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Two methods of counting miscues (mistakes). Total Accuracy - insertions, omissions, substitutions, reversals, and self-corrections and
Total Acceptability - only count those insertions, omissions, or substitutions that change meaning.
The notion of total acceptability and use of miscue analysis is, or the analysis of mistakes or reading errors, is based upon some assumptions.
Those miscues that do not change the meaning are “better” than those that do.
And in addition to counting miscues you can examine them qualitatively. This analysis provides rich information as to the student’s reading strategies. The Miscue Analysis Worksheet provides a format for this process. Generally students use the same strategies when reading material at their independent or instructional levels. Strategies may change at the frustration level.
