1. Taking Running Records
Debbra A. Uttero

2. Procedure for Taking a Running Record
The teacher and the child look at the same text. The teacher codes the behaviors on a separate sheet of paper. The teacher is a neutral observer.
The teacher records accurate reading with a check for each correct word.(if a blank page is used).
If the words in the text are written, accurate reading is not recorded on the words.

3. Procedure for Taking a Running Record (cont.)
If a blank page is used, mismatches are recorded with a horizontal line. The child’s responses go above the line. The actual word, in the text, is written below the line.
If the words are typed out, mismatches are recorded above the words.

4. Scoring A substituting counts as one error: example “fog” for “frog”.
If multiple attempts at a word are tried, only on error is counted for the word.
Omissions, insertions, and “tolds” count as errors.
Repetitions are not considered as errors.
Running words include all of the words in the book or passage, not counting the title.

5. Coding Running Records

6. Calculating the Accuracy Rate
Subtract the number of errors from the running words.
Divide by the number of running words.
Multiply the answer by 100 to obtain the percentage of the running words read correctly.

7. Text Gradient Levels 95% to 100% = Easy Level
90% to 94% = Instructional Level
89% and Below = Frustration Level

8. Reference
Allington, R. and Cunningham, P. (1996). “Using Running Records” in Guided Reading: Good First Teaching for All Children. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Heinemann Product Support: Coding and Scoring a Running Record
Taking a Running Record

9. References (cont.)
Taking Running Records Part 1
Taking Running Records Part 2
Taking Running Records Part 3
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10. References (cont.) Taking Running Records Part 4
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Taking Running Records Part 6

11. References (cont.)

12. Taking a Running Record: A Video

13. Taking Running Records: Practice
Taking Running Records Part 1

14. Taking Running Records: Part 2

15. Taking Running Records Part 3

16. Taking Running Records Part 4

17. Taking Running Records Part 5

18. Taking Running Records Part 6

19. Miscue Analysis
When the child made an error, was it a meaning (semantic) error, was is a word order/word structure (syntactic) error, or was it a visual or phonetic (grapho-phonic) error.

20. Audio File of Like You Were Mine - Running Record

21. Practice Story
file://localhost/Users/readingprof4/Desktop/Practice story - Running records - Ongoing assessment for reading.html
This is the first page of the website. It includes: a blanking running record form, the text of the running record, and a link to the scored running record.

22. The Scored Running Record