National Institute for Literacy - Assessment Strategies & Reading Profiles - Browse Profile 11 - Beginners Group: "NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH"

ARCS Comparison Profile 11 is part of the Beginners Group. The Beginners Group is made up of two profiles (10-11) whose members scored between Grade Equivalent (GE) 0-2 on the DAR Silent Reading Comprehension subtest.
All members of Profile 11 are Non-native Speakers of English (NNSE).

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 11 average scores. 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 11: "NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH"**
Reading Component	Average Score
Word Recognition	2.7
Spelling	2.0
Word Meaning (Vocabulary)	1.8
Silent Reading Comprehension	1.0
Oral Reading Rate (words per minute)	102

We can also display the average scores for Profile 11 as a line graph, our preferred method on this website:

Line graph displaying Profile 11 average scores. This information is also presented in the table above.

Oral Reading Rate

Please keep in mind "... that adults and college students [have] an average Maximum Oral Reading Rate (reading aloud [accurately] as fast as possible) of about 200 - 250 WPM."^RR

Bar graph displaying the average oral reading rate for Profile 11. This information is also presented in the table above.

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Browse Profile 11: "NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH"Beginners Group - Silent Reading GE 0-2

Description of the ARCS Comparison Profile 11

Browse Profile 11: "NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH"
Beginners Group - Silent Reading GE 0-2