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A Tech Refresh for Reading Fluency
2018
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In thisEd Tech Digestarticle, Cindy Jiban discusses how oral reading fluency assessment is now commonplace in the primary grades. This represents a significant step for data-based problem solving in education. However, given some of the side effects that have emerged, it is clear that fluencyassessment is due for significant structural improvement.
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