Profile 5: "LOW PRINT SKILLS (ALPHABETICS)"

High Intermediate Group - Silent Reading GE 6-8.9

Description of the ASRP Profile 5

• Profile 5 is part of the High Intermediate Group of ASRP Profiles. The Intermediate Group is made up of three profiles (4 - 6) whose members scored between Grade Equivalent (GE) 6-8 on the DAR Silent Reading Comprehension subtest.
• Their Meaning Skills (Word Meaning and Silent Reading Comprehension) are higher than their Print (Alphabetics) Skills (Word Recognition and Spelling).

Average scores

Averages for this group on the five reading components are shown in the table below. You will also see a line graph with the Profile 5 averages. In both cases (the table and the line graph), all scores except oral reading rate are given in GE. We explain oral reading rate farther down this page—keep scrolling!!

Profile 5: "LOW PRINT SKILLS (ALPHABETICS)"

Reading Component	Average Score
Word Recognition	5.0
Spelling	3.6
Word Meaning (Vocabulary)	7.9
Silent Reading Comprehension	7.1
Oral Reading Rate (words per minute)	125

ASRP displays the average scores for Profile 5 as a line graph, the preferred method on this Web site:

Oral reading rate

Profile 5 had an average oral reading rate of 125 words per minute.

As a frame of reference, skilled adult readers (such as college students) have an average oral reading rate of 189 words per minute. ^RR

As with other components, there is a lowest range of scores. For Profile 5, 15% of learners read at rates below 104 wpm.

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