Fluency is the ability to read text quickly, accurately, automatically, and with understanding.This is the area where the phonetic and eidetic sides of the English language come together along with auditory and visual memory, visual perception, tracking and all the prerequisite skills needed for reading come together in the blink of an eye allowing the individual to read fluently.  

An excellent test to measure reading fluency is the Gray Oral Reading Tests (GORT). This test provides a measure of reading fluency based upon the accuracy and speed with which connected text is read aloud. An oral reading quotient is calculated from the fluency and comprehension scores. 

Please "Scope & Sequence" for additional information on how the MD4 Reading program addresses weakness in reading fluency.

Following is a partial list of the prerequisite reading skills that Area 8 of the MD4 Reading program trains. Please note that some skills are trained in more than one area and that the degree or amount training of a skill can vary between areas.