How To Perform An Speed Reading Test

Do you read books? How fast do you read? The average reading speed is often held to be around 265 wpm, though I've heard estimates ranging from 250 to slightly over 300. To monitor if you're making progress in reading speed, you should know how to calculate your reading speed. Here are some ways to help you to measure the rate of your reading.

The testing allow you to calculate the reading speed. It is a simple process. It's just a time for reading a page of a book at a comfortable tempo. Simply count the number of words in the first five or ten lines, whatever you feel is representative of the page as a whole, and then count the total number of lines in the page. Then use the following free reading speed test formula:

• the number of lines in the page divided by
• the number of lines used for the word count multiplied by
• the number of words in the word count divided by 
• the number of minutes it took you to read the page.

The end result will be your calculated reading speed. Obviously, if you increase the number of lines in which you perform the word count, or the number of pages you read, the accuracy of your calculation will increase as well. One page is usually enough, though.

To measure reading speed rate, locate appropriate reading materials and select a section of text. Mark the beginning of the selection. Read for a certain length of time (use a timer or watch) or for a certain amount of text. Mark the end of the selection, and note the total number of minutes spent reading.

Now for speed reading comprehension test, document the level of comprehension by recalling main ideas from the selection. If you read for three minutes, you should remember three main points. If you read for five minutes, you should remember five main ideas. Jot down these main points.

Count the number of words between the two marks, and divide that number by the number of minutes spent reading. This is the rate of reading, expressed in words per minute.

This is a simple speed reading test that you can use to check your rate of reading. Apart from the above method, you can find an online reading speed test. The result can be used as your control for better improvement in your reading speed and learning. If you want to see how is your performance, then repeat these speed reading tests regularly.

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