Does a Self Corrections Count as an Error?

When a child makes a self-correction, the previous substitution is not scored as an error. Meaning is part of the cueing system in which the child takes his or her cue to make sense of text by thinking about the story background, information from pictures, or the meaning of a sentence.

What counts as errors on a running record?

Yes. If an entire line or sentence is omitted, each word is counted as an error. If an entire page is omitted, no errors are counted. The number of words on the page should be deducted from the running word total.

What does self-correction rate mean?

The Self- Correction Rate indicates how well a child self-monitors his or her reading. Calculate this rate by adding the total number of errors to the total number of self-corrections and dividing this sum total by the total number of self-corrections.