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Assessing Assessing Reading Reading Fluency Fluency Timothy V. Rasinski, Ph.D. Pacific Resources for Education and Learning Assessing Reading Fluency is intended to assist practitioners in monitor- ing students’ fluency development. Assessments are discussed in terms of three components of fluency: • Accuracy, or accurate decoding of words in text; • Automaticity, or decoding words with minimal use of attentional resources; and • Prosody, or the appropriate use of phrasing and expression to convey meaning. Assessing Reading Fluency is written by Dr. Timothy V. Rasinski (Ph.D., Ohio State University), a professor of education in the Department of Teaching, Leadership, and Curriculum Studies at Kent State University. He has published over 100 articles and 10 books on various aspects of reading education, including The Fluent Reader: Oral Reading Strategies for Building Word Recognition, Fluency, and Comprehension. Dr. Rasinski recently served on the Board of Directors of the International Reading Association and is an editor for the Journal of Literacy Research. The Regional Educational Laboratory at Pacific Resources for Education and Learning would like to express sincere thanks to the following reviewers: Dr. David J. Chard, University of Oregon Dr. Melanie R. Kuhn, Rutgers University Dr. Wayne M. Linek, Texas AM University – Commerce Cover photo by Jennifer Padua Assessing Reading Fluency is published by Pacific Resources for Education and Learning, Honolulu, Hawai‘i. Additional copies may be downloaded at /programs/rel/rel.asp. Copyright © 2004 by Timothy V. Rasinski This product was funded by the U.S. Department of Education (U.S. ED) under the Regional Educational Laboratory program, award number ED01CO0014. The content does not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. ED or any other a