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Profile 10: "NATIVE SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH"
Beginners Group - Silent Reading GE 0-3.9
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Description of ASRP Profile 10
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Description of the ASRP Profile 10
- Profile 10 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 10 are Native Speakers of English (NSE).
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 10 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!
Reading Component | Average Score |
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Word Recognition | 2.5 |
Spelling | 2.1 |
Word Meaning (Vocabulary) | 3.4 |
Silent Reading Comprehension | 1.0 |
Oral Reading Rate (words per minute) |
111 |
ASRP displays the average scores for Profile 10 as a line graph, the preferred method on this Web site: |
Oral reading rate
Profile 10 had an average oral reading rate of 111 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 11:49:27 EDT