Curriculum-Based Assessment Reading Probe: Examiner Copy Title: RMl Storybook 2 Author: The Bugs Total Rd wds:74 #Errors:6 Correct Rd wds:68 %Correct Rd Wds:91.8% Total Words in Sample: 100 Total Sentences in Sample: 12 Average Number of Words Per Sentence: 8.33 Number of Words Not Matched to Revised Spache Word List: 5 Percentage of Words Not Matched to Revised Spache Word List: 5.0
Spache Readability Index:
2.44
A big bug met a little bug. The big bug said, "let's go
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eat." So the big bug ate a leaf and a nut and a rock. The
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big bug said, "that is how big bugs eat." The little bug
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said, "now I will eat." So the little bug ate a leaf and a
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nut and a rock. Then the little bug went to a log and bit
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the log. She ate the log. Then she ate ten more logs.
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"Wow. "the big bug said. "that little bug can eat a lat."
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The little bug said, "now let's eat more."
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Spache Readability Formula for This Passage =
(0.141 * 8.33 Avg. Number of Words Per Sentence)+ (0.086 * 5.0 Percent of Words in Sample Not Found on Spache Revised Word List) + 0.839 = 2.44 Grade Equivalent
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