Nowadays, text readability is of great importance. Simple but very often ignored, readability statistics can provide information about the level of difficulty of the readability of particular documents and increase an evaluator's credibility. Hence, this research aims to examine the readability index of the test instrument for BIPA (Bahasa…

THE CLOZE READABILITY PROCEDURE WAS EXAMINED TO DETERMINE ITS UTILITY AS A DEVICE FOR EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS. THE POSSIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A METHOD, WHICH INCORPORATES THE CLOZE PROCEDURE, FOR MAKING CRITERION REFERENCE TESTS OVER VERBALLY PRESENTED INSTRUCTION WAS ALSO INVESTIGATED. A DISCUSSION OF CLOZE RESEARCH,…

Reviews some of the ways researchers estimate readability with a focus on multiple choice test items in science. Presents criteria to consider for minimizing readability problems in test items. Examines samples from the National Assessment of Educational Progress test bank for readability. (ML)

To analyze the validity of W. L. Taylor's cloze testing methodology, this paper first examines three areas contributing to Taylor's thinking: communications theory, the psychology of speech and communication, and the theory of dispositional mechanisms--or nonessential words--in speech. It then evaluates Taylor's research to determine how he…

This thesis explores some difficulties associated with the use of the cloze procedure, particularly in relation to the interpretation of an individual's score on a cloze test. Cloze tests were administered to 112 grade-six children in four schools. The results indicated that for the children in this study the easiest words to replace were those…

Cloze tests assess the readability of a book for students in a far more personal way than formulas or standardized tests of reading comprehension. The cloze procedure reflects the total language abilities in the following ways: familiarity with sentence structure, context clues, and vocabulary, and the ability to draw inferences from written…

An overall look is taken at the cloze research method as a new tool for measuring readability. The construction of a cloze readability test is described as well as several studies made on the reliability and validity of such tests. Included also are some methodological considerations to be kept in mind when constructing a cloze test. Data is…

A review of the literature indicates that reading ability is related to measured mathematical achievement. This study attempts to develop a valid testing technique for assessing mathematical reading. As a corollary to this function, reading-difficulty rankings of expository mathematics materials measured by narrative readability formulas were…

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…