Fluency Assessment FAQs

Benchmark Assessment

	Should I use the actual grade level passages when doing fluency assessment or should I use the instructional level?
	What is the target rate for letter naming in kindergarten?
	How was the readability of the RFBA passages determined?
	How do CBM (Curriculum-Based Measurement) scores relate to the 8th grade MBST (Minnesota Basic Standards Test) pass rates?
	On the Correlation Summary page in the back of the Reading Fluency Progress Monitor books, what do the numbers in the Difficulty column mean?
	See also: Reading Fluency Benchmark Assessor knowledgebase

	I use Reading Fluency Progress Monitor for progress monitoring. Should I use passages at the student’s grade level or at the student’s instructional level?
	On the Correlation Summary page in the back of the Reading Fluency Progress Monitor books, what do the numbers in the Difficulty column mean?