The reading rate assessment has been designed to improve people’s reading skills and fluency. There are several reading extracts, each having been written in an accessible and academic style to give people practice in reading beyond decoding to word recognition and meaning. The extracts are followed by questions to test recall of facts that have been read. This is to encourage focused reading for meaning as opposed to merely decoding words. It is anticipated that people will start at a relatively slower reading pace, but this will improve with practice. People are able to monitor their own reading rate as the reading of the extract will be timed. Following this, they will be required to answer the questions from memory without access to the extract. This will allow the people to assess themselves in terms of reading for meaning which translates into comprehending what they read. There are 37 reading extracts with questions; 7 reading extracts comprise 400 words; 20 reading extracts comprise 500 words and 10 extracts comprise 600 words.
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