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Cloze Procedure
What is it? A diagnostic assessment tool used to gather information about a reader’s ability to deal with the complexity of texts they are reading. A teacher chooses a passage, deletes every fifth word and has the student read the passage and try to fill in the blanks, using their knowledge of semantics and syntax. Only the exact word is considered the correct answer. Purpose? The cloze procedure assess sentence-level comprehension. It is a useful tool for determining which texts are at children’s instructional levels. It does, however, only measure their ability to use syntax and semantics within individual sentences and paragraphs. It is not a global assessment tool. Steps 1. Select a passage. Teachers select a passage from a book and retype it. The first sentence is typed exactly as it appears in the original text, and beginning with the second sentence, one of the first five words is deleted and replaced with a blank. Then every fifth word for the remainder of the passage is deleted and replaced with a bank. 2. Complete the cloze activity. Children read the passage all the way through once silently and then reread it and predict or “guess” the word that goes in each blank. They write the deleted words in the blanks. 3. Score the children’s work. Teachers award a point each time a pissing word is correctly identified. The percentage of correct answers is determined by dividing the number of points by the number of blanks. If children score more than 60% correct replacements, the text is probably at their instructional level; and if they score less than 40% replacements, the text is likely at their frustration level. |
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