Re: Fluency testing for RTI - not DIBELS
Posted by H on 4/21/09
On 4/10/09, teach4 wrote:
> We have RTI- but are floundering in starting it off. From
> reading around I think it is partly because the district
> is trying to do it without spending any money on it, but
> that is just MHO.
>
> I was wondering what people were using to test fluency?
> Our district has used this for the last two years - but
> doing it in fourth grade is just a waste of time for all!!
> There must be something out there that does this, but
> gives the teacher some information to drive instruction.
> Any suggestions?
I like the book titled "The Fluent Reader" by Timothy
Rasinski. It's old (2003), but has a lot of good ideas and
methods and ways to measure and increase fluency. I hope that
helps. :-)