Teaching Fluency:
Fluency programs and materials

What you should look for in materials to build fluency:

• Are passages within the learner's decoding range? (95% accuracy or higher)
• Is there an explicit strategy for teaching students to transition from accuracy to fluency?
• Is there daily opportunity for fluency building?
• Is there overlap in words (i.e., words show up multiple times in different text)?
• Are target rates identified?

Selecting Text to Develop Fluency

• Select instructional (95% accuracy) level text.
• Select text in which there is overlap in words (i.e., words show up multiple times in different text).

How to Determine Appropriate Level Text

Select text that students read with 95% accuracy.

Example:

80% accuracy would not be appropriate for fluency building.

(Modified from Hasbrouck, 1998; see References)

Levels of Challenge

For help in evaluating and selecting curricula and models of reading program implementation, visit the Curricula section of this website.