Usefulness of Conventional vs. Total Random Cued Cloze Tests as Measures of Reading Comprehension

For more than 3 decades the cloze procedure has been extensively investigated, frequently discussed at reading conferences, presented in reading methods courses, and written about in the professional literature. A review of the more than 600 publications related to cloze test investigations reveals that the overwhelming majority of studies adhere to the model originally advanced by Wilson Taylor (1953). This article will examine the usefulness of an alternative cloze test format that fur-