Fact · Typing and writing speed
Oral reading fluency (ORF) was generally defined as the number of words a reader gets right in one minute of reading aloud.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“oral reading fluency (ORF), which was generally defined as the number of words read correctly in one minute”
Oral Reading Fluency: Outcomes from 30 Years of Research (Technical Report 1701), Gerald Tindal, Behavioral Research and Teaching, University of Oregon, 2017, Introduction.
Open the original- What it measures
- The report traces the measure to the early reading research that led to curriculum-based measurement, where teachers time a student reading a passage aloud.
- What it does not show
- The definition describes a one-minute timed reading of a passage. It does not measure comprehension, expression or dictation.