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Peer reviewedLongo, 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
PDF pending restorationLuiten, John; And Others – 1978
A method proposed by McCuaig and Hutchings to assess the internal readability variation of books using the Fry readability formula was empirically tested in an analysis of six elementary basal and ten secondary remedial readers. Each book was treated as a series of consecutive 100-word samples. Means and standard deviations were computed for both…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Predictive Measurement
Peer reviewedBradley, John M.; Ames, Wilbur S. – Journal of Reading, 1984
Describes the Luiten, Ames, Bradley Readability Variation Method for estimating the variation within a text. Concludes that it is practical and relatively accurate. (HOD)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Difficulty Level, Evaluation Methods, Readability
Download full textBruce, Bertram; And Others – 1981
The failure of readability formulas can be attributed to three weaknesses in the formulas. First, they ignore or violate current knowledge about the reading process. Most formulas affect only sentence length and word difficulty while ignoring factors that influence text comprehensibility, such as cohesion, the number of inferences required, the…
Descriptors: Cohesion (Written Composition), Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques, Readability
Peer reviewedGuidry, Loyd J.; Knight, D. Frances – Journal of Reading, 1976
Describes an adjustment factor which makes readability formulas more accurate. (RB)
Descriptors: Books, Evaluation Methods, Literature Reviews, Measurement Instruments
Parrish, Berta E.; And Others – 1978
The nine articles presented in this yearbook were drawn from Arizona State University's Annual Reading Conference which focused on new directions in reading. Four of the articles deal with evaluation techniques in reading and include discussions of developing culture-fair informal reading inventories, what oral language tests really measure, and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Conference Reports, Content Area Reading, Criterion Referenced Tests
