A maze reading passage

Maze passages are timed measures (3 minutes) that measure reading comprehension.
Students read Maze passages silently during assessment, so the Maze can be administered to a whole class at one time.
The first sentence of the Maze passage is left intact. In the text following the first sentence, every seventh word from the passage is selected to be incorporated into a response item that consists of the original word plus two foils (words that would not make sense if substituted in the passage in place of the original, correct word). These three choices are randomly arranged and inserted back into the text.
Why:
Capable readers understand the syntax of what they read and the meanings of the words as they are used in the text. Some students with reading difficulties can’t comprehend what they read well enough to choose words based on semantic and syntactic accuracy.A maze reading assessment can identify these students and measure changes in their reading behaviours as the
result of instruction or practice.