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Amy E Barth1, Karla K Stuebing, Jack M Fletcher
1Department of Psychology, Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation and Statistics, and the Texas Center for Learning Disabilities, University of Houston.
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We evaluated the reliability and validity of two oral reading fluency scores for one-minute equated passages: median score and mean score. These scores were calculated from measures of reading fluency administered up to five times over the school year to students in grades 6-8 (n = 1,317). Both scores were highly reliable with strong convergent validity for adequately developing and struggling middle grade readers. These results support the use of either the median or mean score for oral reading fluency assessments for middle grade readers.
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