StudySync - Maze Fluency Assessment
Use the StudySync Maze fluency assessment to measure reading comprehension.
This article walks teachers through locating the Maze Fluency Assessment information for StudySync.
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In StudySync, the grade-level Readiness Screener, the Reading Comprehension Diagnostic, and the Maze Fluency Assessment provide teachers with uniquely valid and reliable assessments that will yield crucial preparedness data about each individual student.
The Readiness Screener and Reading Comprehension Diagnostic are both available in the Assess tab to assign digitally.
The Maze Fluency Assessment has to be completed offline.
Why Assess Fluency?
Students need to be fluent in order to be proficient readers. Their fluency can be improved through explicit training, but you need to assess their fluency level before you can determine what specific fluency-building activities and materials will be appropriate. In addition, students excel in reading when they are given opportunities to read as much connected text as possible at their independent level. Fluency assessment helps you determine what this level is.
The oral reading fluency assessments answer this question: How many words can a student read aloud per minute and how many of these words are read correctly?
Use the curriculum-based norms to measure student progress. The norms help you to interpret your students’ oral reading fluency abilities and to tailor instruction to their individual needs.
Results are based on a one-minute timed sampling of students reading aloud. Student scores are expected to fall within a range of ten words relative to the Words Correct per Minute (W C P M ) scores in the 50th percentile.
1. SSO or log in at my.mheducation.com.
2. Launch StudySync.
3. Click on CORE ELA.
4. Select the appropriate grade level.
Note: The same resource is available for grades 6-8 and another for 9-12.
5. Scroll to the Additional Resources at the bottom of the page.
6. Download the Placement and Diagnostic Assessment PDF.
