DRP Cloze Procedure and DRP Format 2

Question 1

The DRP cloze format is described as 'modified' compared to traditional cloze tests because:

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Students select from provided word choices rather than supplying their own words

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Passages are significantly shorter

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Only function words are deleted

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The test is administered orally

Question 2

Why does the DRP provide answer choices for cloze blanks rather than requiring students to write missing words?

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To reduce the influence of spelling ability on reading comprehension scores

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To make the test less challenging overall

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To focus assessment on phonics knowledge

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To shorten administration time exclusively

Question 3

In the DRP, distractor answer choices for each blank are typically designed to be:

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Grammatically plausible but semantically incorrect in context

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Completely unrelated to the passage topic

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Antonyms of the correct word

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Randomly selected from a grade-level word list

Question 4

Which aspect of reading ability does the DRP cloze format most directly assess?

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Constructing meaning from contextual text information

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Reading fluency and words-per-minute rate

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Phonics and decoding accuracy

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Isolated vocabulary definition knowledge

Question 5

When a student encounters a blank in a DRP passage, the surrounding text primarily serves to:

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Provide context clues that help identify the correct word

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Distract with irrelevant background information

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Test the student's background knowledge of the topic

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Assess awareness of sentence structure alone

Question 6

The DRP cloze procedure most closely aligns with which reading model or theory?

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Interactive or constructivist models of reading comprehension

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Strictly bottom-up models emphasizing letter-by-letter decoding

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Whole-language theory focusing exclusively on meaning negotiation

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Phonological awareness models

Question 7

What does it mean when a student's performance drops sharply on DRP passages of a particular difficulty level?

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The student has reached their independent reading ceiling for that text level

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The student needs more phonics instruction

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The passages at that level are poorly written

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The student is not motivated by that topic