Beginning Readers - Reading Fluency

Read Naturally®

Program description

Read Naturally® program is a supplemental reading program that designed to improve reading fluency, accuracy, and comprehension for readers in all grades. The program combines three intervention strategies: 1) teacher modeling of story reading, 2) repeated reading of text, and 3) progress monitoring by both teachers and the students themselves. Lessons are tailored to student reading level and students are able to independently progress at their own pace. The program can be delivered between 30 and 45 minutes per day, five days per week in one of three ways: (1) audio CDs plus hard-copy reading materials (Read Naturally® Masters, Read Naturally® Encore), (2) a computer-based version (Read Naturally® Software Edition), or (3) a  web-based version (Read Naturally® Live).

Student population

Read Naturally® has been examined among low socio-economic status Asian, Black, White, Hispanic students identified as below-average in reading fluency in grades K-5th. 

Current evidence

Read Naturally® has been rated as the What Works Clearinghouse as having mixed effects on reading fluency, potentially positive effects on general reading achievement, and no discernable effects on alphabetics or comprehension (https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Docs/InterventionReports/wwc_readnaturally_070913.pdf). 

For more information

https://www.readnaturally.com/

Arvans, R. (2010). Improving reading fluency and comprehension in elementary students using Read Naturally. Dissertation Abstracts International, 71(01B), 74-649. 

Christ, T. J., & Davie, J. (2009). Empirical evaluation of Read Naturally effects: A randomized control trial (RCT) (Unpublished journal article). University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Docs/InterventionReports/wwc_readnaturally_070913.pdf