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Peer reviewedGunning, 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
Peer reviewedStahl, Steven A. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2003
This article explores the relationships between vocabulary knowledge and text readability. It discusses how procedures used by readability formulas to assess the vocabulary factor can over- or underestimate text difficulty by counting syllables rather than assessing what the reader knows about the words in a text. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Language Impairments, Performance Factors
Peer reviewedVenable, Gail Portnuff – Topics in Language Disorders, 2003
These exercises and examples pertain to readability information presented in preceding articles. They are designed to help speech language pathologists test their intuitions about word and text difficulty and to see readability data from a number of quantitative formulas applied to passages across a wide range of levels. (Contains 8 references.)…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Language Impairments, Readability
Peer reviewedVenable, Gail Portnuff – Topics in Language Disorders, 2003
Examples are provided that show readability in action in diverse settings. The first shows how readability analysis resulted in a new fluency monitoring protocol in three school districts in Northern California. The others present hypothetical school, clinic, and research situations that a speech language pathologist might encounter. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Language Impairments
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1980
This individualized inservice packet provides teachers with guidelines for the meaningful selection and assessment of print materials, so that they may locate and utilize the appropriate reading content for individual students. It is one of a nine-part series of booklets--Teaching Teen Reading--in self-instructional format, intended as a practical…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Independent Study, Inservice Teacher Education, Junior High Schools
Johnson, Lory N. – 1980
The purpose of this checklist is to direct the attention of teachers, administrators, and supervisors to the essential features of reading programs. Questions are provided to direct attention to numerous features related to the following aspects of reading programs: (1) program authorship; (2) program philosophy; (3) readability of materials; (4)…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Check Lists, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education
