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
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.

50 original informational passages, Grades 4–8 (10 per grade). These passages were written for this bank and are not copied from DIBELS, Acadience, easyCBM, or commercial probe sets. They have not been empirically equated, normed, or validated as interchangeable alternate forms. Appropriate for local progress monitoring only when that limitation is clear.

Settings
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
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.

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# Student Response Correct Word Result