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Warming, Eloise O.; Baber, Elizabeth Coe – Phi Delta Kappan, 1980
The authors present a 20-item inventory for textbook selection designed to supplement the Fry Formula or the Raygor Estimate readability tests. The authors argue that a harmonious relationship should exist between the text, its author, its intended readers, and the instructor. (Author/PGD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Guidelines, Readability Formulas
Smith, Lawrence L. – 1975
The six tables presented in this paper were prepared in the belief that more educators would use the Harris-Jacobson Readability Formulas if the operations employed in those formulas to determine the estimated readability level of materials could be completed more quickly and with fewer calculations. Instructions for using the tables are included.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Measurement Techniques, Readability Formulas, Reading Instruction
