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BACKGROUND: To identify readers who are struggling or at risk of reading difficulties, reference standards in oral reading fluency (ORF) are used to conduct an assessment that is based on a widely reported method known as curriculum-based measurement (CBM), which itself is based on 1-min fluency measures. The purpose of this study was to evaluate students' ORF (with a 1-min fluency measure) to characterize their fluency and to determine references of appropriate development in reading at the 50th percentile. METHOD: For this study, a database of readings made available by the Learning Studies Research Laboratory was used. This database consisted of 365 readings by elementary-school students from the third to fifth grades in two cities in the interior of the state of São Paulo from two different public school systems that use the same teaching methodology. The data consisted of digital audio recordings of the passage "The Umbrella" (text suitable for schooling levels) of the Protocol for Assessment of Reading Comprehension procedure. For this procedure, three steps were performed: step 1-listening to the 365 readings and assessing the scores for the number of words read correctly per minute; step 2-the calculation of the mean and percentiles for each grade; and step 3-the adaptation of the reference table to indicate students eligible to receive reading fluency intervention. RESULTS: Third-year students who correctly read 86 or more words per minute, fourth-year students who correctly read 104 or more words per minute, and fifth-year students who correctly read 117 or more words per minute were considered students who had made adequate progress in reading. CONCLUSION: It was possible to classify students based on the 1-min fluency measures, with reference intervals of words read correctly per minute per school year (for the third, fourth, and fifth years) for those who were making adequate progress in reading and reference intervals for those who were considered readers who were struggling or at risk of reading difficulties.

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Abstract Background: To identify readers who are struggling or at risk of reading difficulties, reference standards in oral reading fluency (ORF) are used to conduct an assessment that is based on a widely reported method known as curriculum-based measurement (CBM), which itself is based on 1-min fluency measures. The purpose of this study was to evaluate students' ORF (with a 1-min fluency measure) to characterize their fluency and to determine references of appropriate development in reading at the 50th percentile. Method: For this study, a database of readings made available by the Learning Studies Research Laboratory was used. This database consisted of 365 readings by elementary-school students from the third to fifth grades in two cities in the interior of the state of São Paulo from two different public school systems that use the same teaching methodology. The data consisted of digital audio recordings of the passage "The Umbrella" (text suitable for schooling levels) of the Protocol for Assessment of Reading Comprehension procedure. For this procedure, three steps were performed: step 1—listening to the 365 readings and assessing the scores for the number of words read correctly per minute; step 2—the calculation of the mean and percentiles for each grade; and step 3—the adaptation of the reference table to indicate students eligible to receive reading fluency intervention. Results: Third-year students who correctly read 86 or more words per minute, fourth-year students who correctly read 104 or more words per minute, and fifth-year students who correctly read 117 or more words per minute were considered students who had made adequate progress in reading. Conclusion: It was possible to classify students based on the 1-min fluency measures, with reference intervals of words read correctly per minute per school year (for the third, fourth, and fifth years) for those who were making adequate progress in reading and reference intervals for those who were considered readers who were struggling or at risk of reading difficulties.

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Este estudo investigou as principais dificuldades enfrentadas por estudantes universitários durante o ingresso no ensino superior e se a percepção das mesmas poderia variar em função do gênero, do semestre no curso, do fato do estudante estar frequentando o curso inicialmente desejado e tipo de instituição. Participaram dessa pesquisa 423 estudantes. Através de duas questões abertas, investigou-se as principais dificuldades acadêmicas e não acadêmicas vivenciadas pelos estudantes. As respostas foram submetidas a análise de conteúdo temática. A principal dificuldade acadêmica observada foi relacionada a diferenças entre o ensino médio e o superior. Já entre as dificuldades não acadêmicas, "gestão do tempo" foi a mais frequentemente citada. Alunos da Universidade tenderam a apresentar um pouco mais de dificuldades do que os do Instituto Federal. Implicações metodológicas e práticas dos resultados são discutidas.

This study investigated the main difficulties faced by undergraduate students when entering higher education, and whether their perception could vary according to gender, semester, if the student is attending the course initially desired and type of institution. 423 students participated in this study. Through two open questions, the main academic and non-academic difficulties experienced by the students were investigated. The answers were submitted to thematic content analysis. The main academic difficulty observed was related to differences between high school and higher education. Among the non-academic difficulties, "time management" was the most frequently cited. Students from the University tended to present a little more difficulties than those of the Federal Institute. Methodological and practical implications of the results were discussed.

Este estudio investigó las principales dificultades enfrentadas por estudiantes universitarios al ingresar a la educación superior y si la percepción de las mismas podría variar con relación al género, semestre, hecho del estudiante estar frecuentando la carrera inicialmente deseada y tipo de institución. Participaron en la investigación 423 estudiantes. A través de dos cuestiones abiertas, se estudiaron las principales dificultades académicas y no académicas vivenciadas por los estudiantes. Las respuestas fueron sometidas a análisis de contenido temático. La principal dificultad académica observada está relacionada con las diferencias entre la enseñanza media y superior. Entre las dificultades no académicas, "la gestión del tiempo" fue citada con mayor frecuencia. Los estudiantes de la Universidad tienden a presentar un poco más de dificultades que los de la Institución Federal. Se discuten las implicaciones metodológicas y prácticas de los resultados.

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