What do they say? Assessment of oral reading fluency in early primary school children: A scoping review

Recent studies have shown concern regarding an increased risk of functional illiteracy. A way to reverse this trend concerns focusing on improving reading fluency assessment. However, reading fluency assessment, which concerns quick, accurate and expressive reading, knows many shortcomings. To learn how to overcome these shortcomings, we conducted a scoping review. This review included primary and grey literature regarding the assessment and definitions of reading fluency and its underlying components within early primary education. Searches resulted in 107 relevant records. The results indicate that definitions of reading fluency are frequently not provided, and show discrepancies with assessment procedures.