Impact of Customized Reading Remediation and Intervention in Reading Fluency of High School Students

Abstract

Fluency is one of the most essential micro skills in reading. Reading combines comprehension, accuracy, and speed. This offers a chance to broaden one's skill set and gain competence in the demanding world, especially considering the range of employment accessible in the country that mostly requires reading comprehension. The purpose of this study was to assess the learners' reading fluency in terms of comprehension and speed as well as any differences in reading fluency between the pre- and post-implementation periods of reading remediation and intervention. All junior high school students enrolled for the 2023–2024 academic year make up the target group for this study. The Philippine Informal Reading Inventory (Phil-IRI), an evaluation tool with features like comprehension score, speed reading rate, and leveled passages, was used by the researcher. The study's findings showed that students' reading comprehension was rated as frustrating, and their reading speed level fell into this category. As a result, learners' reading fluency was primarily evaluated in terms of irritation. Pre-test results showed a mean rating of 2.86, while post-test results showed a mean of 2.98 with a p-value of 0.00, indicating a higher level of reading fluency than before the reading project was implemented. Since reading programs were implemented in schools, students have made some progress and shown promising results. However, it is advised that educational institutions think about reexamining the implemented programs to improve the alarming status of the learners in terms of their reading skills.