What is the Cloze Procedure used for in reading assessment?

• A. It is a method for pronunciation coaching.
• B. Technique in which words are deleted from a passage of text based on a word-count formula, or other criteria depending on the instructional or assessment purpose. It helps to identify students' knowledge & understanding of the reading process and vocabulary. It's useful to determine which cueing systems readers effectively use to build meaning.
• C. A method of translating text into another language.
• D. A type of conversation analysis.

Answer: (B)