Profile 11: "NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH"

Beginners Group - Silent Reading GE 0-3.9

Description of the ASRP Profile 11

• Profile 11 is part of the Beginners Group of ASRP Profiles. The Beginners Group is made up of two profiles (10-11) whose members scored between Grade Equivalent (GE) 0-3.9 on the DAR Silent Reading Comprehension subtest.
• All members of Profile 11 are Non-native Speakers of English (NNSE).

Average scores

Averages for this group on the five reading components are shown in the table below. You will also see a line graph with the Profile 11 average scores. In both cases (the table and the line graph), all scores except oral reading rate are given in GE. We explain oral reading rate farther down this page—keep scrolling!

Profile 11: "NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH"

Reading Component	Average Score
Word Recognition	2.7
Spelling	2.0
Word Meaning (Vocabulary)	1.8
Silent Reading Comprehension	1.0
Oral Reading Rate (words per minute)	102

ASRP displays the average scores for Profile 11 as a line graph, the preferred method on this Web site:

Oral reading rate

Profile 11 had an average oral reading rate of 102 words per minute.

As a frame of reference, skilled adult readers (such as college students) have an average oral reading rate of 189 words per minute. ^RR

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Last updated: Thursday, 23-Jul-2009 11:49:26 EDT