Assessing Reading Fluency with Running Records

In addition to in-take assessments and comprehension quizzes, LevelUp includes running record assessments that teachers can assign at their discretion. Running records help assess students’ fluency and oral reading skills, and are a valuable tool in early literacy instruction. They are distinct from and not designed to take the place of the Lexile assessments used to determine a student’s reading level, so their results have no bearing on student Lexile measures.

LevelUp makes running records easy for both teachers and students. When a teacher assigns a running record, the student reads and records a text passage aloud on his or her device. Once complete, the student is awarded 25 credits to use in LevelUp Land and the recording is sent to the teacher’s inbox, where he or she grades the assessment. Key data is automatically tabulated and sent to Reports. Digital running records save valuable classroom time since teachers can listen to and grade them at their convenience.

To find out more about running records, see An Introduction to LevelUp Running Records. To understand the LevelUp digital running record process, see Introducing Running Records.

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