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An ESL teacher is designing a cloze assessment to help measure the academic reading skills of a group of fourth-grade, bridging-level English language learners. The teacher selects a 250- word passage and omits every fifth word from the passage. Students will complete the assessment by supplying a word for each omitted word in the passage.

Which of the following reading passages would be most appropriate for the ESL teacher to use for the cloze assessment with these students?
  1. A portion of an Internet news article on an interesting topic.
  2. A selection of song lyrics from a popular song.
  3. An excerpt from a children's storybook.
  4. A section of a grade-level content-area text.
Explanation
Correct Response: D. Bridging-level English language learners are approaching grade-level proficiency in literacy and content-area learning. Therefore, a section of a grade-level textbook would be most appropriate for this group of students, and would provide the teacher with the most accurate information about the students' reading proficiency regarding a grade-level text. A is incorrect because a portion of an Internet news article would not likely be written at the fourth-grade level, which would make it inappropriate for the teacher to use to determine the students' reading proficiency. B and C are also incorrect because these selections may be far below or above grade level, thus impeding the teacher's ability to accurately interpret the results of the assessment.
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