OAE Reading Fluency 3

Question 1

DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) is commonly used to:

Accepted Answer

Screen and monitor students' early literacy and fluency development

Answer

DIBELS is a widely used battery of fluency-based early literacy measures designed for universal screening and progress monitoring.

Question 2

A student reads 120 words in one minute and makes 8 errors. Her correct words per minute (CWPM) score is:

Accepted Answer

112 CWPM

Answer

CWPM = total words read minus errors; 120 - 8 = 112 CWPM.

Question 3

When a student reads with inappropriate phrasing — ignoring punctuation and pausing in odd places — the teacher should address:

Accepted Answer

Prosody and phrasing in oral reading

Answer

Ignoring punctuation and pausing incorrectly is a prosody issue; the teacher should model appropriate phrasing and provide practice with marked phrase boundaries.

Question 4

Which factor most directly impacts a student's reading fluency on a new, unfamiliar text?

Accepted Answer

The percentage of words the student can automatically recognize

Answer

Fluency on a text depends heavily on automatic recognition of the words in it; if many words require effortful decoding, fluency will break down.

Question 5

A teacher has students tape-record themselves reading a passage, then re-read and record again after feedback. This technique is an example of:

Accepted Answer

Repeated reading with self-reflection

Answer

Recording and comparing multiple readings of the same text is a form of repeated reading that builds fluency and encourages self-monitoring.

OAE - Foundations of Reading Exam Practice Test

OAE - Foundations of Reading Exam Practice Test

OAE Reading Fluency 3