Demonstrates how readers' use of cohesive ties can be examined as part of a miscue analysis. Suggests types of differences in miscue patterns between third grade students of different reading proficiency. (EL)

Second grade good readers (N=46) and fourth grade good and poor readers (N=46; N=48) were subjects in a study that examined linguistic cue usage by good and poor readers in a Southern metropolitan area. A secondary purpose was to compare the standard and phoneme cloze procedures with oral miscue analysis. The subjects were identified as good or…