Little did I know the threads my questions would take!! Thanks to all for spirited and informative discussion about fluency and comprehension. Thanks to Elaine Garan for the other information about some whose work with fluency are correlated to the money they make on programs. My thoughts have always been that if the child can read with at least 90% accuracy they are getting something from the material. Verbally stumbling over words can have many causes for a 4th or 5th grader which may or may not impact their comprehension. My school district is starting to become very interested in using DIBELS and so that is why I've been looking at speed with some of my intervention students. Even though I see improvement in comprehension, if their speed isn't up to par some of the student support team members start pushing weekly monitoring of speed! I do have kids who read fluently and quickly-but have zero comprehension...Guess we need a happy medium! Thanks for all the comments-I've loved reading my thread and seeing it grow and grow! Michelle -4/5AIS NY
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