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Layton, James R. – Journal of Reading, 1980
Provides a chart to be used with the Dale-Chall Readability Formula to simplify computation of readability level. (MKM)
Descriptors: Charts, Elementary Secondary Education, Readability Formulas, Reading Research
Rush, R. Timothy – 1984
Noting that readability formulas are strictly text-based and therefore do not reflect the interactive nature of the reading process, this paper argues that many of the instructional material evaluations for which such formulas are used are inappropriate and offers more reader-based alternatives to the use of formulas. The first half of the paper…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Materials, Readability