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their preferred speed, font, and print size. Fluency goals for advancement to the
next story were set based on percentage fluency improvement per passage
calculated on the hot timing after the story had been practiced three times (mean
correct words per minute across a passage). Laura's percentage fluency goal to
advance to the next story was set at 15% improvement, while Teagan's percentage
fluency goal was set to 30% increase.
Data were taken on each cold and hot read, using guidelines set forth by
Read Naturally. Errors were counted for mispronunciations, words out of
sequence, omissions, and substitutions. Self-corrections or repetition of correct
words were not counted as errors. Cold and hot reads were recorded using Zoom
video conferencing software for review to determine inter-rater reliability
(achieved at 98-99%) by a second researcher. Before reviewing recordings, the
research team met to practice rating video examples using the Read Naturally
criteria until agreement reached a level of 97% on the practice sessions.
