EVALUATION OF ORAL READING RATE AS A CURRICULUM-BASED MEASURE WITHIN LITERATURE-BASED CURRICULUM

This study investigated the utility of oral reading rate as a metric i n monitoring students' progress over time when instruction was occurri ng in a literature-based curriculum. Participants included 28 second-g rade and 30 fifth-grade students who were currently receiving their pr imary reading instruction in a literature-based series. Curriculum-bas ed measurement (CBM) probes were administered to these students twice a week over a 10-week period to monitor their progress in reading. Res ulting data suggests that the CBM oral reading rate is an effective me tric for use dth students who are being instructed in a literature-bas ed reading series. (C) 1998 Society for the Study of School Psychology . Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.