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Sep 14, 2011
When I turned my results in, the reading specialist noticed that the WPM for many students was low. My students just are not fast readers. She said that I would have to retest them and move them all down levels since WPM was so low.
So I asked her....it would be okay if their accuracy and comprehension were 100% if their WPM was higher and that would be their instructional level? She said yes.
It has always been my understanding that ACCURACY and COMPREHENSION were apart of finding the instructional level and not necessarily WPM (Words Per Minute). Is ...See More
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You, yourself, stated 97%... a bit high for instructional level; most reading specialists recommend that number (95-97%) for independent reading.
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