reading fluency as a marker for early reading progress: strengths ...

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14. Teaching Reading is Urgent ? Audio clip explaining the scatterplot ? Performance at the end of first grade strongly predicts future reading success or failure. 88% of students who met the end of first grade ORF goal, met or exceeded Oregon�s State Benchmark Test.? Audio clip explaining the scatterplot ? Performance at the end of first grade strongly predicts future reading success or failure. 88% of students who met the end of first grade ORF goal, met or exceeded Oregon�s State Benchmark Test.

30. Why is fluency important? Because it provides a bridge between word recognition and comprehension.

64. :Instructional Emphasis for Second Grade Almost half of the time dedicated to comprehension. Fluency shows up on this chart � less than 3% on K and 1st Other: Concepts of print, PA, oral language developmentAlmost half of the time dedicated to comprehension. Fluency shows up on this chart � less than 3% on K and 1st Other: Concepts of print, PA, oral language development

66. Thus, we have evidence that the FCAT increasingly assesses �higher order thinking skills� as grade level increases. Thus, we have evidence that the FCAT increasingly assesses �higher order thinking skills� as grade level increases.