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Hittleman, Daniel K. – Journal of Reading, 1978
Advocates using the cloze procedure and varying the criteria of success, according to the group, in order to determine the readability of instructional materials. (MKM)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Instructional Materials, Readability, Readability Formulas

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
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
Williams, Pamela Perrigo – Florida Vocational Journal, 1979
Discusses elements other than reading level that can affect ease of understanding vocational materials. Groups these elements into four major areas: (1) vocabulary, (2) sentence structure, (3) organization (the way sentences are arranged into paragraphs), and (4) relevance (the way the author relates the topic to the reader's experience). (LRA)
Descriptors: Guidelines, Instructional Materials, Opinions, Readability
Wood, Merle W. – Balance Sheet, 1977
Selection of instructional materials for business and distributive education programs is increasingly difficult because there are more materials, new courses, and programs, matching instruction to the student, and some teacher options. The writer presents steps for use by school personnel in evaluation and adoption of text materials. (MF)
Descriptors: Business Education, Distributive Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Collins, Vickie L. – 1990
This edition is an annotated list of 390 literacy materials for adult new readers. All the materials are written on an eighth-grade level or below. These paperback instructional titles, many in workbook format, are for use with adult basic education (ABE) and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students. The introduction includes guidelines for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Beginning Reading