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Griffith, David – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2018
The Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy (CCSS-ELA) were adopted by approximately forty states (though in some cases, with significant revisions). However, researchers are still trying to understand how teachers are implementing the CCSS-ELA at the ground level--that is, in actual ELA classrooms. The CCSS-ELA call for…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Writing Instruction, Common Core State Standards, Educational Change
Jones, Barbara; Chang, Sandy; Heritage, Margaret; Tobiason, Glory; Herman, Joan – Center on Standards and Assessments Implementation, 2015
This resource is part of a series produced by the Center for Standards and Assessment Implementation (CSAI) to assist teachers and those who support teachers to plan teaching and learning from College and Career Ready Standards (CCRS) for all students, including students with disabilities, English learners, academically at-risk students, students…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Career Readiness, College Readiness, Gifted Disadvantaged
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Fry, Edward – Reading Teacher, 2002
Shows some similarities and differences between readability formulas and leveling procedures and reports some current large-scale uses of readability formulas. Presents a dictionary definition of readability and leveling, and a history and background of readability and leveling. Discusses what goes into determining readability and leveling scores.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Readability, Readability Formulas, Reading Instruction
Elley, Warwick B.; Croft, Cedric – 1989
This booklet describes and discusses a method for determining the readability level of prose passages in reading materials for children. The method discussed in the booklet assigns a value to each noun in selected passages on the basis of its frequency level on standard word-frequency charts, correlated in a number of studies with independent…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Nouns, Prose
Olson, Arthur V. – 1980
Noting that four of the six most common readability formulas use the McCall-Crabbs Standard Test Lessons in Reading as the independent criterion of difficulty to establish validity, while the other two often site their correlation with the first four to determine validity, a study examined whether these lessons consisted of passage selections…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Librarians, Readability Formulas
Olson, Arthur V. – 1984
Four readability formulas were analyzed to determine the reading grade equivalence of instructional materials at the middle grades and above: the Dale-Chall formula, the Gunning-Fog Index, the Flesch Reading Ease Formula, and the McLaughlin SMOG Grading. In addition, Spache and Wheeler/Smith formulas were analyzed for evaluating primary grade…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Readability, Readability Formulas
Noe, Katherine Schlick; Standal, Timothy C. – Computers, Reading and Language Arts, 1985
Suggests that common sense be applied when calculating text readability using a microcomputer. (CRH)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
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Froese, V. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1981
Forty-two experienced teachers rated a set of reading passages by the SEER and the Rauding procedures. Findings indicated that the two procedures resulted in significantly different ratings, that teaching experience did not affect the rating, and that the SEER ratings agreed substantially with readability formula estimates of the same passages.…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Readability
Stenner, A. Jackson – 1999
The Lexile Framework provides teachers with tools to help them link the results of reading assessment with subsequent instruction, focuses on appropriate-level curriculum for readers at all educational levels, and is designed to be flexible enough to use alongside any type of reading program. Suggested areas for application of this system include:…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Readability Formulas, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Fluency
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Kotula, Andrea Winokur – Topics in Language Disorders, 2003
The matching of students with language learning disabilities and dyslexia to appropriate reading materials is discussed, and formal and informal methods are presented for determining reading levels for accuracy, fluency, and comprehension instruction and practice. The Spache Readability Formula, the New Dale-Challe Readability Formula, and…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Dyslexia, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
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Miccinati, Jeannette – Reading World, 1978
Describes the development and the components of an instrument designed to assess the contents of educational materials. (JM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Instructional Materials, Measurement Instruments
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Carver, Ronald P. – Journal of Reading, 1985
Argues that the Degrees of Reading Power test is not a valid tool for its main purpose, matching students to appropriate texts, because the test's units of text difficulty are not uniformly comparable to the test's units used to reflect a reader's ability. (HOD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Readability, Readability Formulas, Reading Ability
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Bormuth, John R. – Journal of Reading, 1985
Explains significant but accounted for factors that affected the validity of the Degrees of Reading Power Test. (HOD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Prior Learning, Readability, Readability Formulas
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Gunning, Thomas G. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2003
This article emphasizes the importance of providing students with materials on the appropriate level of challenge. Major readability formulas and leveling systems that might be used to assess the difficulty level of materials are reviewed. It recommends using both objective and subjective factors when estimating readability levels. (Contains…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Language Impairments, Readability
Indiana State Dept. of Public Instruction, Indianapolis. Div. of Reading Effectiveness. – 1977
The purpose of this booklet is to assist local schools in making thorough assessments of instructional materials for textbook adoption. The booklet contains a checklist for evaluating instructional materials, a checklist summary sheet, and an appendix explaining readability analyses. The checklist is divided into eight sections: physical features…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines
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