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Rabin, Annette T. – 1990
The history of the evaluation of non-English written materials through the use of various mathematical formulae is reviewed. This process began in 1939 with Tharp's work in French, and has continued until the present. Formulas have been developed for Spanish, Russian, German, Hebrew, Chinese, and Vietnamese. In Europe, modifications of the Flesch…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Foreign Countries, Readability, Readability Formulas
Peer reviewedBamberger, Richard; Rabin, Annette T. – Reading Teacher, 1984
Describes recent Austrian research concerning readability formulas, especially the Swedish Lix formula. Describes a prototype for a system of evaluating the individual variables that contribute to the difficulty of student reading materials. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Readability, Readability Formulas
