22. The method as described in claim 21, wherein said computing comprises determining which distractor words have been properly elided and also what words which are not distractor words have been elided.
21. The method as described in claim 17, comprising further steps taken after a test taker has elided selected words from said text, said further steps comprising automatically determining the positions of said elided words, comparing said elided word positions with said stored distractor positions, and computing a test score reflective of the test taker's accuracy in properly eliding said distractor words.