Descriptor
| Readability Formulas | 4 |
| Secondary Education | 4 |
| Test Validity | 4 |
| Test Reliability | 3 |
| Reading Research | 2 |
| Textbooks | 2 |
| Adolescents | 1 |
| Cloze Procedure | 1 |
| Computer Assisted Instruction | 1 |
| Computer Software | 1 |
| Content Area Reading | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 4 |
| Reports - Research | 3 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedKeenan, Donna – Reading Horizons, 1982
Suggests that the popular and simple readability formulas may not be accurate enough to predict the instructional materials best suited to the reading abilities of secondary school students. (FL)
Descriptors: Readability Formulas, Reading Research, Secondary Education, Test Reliability
The Reading Estimate Program: A Computerized Method for Calculating the Raygor Readability Estimate.
Otts, David – Computers, Reading and Language Arts, 1985
Presents the Reading Estimate Program, which follows the same procedure as the Raygor Estimate for determining readability. (CRH)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedLaSasso, Carol – American Annals of the Deaf, 1980
Although the cloze procedure was shown to be satisfactorily reliable with deaf Ss, cloze scores did not relate to the predicted passage difficulty; therefore, the validity of the cloze procedure as a readability measure was not confirmed. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cloze Procedure, Deafness, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedTurner, Edward C.; Algozzine, Kate – Clearing House, 1985
Reports findings of a study that examined the extent to which the variability observed in reading levels of common junior high textbooks was also present in four popular high school social studies texts. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Readability, Readability Formulas, Reading Diagnosis
