Correct Response: D. Reading fluency involves the ability to read a text accurately and at an appropriate rate. A running record is an assessment that allows the teacher to monitor the rate at which an individual student reads a passage aloud while also making a written record of the types of errors (e.g., misreading words, omitting words) the student makes. Monitoring accuracy in addition to rate provides a better measure of reading fluency than monitoring rate alone. A is incorrect because having students list unknown words from the passage in a personal glossary would be more appropriate for monitoring the students' vocabulary knowledge than their reading fluency. B is incorrect because dictation is more appropriate for assessing skills such as auditory discrimination and/or knowledge of English writing conventions (e.g., spelling, punctuation, grammar). C is incorrect because having students write personal reflections about a text would be more appropriate for assessing their comprehension and literary response skills.
