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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
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
