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Psychology: Research and Review

Table 1 Distribution of means, standard deviation and WCPM percentiles for readings of the passage entitled “The Umbrella”

From: Identification of struggling readers or at risk of reading difficulties with one-minute fluency measures

Oral reading fluency norms, grades 3–5

 

Third grade

Fourth grade

Fifth grade

n = 98

n = 130

n = 137

 

WCPM

 

Mean

78.82

91.50

105.26

Standard deviation

26.840

27.152

27.360

Percentile 5

38

41

54

Percentile 10

42

52

66

Percentile 25

56

74

87

Percentile 50

76

94

107

Percentile 75

97

111

121

Percentile 90

114

124

140

Percentile 95

122

133

153

  1. WCPM words correct per minute