hi, friends - do any of you have a chart of reading speeds for typical students? I need to do a reading assessment for my high school blind student, and I’m looking for the chart that shows the WPM for what typical (non-braille reading) students are expected to be able to read in high school. I remember seeing something years ago that compared reading speeds for braille and print students... Thanks, Sheila

The Optimal Reading Rates by grade level is what I found. I have attached the chart. Sharon Hudson Associate Director Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail communication and any attachments may contain confidential information for the use of the designated recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error, and that any review, disclosure, dissemination, distribution or copying of it or its contents is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by calling (650) 858-0202 ext. 111 to arrange for destruction of these documents. From: AERNet [mailto:aernet-bounces@lists.aerbvi.org] On Behalf Of Sheila Amato Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2018 12:46 PM To: AERNET Subject: [AERNet] chart of reading speeds hi, friends - do any of you have a chart of reading speeds for typical students? I need to do a reading assessment for my high school blind student, and I’m looking for the chart that shows the WPM for what typical (non-braille reading) students are expected to be able to read in high school. I remember seeing something years ago that compared reading speeds for braille and print students... Thanks, Sheila

Hi Sheila, Most of the reading charts I’ve seen have been 1-8 grade and doesn’t include high school (e.g., Hasbrouck & Tindal, 2005). For more of a discussion on this, see Rasinski et al. (2005): http://www.cantonschools.org/filestorage/184/1296/1568/1641/Reading_Fluency_in_High_School.pdf <http://www.cantonschools.org/filestorage/184/1296/1568/1641/Reading_Fluency_in_High_School.pdf> and Fuchs, Fuchs, & Hops (2010) https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/b2a7/41914b27ce76f1e1284e48ea5074372ace72.pdf <https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/b2a7/41914b27ce76f1e1284e48ea5074372ace72.pdf> Here’s a recent (2017) report on reading fluency that is really interesting to read: Tindal, G. (2017). Oral reading fluency: Outcomes from 30 years of research. (Technical Report No. 1701). Eugene, OR: Behavioral Research and Teaching, University of Oregon. http://www.brtprojects.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/TechRpt_1701ORF.pdf <http://www.brtprojects.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/TechRpt_1701ORF.pdf> And, of course, as you and I have discussed before, we don’t have any recent estimates for braille reading speeds, nor are there “norms” established. —FM > On Feb 18, 2018, at 3:45 PM, Sheila Amato <brltrans@frontier.com> wrote: > > hi, friends - do any of you have a chart of reading speeds for typical students? I need to do a reading assessment for my high school blind student, and I’m looking for the chart that shows the WPM for what typical (non-braille reading) students are expected to be able to read in high school. > > I remember seeing something years ago that compared reading speeds for braille and print students... > > Thanks, > Sheila