minute
Correct answer: Words Correctly Per Minute
WCPM (Words Correctly Per Minute) is the primary fluency metric, calculated by subtracting errors from total words read in one minute.
Question 6: Which of the following errors would NOT be counted against a student's WCPM score during an oral reading fluency assessment?
- Mispronunciation of a word
- Omitting a word entirely
- Inserting an extra word not in the text
- Proper noun mispronunciation (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Proper noun mispronunciation
Proper nouns that are mispronounced are typically not counted as errors because students may be unfamiliar with the name.
Question 7: A second-grade student scores at the 50th percentile on FastBridge ORF in the fall. What does this percentile rank indicate?
- The student scored higher than 50% of students in the norm group (Correct answer)
- The student answered 50% of questions correctly
- The student needs intensive intervention
- The student reads 50 words per minute
Correct answer: The student scored higher than 50% of students in the norm group
A percentile rank of 50 means the student performed as well as or better than 50% of students in the normative sample.
aReading Fluency 2
A student reads 85 words per minute with 94% accuracy.
According to FastBridge aReading norms, this student is MOST LIKELY performing at which level?