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Oral Reading Fluency Scoring & CBM Trend Chart

The ORF scoring screen (WP-ORF-FE) lets a teacher score a 60-second oral reading in real time by tapping words as a student reads aloud. The CBM trend chart shows how a student’s fluency is tracking over time against their personal goal line. Together they are the main fluency-monitoring surface in Amal.

No speech recognition is ever used. The teacher’s taps are the source of truth for every score (FR-ORF-1 + partner decision Q16). Audio is never analyzed and never affects a result.

How to run an ORF session

  1. Open the student’s profile and navigate to the ORF tab.
  2. Select a passage. The word grid loads, ready for tapping.
  3. Tap بدء (Start) — the 60-second timer starts.
  4. Tap each word the student reads incorrectly. Correct words need no tap.
  5. When the timer stops (or you stop it early), mark the last word the student reached.
  6. Tap إيقاف (Stop) — the system computes WCPM and accuracy automatically.

The result screen shows:

  • Words Correct Per Minute (WCPM) — correct words read in 60 seconds.
  • Accuracy — percentage of words read correctly.
  • Risk level — compared to the versioned country benchmark for this student’s grade and the current assessment window.
  • Pattern cards — if any phonological or morphological tag appears on ≥3 words with an error rate ≥35%, a preliminary indicator card surfaces (labeled مؤشر مبدئي). These are teaching nudges, not clinical findings.

The CBM trend chart

Once a student has 3 comparable probes, Amal draws an aim line — a straight line from their baseline to their fluency goal by a target date. Each new ORF probe adds a point to the chart.

Reading the chart:

SignalWhat it means
All last 3 points above the aim lineProgressing well — consider raising the goal or reducing support
All last 3 points below the aim lineReview the support plan (the fidelity gate checks whether the plan was actually delivered before raising an alert)
MixedData not yet conclusive — keep collecting
Fewer than 3 comparable probesCollecting baseline — no verdict yet

Reaching the “review the plan” signal does not automatically change anything. The RTI engine checks fidelity first. A plan that was not delivered cannot be judged as ineffective.

A vertical marker appears on the chart whenever a plan modification is logged. After a modification, the 3-point window resets so the new trend reflects what happens under the adjusted plan.

Dismissing a CBM alert

If a CBM alert opens and you need to dismiss it, you must select a reason from a closed list — there is no free-text field. The reason is a closed vocabulary drawn from the 9-code OverrideCodeCatalog (for example, “Contextual — session circumstances” or “Procedural — data gap”). An optional context flag from the controlled dictionary (for example, CTX_SESSION_INTERRUPTED) can accompany the dismissal.

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