Teaching · Reading Intervention

Words correct per minute, and what the errors say.

Enter words read, errors, self-corrections and seconds, tally the error types and rate phrasing. The summary works out words correct per minute and accuracy, says how hard the passage was, and points to what to teach next.

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The reading log

One record per student and reading. Use initials or a code, never a name. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · Reading Intervention$19 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
For each reading, words correct per minute, accuracy, self-correction ratio, error types, comprehension and next steps.
Who it is for
Reading intervention and special education teachers, and reading tutors, tracking oral reading on passages over time.
Format
Browser form used while the student reads. Several saved readings per student to chart in the CSV; printed with the summary or as a blank record sheet; export and import a file.
Access
$19 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Reading Intervention toolkit ($49) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Reading Intervention space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
words, errors, seconds
Drawn for this page. Three counts give words correct per minute and accuracy; the error types say what to teach.

How to use it

  1. Start a record with the student’s initials or a code and the date.
  2. Note the passage and whether it is a first reading.
  3. Count words read, errors, self-corrections and seconds.
  4. Tally the error types and rate phrasing.
  5. Ask the questions, then read the summary.

Log a reading

What the log is for

Words correct per minute

Words read minus errors, divided by the minutes taken, gives words correct per minute. It is a useful measure of change for the same student on similar passages; comparing it with norms requires a standardized passage set and procedure, which this log does not provide.

Accuracy first

A student reading below about 90 to 95% accuracy is spending effort on decoding, and speed or comprehension work on that text has limited value. The bands in the summary are common rules of thumb.

Errors as information

Wrong words that share only the first letter suggest guessing. Skipped words may suggest pace. A rising self-correction count often means the student is monitoring meaning.

Sources

  1. Hasbrouck, J., and Tindal, G. (2017). An update to compiled ORF norms (Technical Report 1702). Behavioral Research and Teaching, University of Oregon (for context on norms, which this log does not apply).
  2. Fuchs, L. S., Fuchs, D., Hosp, M. K., and Jenkins, J. R. (2001). Oral reading fluency as an indicator of reading competence. Scientific Studies of Reading, 5(3), 239 to 256.
  3. Rasinski, T. V. (2004). Assessing Reading Fluency. Pacific Resources for Education and Learning.
  4. National Reading Panel (2000). Teaching Children to Read, report of the subgroups: fluency.

The example student is made up. Accuracy bands are rules of thumb; no norms, percentiles or grade levels are applied. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.