Score a one-minute reading check on your phone

An elementary teacher's desk in late-afternoon light: a printed reading passage, a phone showing a plain teal timer ring, a sharpened pencil, and a small stack of index cards.

You already do this with a stopwatch, a photocopy and a pencil: the child reads for a minute, you mark what they miss, then you count the words and work out the percentage. This does the counting. Start the timer, tap each word the child misses, tap the last word they reached, and the words-correct-per-minute and accuracy appear straight away. It runs in the browser, it needs no account, and nothing you type leaves your device.

Try it with a sample passage

How it works

Pick a passage Use one of two free Grade 2 passages, or paste the text your student will read. You can start without a purchase or an access code.
Start the minute Sixty seconds, a big start button, and a Finished early button if the child reaches the end first. The word grid shows the same line breaks and the same running totals as the printed teacher copy.
Tap what they miss One tap marks an error, a second tap clears it, and a long press marks a self-correction - which is not an error and never touches the score.
Tap the last word That sets words attempted. WCPM and accuracy appear at once, with the error list. Save it under the child's initials, export the class as CSV, or print the class sheet.

What it does not do

It does not listen to the child. There is no microphone and no AI anywhere in it - you decide what counts as an error, exactly as you do on paper.
It ships no norms and no benchmark. WCPM and accuracy are facts about one read; whether they are on track is your board's cut score, and there is a box to type it in if you use one.
Use a unique two- or three-letter code for each child, with no full names. Records stay on this device when browser storage is available; export the CSV to keep a backup. If storage is blocked, records last only for the current visit.

The passage sets

Oral Reading Fluency Passages - Grade 2 - Twenty original Grade 2 passages, 125-148 words, ten story and ten information, ordered by measured readability. Student copy in large print, teacher copy with the word counts.
Reading Fluency Bundle - screener + 20 passages - The Reading Screener K-3 and the twenty Grade 2 passages together, with student and teacher print copies. The free scorer works with text you paste.

How to calculate WCPM: the formula, the one-minute routine, and a worked example