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Emily Tucker – ProQuest LLC, 2021
To better understand Tennessee's new standardized science assessments, this quantitative study utilized a nonexperimental, descriptive-comparative design to compare the readability of the long-used science TCAP assessment with the newly created science TNReady assessment in grades three, four, and five. As new standards in the state boast higher…
Descriptors: Science Tests, Standardized Tests, Achievement Tests, Readability
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2021
The present study aimed to describe and evaluate the current assessment practices prevalent in the different translation courses offered at the College of Languages and Translation (COLT). A sample of specialized translation final exams in 18 translation subject areas was collected. Each final exam was analyzed in terms of the following: (1) # of…
Descriptors: Translation, Language Tests, Readability, Semitic Languages
Rehm, Christopher J.; Selznick, Benjamin S. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2019
Leader self-efficacy (LSE) is a construct studied in adults and college students which is associated with leader emergence, individual performance, and group performance. However, to date, it has not been heavily examined in youth. Therefore, a five-item youth LSE scale was created which can aid in further research of this construct. This holds…
Descriptors: Youth Leaders, Leadership, Self Efficacy, Leadership Styles
Razi, Salim – Online Submission, 2012
This study presents the processes of developing and establishing reliability and validity of a reading test by administering an integrative approach as conventional reliability and validity measures superficially reveals the difficulty of a reading test. In this respect, analysing vocabulary frequency of the test is regarded as a more eligible way…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Reading Tests, Test Validity
Kouame, Julien B. – Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2010
Background: Readability tests are indicators that measure how easy a document can be read and understood. Simple, but very often ignored, readability statistics cannot only provide information about the level of difficulty of the readability of particular documents but also can increase an evaluator's credibility. Purpose: The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Readability, Readability Formulas, Evaluation Methods, Literacy
McLaughlin, G. Harry – J Reading, 1969
Descriptors: Readability, Readability Formulas, Reading Materials, Reading Research

Anderson, Jonathan – Journal of Reading, 1983
Indicates that the Rix modification of the Lix Readability Formula is easy to calculate, correlates highly with other popular formulas, and is useful for materials for grades 3 through 12. (AEA)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Readability Formulas, Test Reliability, Test Validity

Baldwin, R. Scott; Kaufman, Rhonda K. – Journal of Reading, 1979
Attempts to determine whether the Raygor graph produces readability estimates compatible with estimates derived from the Fry graph, whether the Raygor graph is less time-consuming, and whether it lends itself to greater computational accuracy. (DD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Readability, Readability Formulas

Keenan, Donna – Reading Horizons, 1982
Suggests that the popular and simple readability formulas may not be accurate enough to predict the instructional materials best suited to the reading abilities of secondary school students. (FL)
Descriptors: Readability Formulas, Reading Research, Secondary Education, Test Reliability

Templeton, Shane; And Others – Journal of Educational Research, 1981
A comparison of the difficulty in underlying structure of basal reading texts with the difficulty in surface structure raises questions on the validity of the Fry Readability Formula and other traditional readability formulas. (CJ)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Deep Structure, Predictive Validity, Readability

Vaughan, Joseph L., Jr. – Journal of Reading, 1976
Compares the Fry, Dale-Chall, and SMOG readability formulas and cautions users about their limitations. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Measurement Instruments, Predictive Measurement, Predictive Validity

Fry, Edward – Journal of Reading, 1977
Discusses why proper nouns should be counted and how to count syllables and words, recent work on the validity of readability formulas, and the readability graph extrapolated to college level. (JM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques, Readability

Longo, Judith A. – Journal of Reading, 1982
Validates the college-level designation of the Fry Graph using comparative validity data. (AEA)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Readability Formulas, Reading Materials
Hewitt, Margaret A.; Homan, Susan P. – Reading Research and Instruction, 2004
Test validity issues considered by test developers and school districts rarely include individual item readability levels. In this study, items from a major standardized test were examined for individual item readability level and item difficulty. The Homan-Hewitt Readability Formula was applied to items across three grade levels. Results of…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Test Items, Standardized Tests, Readability Formulas
The Reading Estimate Program: A Computerized Method for Calculating the Raygor Readability Estimate.
Otts, David – Computers, Reading and Language Arts, 1985
Presents the Reading Estimate Program, which follows the same procedure as the Raygor Estimate for determining readability. (CRH)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials