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Oyzon, Voltaire Q.; Corrales, Juven B.; Estardo, Wilfredo M., Jr. – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2015
In 2012 the Leyte Normal University developed a computer software--modelled after the Spache Readability Formula (1953) made for English--made to help rank texts that can is used by teachers or research groups on selecting appropriate reading materials to support the DepEd's MTB-MLE program in Region VIII, in the Philippines. However,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Readability, Readability Formulas, Computer Software
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Goldman, Susan R.; Lee, Carol D. – Elementary School Journal, 2014
Standards for literacy in the twenty-first century raise the bar on the complexity of texts and the tasks for which they are used. The strengths and limitations of contemporary approaches to text complexity are discussed with respect to major points raised in the six articles in this special issue. In addition, four features of text that are of…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Readability, Readability Formulas, Reader Text Relationship
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Hiebert, Elfrieda H. – Reading Teacher, 2013
Standard 10 of the Common Core State Standards attends to students' capacity with complex text. This standard distinguishes the Common Core State Standards from previous standards documents. This article describes a process--the Text Complexity Multi-Index (TCMI)--that supports teachers in studying texts to support their students in…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Standards, Readability, Difficulty Level