The Fluency Construct

Editors: Cummings, Kelli D., Petscher, Yaacov (Eds.)
​Provides a comprehensive overview of fluency as a construct
Paints a picture of the construct that is nuanced and relevant enough for the myriad decisions that fluency data are intended to facilitate
Lays a foundation for future fluency and measurement research
Brings together current information on measurement properties of fluency assessments into one resource

This book provides a comprehensive overview of fluency as a construct and its assessment in the context of curriculum-based measurement (CBM). Comparing perspectives from language acquisition, reading, and mathematics, the book parses the vagueness and complexities surrounding fluency concepts and their resulting impact on testing, intervention, and students' educational development. Applications of this knowledge in screening and testing, ideas for creating more targeted measures, and advanced methods for studying fluency data demonstrate the overall salience of fluency within CBM. Throughout, contributors argue for greater specificity and nuance in isolating skills to be measured and improved, and for terminology that reflects those educational benchmarks.
Included in the coverage:
Indicators of fluent writing in beginning writers.
Fluency in language acquisition, reading, and mathematics.
Foundations of fluency-based assessments in behavioral and psychometric paradigms.
Using response time and accuracy data to inform the measurement of fluency.
Using individual growth curves to model reading fluency.
Latent class analysis for reading fluency research.
The Fluency Construct: Curriculum-Based Measurement Concepts and Applications is an essential resource for researchers, graduate students, and professionals in clinical child and school psychology, language and literature, applied linguistics, special education, neuropsychology, and social work.

Number of Illustrations and Tables
69 illus.
Topics
Child and School Psychology
Language Education
Applied Linguistics
Educational Psychology
Neuropsychology
Social Work

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