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Fiske, Edward B. – Principal, 1984
Textbook publishers are under attack for producing books that are superficial in content and oversimplified or confusing in language. They respond that their products are the inevitable result of applying the many textbook selection formulas to book production. Efforts by educators to improve textbooks are currently being organized. (PGD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Readability Formulas, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Publication