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Hiebert, Elfrieda H. – Journal of Education, 2011
The "Common Core State Standards/English Language Arts" include the ability to become increasingly more capable with complex text over the school career, redirecting attention to the measurement of text complexity. While suggesting multiple criteria, the Standards offer a single measure of text complexity--Lexiles. Additional…
Descriptors: Readability Formulas, Readability, Information Sources, Difficulty Level
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Daghio, M. Monica; Fattori, Giuseppe; Ciardullo, Anna V. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2006
Objectives: We compared two non-alternative methods to assess the readability and learning of easy-to-read educational health materials co-written by physicians, educators and citizens. Methods: Data from seven easy-to-read materials were analyzed. Readability formulae, and ad hoc data on readability and learning were also computed. Results: The…
Descriptors: Readability, Health Materials, Evaluation Methods, Functional Reading
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Perera, Katharine – Educational Review, 1980
It is argued that informed judgments by a thoughtful teacher may have advantages over the application of a readability formula in assessing the linguistic difficulty of a text. Examples are given. (KC)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Linguistic Difficulty (Inherent), Readability, Readability Formulas
Cadenhead, Kenneth – Phi Delta Kappan, 1987
Discusses the history of the development of the measurement of reading levels and current criticism of the use of reading levels. Also discusses the relationship between a teacher's effectiveness as a reading instructor and the teacher's understanding about the concept of reading levels. Includes suggestions for change and a list of references.…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Lantz, Chris – 1994
To what extent can photographic readability be formalized for use as a criterion in the evaluation of instructional materials? The purpose of this study was to develop and pilot test a readability index for evaluating photographic illustrations in instructional materials. The index uses an interdisciplinary battery of methods adapted from the…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Cognitive Measurement, Comprehension, Criteria