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Fry, Edward – Language Arts, 1975
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Readability, Readability Formulas, Reading Comprehension
Forsyth, Robert – 1976
The readability level of passages from three subtests of the Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED), Forms X-6 and Y-6, were compared with the readability level of passages selected from the Des Moines Resister, Reader's Digest, Time, Newsweek, Saturday Review, and 18 high school textbooks from the fields of social studies, science, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Content Area Reading, Literature, Natural Sciences
Layton, James R. – 1978
The distinguishing characteristics and relationships found among the "Analytical Reading Inventory," the "Durrell Analysis of Reading Difficulty," and the Spache "Diagnostic Reading Scales" in terms of readability levels, oral and silent reading results, and independent and instructional reading levels were examined in a study involving 117 first,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Oral Reading, Readability

Singer, Harry – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1975
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Readability, Reading Level

Weintraub, Samuel – The Reading Teacher, 1968
Several studies on the use of the cloze procedure as a measure of readability and of comprehension are reviewed. These studies showed (1) that the cloze procedure proved a more reliable measure of readability for nonstandard reading materials than the commonly used readability formulas, (2) that cloze tests are valid and reliable predictors of the…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Readability, Reading Comprehension, Reading Level

Daines, Delva; Mason, Lynne G. – Journal of Reading, 1972
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Graphs, Measurement Instruments, Readability

Hoffman, James V. – Reading Horizons, 1980
Cautions that weighting errors on an oral reading test in line with miscue analysis procedures can lead to inappropriate independent reading level placement. (MKM)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Informal Reading Inventories, Miscue Analysis, Oral Reading
Rakes, Thomas A. – 1972
This appraisal of the readability of materials used by Adult Basic Education (ABE) teachers determines readability by using the Dale-Chall Readability Formula, the Fry Readability Graph, and the Gunning Fog Readability Formula. An introductory chapter states the problem, defines terms, and presents the importance, hypotheses, design, limitations,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Readability, Reading Achievement
Caylor, John S.; And Others – 1973
READNEED research was concerned with the development of methodologies for determining reading requirements of Army Military Occupational Specialties (MOSs). Three approaches for assessing MOS literacy demands are described: (a) analysis of readability of Army MOS materials using a newly developed readability formula calibrated on Army personnel…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Feasibility Studies, Job Analysis, Military Personnel
BORMUTH, JOHN R. – 1968
THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF STUDIES DESIGNED TO INVESTIGATE THE SUITABILITY OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS WITH REGARD TO LEVELS OF DIFFICULTY IS REPORTED. THE STUDY ATTEMPTED TO DETERMINE WHETHER SOME RANGE OF DIFFICULTY MAXIMIZED THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION STUDENTS GAIN AS A CONSEQUENCE OF READING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. IN ORDER TO FORM 129 PAIRS…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Independent Study, Informal Reading Inventories, Information Processing
Henry, Georges – 1975
This book is conceived as a definitive expose and practitioner's manual of readability measurement, with special reference to French language readability. Proceeding from a detailed outline of research on readability from 1923 to the present, the book confronts such issues as external criteria used for validation of readability formulas, choice of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Readability, Reading, Reading Comprehension
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1979
The administrators' and teachers' manual for the New York State Preliminary Competency Test in Reading provides information on the student population to be tested; the degrees of reading power (DRP) methodology to measure students' reading comprehension; the test content; and the state reference point, a cutoff score expressed in terms of…
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Guides