Definitions for "CLOZE TEST"
A test procedure which elicits the completion of blanks deleted from a text; requires filling in the blanks in a passage from which there have been systematic or random deletions. Usually every fifth or seventh word has been removed from the passage beginning at a randomized starting point. The word "cloze" was coined in reference to the notion of psychological "closure."
A test of reading comprehension. Students read a passage in which words are missing at regular intervals (every fifth word is deleted for example). The student must figure out what the missing words are as they read.
a test for diagnosing reading ability; words are deleted from a prose passage and the reader is required to fill in the blanks