[blindkid] blindkid Digest, Vol 106, Issue 5

[Trudy Pickrel]

I think the goal for reading speed is to be in parallel with the sighted grade level peer.  

Trudy L Pickrel
President MD Parents Blind Children


On Feb 5, 2013, at 1:08 PM, blindkid-request at nfbnet.org wrote:

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> Wow! That's impressive, especially the math/nemeth standards. Great
> reference that will be bookmarked.
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> I skimmed through and was hoping to see a specific reference to
> reading speeds, but only found a reference to reading at an
> "appropriate rate." It's certainly possible that my skimming missed a
> more specific reference. I'm guessing there may have been some
> animated discussion about how to address the issue of reading rates.
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> The information I've seen on braille reading rates seems to be pretty
> dismal on average and feeds into the expectation that we just
> shouldn't expect more than 110-115 wpm in by the time of high school
> graduation...
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> Nonetheless, kudos to Maryland for doing this.
> Brandon
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