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Worlds Effort

Upper expectation in 80 Lesser expectation in 60
WCPM WCPM

Baseline fluency in - Baseline fluency in -
WCPM 42 WCPM 42

Total improvement Total improvement
needed 38 needed 18

38 ÷ 32 = 1.2

Average number of
Improvement in WCPM Number of weeks of WCPM Juanita will
necessary to meet upper instruction left in the need to gain each week
expectation current school year to meet upper
expectation

18 ÷ 32 = 0.6

Average number of
Improvement in WCPM Number of weeks of WCPM Juanita will
necessary to meet lesser instruction left in the need to gain each week
expectation current school year to meet lesser
expectation

Based on the calculations above, it is entirely within reason to expect Juanita to meet or surpass the
upper expectation for fluency by the end of the school year. Now we need to set an intermediate goal for
Juanita; that is, we want to know what Juanita needs to have attained by the end of the fall semester in
order to be on track for the upper expectation.

1.2 × 14 = 16.8

Improvement in fluency
Average number of WCPM Number of weeks of score that will indicate
Juanita will need to gain each
week to meet upper instruction left in the fall that Juanita is making
adequate weekly
semester
expectation
progress