MAZE Passage Generator

Paste any passage to generate a CBM MAZE probe. Administer on screen or print. Nothing is saved — all state clears on refresh.

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Passage

Passage Title (optional)

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Passage Text *

Good CBM passages are continuous narrative or informational text with few proper nouns, little dialogue, and no dependence on earlier context. For progress monitoring, use unfamiliar passages of comparable difficulty.

Words: 0

Projected items: —

Recommended: 300–400 words. Minimum 100 · Maximum 900.

Settings

Replacement Interval

Administration Time

Distractor Source

Custom Word List

Minimum 10 unique words recommended for good distractor variety.

This custom list has fewer than 10 usable entries — distractor variety will be poor. Consider adding more words or switching to a different distractor source.

Text Options

Remove line breaks before processing Skip proper nouns as targets (recommended) Treat semicolons as sentence boundaries Treat colons as sentence boundaries

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Passage Preview — Teacher Answer Key

Answer Key

Readability Estimates

These are estimates based on word and sentence length and do not account for background knowledge, text structure, or content demand.

Re-rolling distractors does not produce an equivalent alternate form for progress monitoring — the passage is unchanged. Alternate forms require different passages of comparable difficulty.

Student (optional): Not saved — prints only.

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Score Summary

Item-by-Item Review

#	Student Response	Correct Word	Result