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Peer reviewedGreene, Beth G. – Reading Research and Instruction, 1991
Provides a 17-item annotated bibliography addressing issues of measures of readability for languages other than English, the mismatch between student reading ability and text readability, and promising new approaches to readability. (MG)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Measurement Techniques, Readability, Readability Formulas
Download full textWright, Benjamin D.; Stenner, A. Jackson – 1998
This document discusses the measurement of reading ability and the readability of books by application of the Lexile framework. It begins by stating the importance of uniform measures. It then discusses the history of reading ability testing, based on the assumption that no researcher has been able to measure more than one kind of reading ability.…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques, Readability Formulas
Stenner, A. Jackson; Burdick, Donald S. – 1997
This document discusses in depth the theoretical background of the Lexile Framework, which is based on the assumption that reading comprehension is the best predictor of success in higher education and job performance, and that it is the most tested construct in education. The first section defines measurement and differentiates between specific…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Error of Measurement
