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Davidson, Emma Sue – 1980
A study was conducted to explore the issue of testing to determine reading levels of students. A group of 624 fourth and sixth grade students from 13 schools participated in the study, which compared results from an informal reading inventory (IRI), a standardized achievement test, a group reading inventory (GRI), and a cloze test. Pupil…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Informal Reading Inventories
Download full textGuszak, Frank J. – 1969
The use of the cloze procedure to determine instructional reading levels for pupils in grades 4, 5, and 6 was investigated. For each grade, 50 subjects were selected who, on the basis of teacher judgment, were reading at their respective grade levels. The Botel Reading Inventory, Form A (Word Opposites) served as the criterion for instructional…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5
Miller, Wilma H. – 1974
Constructed to aid teachers in the diagnosis of specific reading problems of individual students or groups of students, this kit is recommended for use by elementary classroom teachers, secondary content-area teachers, reading specialists at various levels, and elementary and secondary school administrators. Section one of the kit gives directions…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Reading
PDF pending restorationRakes, Thomas A.; McWilliams, Lana J. – 1979
A random sample of 300 seventh, eighth, and ninth grade students participated in a comparative study of performance on social studies cloze tests, social studies group reading inventories (GRI), and a popular standardized test (Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests, Survey E). It was found that cloze tests and GRIs constructed from social studies content…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Comparative Analysis, Content Area Reading, Informal Reading Inventories
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Public Schools. – 1977
This publication was designed as an aid to reinforcing and improving teachers' diagnostic/prescriptive capabilities. The main section examines characteristics of reading diagnosis and describes informal diagnostic techniques (including teacher observation, informal reading inventories, and the cloze procedure) and formal diagnostic techniques…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Cloze Procedure, Diagnostic Teaching, Diagnostic Tests
Lombardo, Marie – 1979
A study was undertaken to (1) examine the development and construction of a Group Informal Reading Inventory to predict the reading comprehension levels (independent, instructional, and frustration) of junior high school bilingual students for the purpose of reading instruction; and (2) validate the inventory through a three-way correlational…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Cloze Procedure, Comparative Analysis, Informal Reading Inventories
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1980
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 27 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) electrodermal responses and informal reading criteria; (2) a comparison of standardized reading test scores, informal reading inventory results, and miscue…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cloze Procedure, Communication Skills, Doctoral Dissertations
