Word Use Fluency

Description of Measure

The DIBELS Word Use Fluency (WUF) Measure is intended for most children from fall of kindergarten through third grade. A benchmark goal is not provided for WUF because additional research is needed to establish its linkage to other big ideas of literacy (phonological awareness, alphabetic principle, and accuracy and fluency with connected text). Tentatively, students in the lowest 20 percent of a school district using local norms should be considered at risk for poor language and reading outcomes, and those between the 20th and percentile and 40th percentile should be considered at some risk.

Recommended Administration Periods

The Word Use Fluency measure can be given from Fall of Kindergarten through the end of third grade.

Technical Adequacy Information

As Word Use Fluency is a new DIBELS measure, its technical adequacy has not as of yet been determined.

Resource Links

The following resources are available for this measure:

	DIBELS Administration and Scoring Guide: For complete administration and scoring with more examples than are available in the tutorial.
	Online Tutorial: For administration and scoring directions online with video and audio clips.
	Benchmark Booklets: For the complete set of DIBELS measures administered across a school year.
	Progress monitoring / alternate forms: For a complete booklet of all 20 alternate forms of the measure for regular progress monitoring.
	Big Ideas in Beginning Reading: Learn more about vocabulary.

This research is supported, in part, by the Early Childhood Research Institute on Measuring Growth and Development (H180M10006) funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Special Education Programs.