ERIC Number: ED604169
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Apr
Pages: 2
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Comparing Passage Lengths and Human vs Speech Recognition Scoring of Oral Reading Fluency
Nese, Joseph F. T.; Alonzo, Julie; Kamata, Akihito
Grantee Submission, Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Apr 2016)
The purpose of this study was to compare traditional oral reading fluency (ORF) measures to a computerized oral reading evaluation (CORE) system that uses speech recognition software. We applied a mixed model approach with two within-subject variables to test the mean WCPM score differences and the error rates between: passage length (25, 50, 85, and 250 words), and scoring method (real-time, recorded audio, and automated speech recognition [ASR]). We also used weighted Cohen's kappa to analyze the word score agreement across scoring methods. We found that shorter passages had greater WCPM means than traditional ORF passages, and that real-time (traditional) scores had greater means than both audio recording and ASR scores; the latter two were similar across passage length and grade.
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305A140203