Suggests a modification of the miscue analysis procedure for the classroom teacher's use. (MKM)

Reports on a study that used oral reading analysis to examine the oral reading performance of two types of disabled readers in order to gain additional insights into the relationship between word recognition and comprehension. (HOD)

In order to explore the relationship between word recognition and comprehension, the oral reading behavior of two types of disabled readers--readers with poor comprehension but adequate word-recognition abilities (LoC-HiWR) and readers with good comprehension and poor word-recognition abilities (HiC-LoWR)--was compared. Subjects read orally two…

While several of M. W. Sadow's arguments in the previous article convince the authors that poor contextual processing ability cannot account for the subjects' poor reading ability, they reject her argument that good contextual processing ability provides evidence of satisfactory passage understanding. (HOD)