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Peer reviewedGilliam, Bettye; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1980
Reports that the Fry readability graph can be adapted to measure Spanish readability at the primary level. (DD)
Descriptors: Primary Education, Readability, Readability Formulas, Reading Research
Peer reviewedParker, Richard I.; Hasbrouck, Jan E.; Weaver, Laurie – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 2001
Uses two formulas developed for Spanish language text to analyze 9 stories that were read by 36 Spanish-speaking second graders with limited English proficiency. Finds that the Spanish readability formulas only weakly predicted student performance, indicating the need to pursue broader, qualitative indices of difficulty for Spanish text. (SG)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Grade 2, Primary Education, Readability Formulas
