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Green, D. R.; Tomlinson, M. – Journal of Research in Reading, 1983
Confirms that in cloze testing, it is unnecessary to use standard size spaces and reveals a high correlation between synonymic scoring and verbatim scoring. Indicates also that a specific probability concepts test is comprehensible and readable by the great majority of students for whom it was devised. (FL)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Elementary Secondary Education, Listening Skills, Probability

Smith, Lewis B. – Reading World, 1982
Reports on a study in which passages from children's literature were prepared using cloze and presented to college and elementary school students. Reveals that neither group of students did well on the task. Questions the desirability of using cloze for matching readers to creative writing. (FL)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Cloze Procedure, College Students, Elementary Education
Bormuth, John R. – 1971
The purpose of these studies was to develop and demonstrate a model for identifying criterion levels of performance that can be rationally defended as being the best level of performance for a particular instructional task. The specific objective was to identify the score on a cloze test that represents the most desirable level of performance on…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cloze Procedure, Criterion Referenced Tests, Decision Making