ABSTRACT

Fluency Assessment and Benchmarking for Literacy in Education (FABLe) is the first mobile application being developed for the assessment of foundational literacy skills in India. FABLe passages are currently available in English for Grades 2, 3 and 4, with plans to expand to other Indian languages. FABLe is designed to administer curriculum-based measures for reading (R-CBMs) that have been validated in the Indian context. This paper describes the preliminary benchmarking procedures being undertaken for the Indian student population and how FABLe screens for students at-risk for reading difficulties. Student performance data based on initial FABLe results are compared with international benchmarks and teacher perception data. Overall, FABLe scores are lower than international benchmarks. FABLe was able to accurately identify students needing additional support, with the majority of students identified at-risk falling below the 19th percentile in FABLe.

摘要

Fluency Assessment and Benchmarking for Literacy in Education (FABLe) 是印度第一个为评估基础读写技能而开发的移动应用程序。FABLe 段落目前以英语提供给 2、3 和 4 年级，并计划扩展到其他印度语言。FABLe 旨在管理已在印度语境中验证过的基于课程的阅读测量 (R-CBM)。本文描述了针对印度学生群体进行的初步基准测试程序，以及 FABLe 如何筛选存在阅读困难风险的学生。基于初始 FABLe 结果的学生表现数据与国际基准和教师感知数据进行比较。总体而言，FABLe 分数低于国际基准。