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Direct linkLeko, Melinda M.; Mundy, Charlotte A.; Kang, Hyun-Ju; Datar, Sujata D. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2013
Many adolescents with learning disabilities (LD) experience difficulties reading. To improve reading outcomes for these students, research has demonstrated the importance of providing students with appropriate texts. Appropriate texts are those that match both the reading and interest levels of students and are often credited with reducing…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Reading Material Selection, Learning Disabilities, Readability
Download full textHoke, Brenda Lynn – 1999
This study was done to see if readability levels printed on recreational reading books were as accurate as when the Fry formula and the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level were applied to them. Three descriptive passages from each of 60 recreational reading books were analyzed using the Fry formula and the Flesch-Kincaid formula. The data was compared to…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Readability, Readability Formulas, Reading Material Selection
Longo, Judith A. – 1977
Validity, the most critical of readability formula characteristics, requires that a measuring device actually measure what is intended to be measured. To examine validity, a study was conducted in which ten popular handbooks used in the teaching of college freshman composition were examined for comparative validity data--the extent to which scores…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Readability, Readability Formulas
San Diego County Office of Education, CA. – 1983
Noting that educators can help students have the positive experiences necessary to foster interest and growth in reading skills by guiding them toward the selection of library books at appropriate reading levels, this bibliography provides citations of high quality books for which a readability grade level has been determined using the Fry…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Readability
Hllgendorff, Patricia H. – 1980
The revised Spache Readability Formula and the Fry Readability Formula were applied to 20 selected reading materials designed for adolescents reading at second grade level. Three samples from each text were examined. The results using the Spache formula corresponded to the publisher's stated readability levels, with no significant variability…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Difficulty Level, High Interest Low Vocabulary Books, Readability
