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Rabin, Annette T. – 1990
The history of the evaluation of non-English written materials through the use of various mathematical formulae is reviewed. This process began in 1939 with Tharp's work in French, and has continued until the present. Formulas have been developed for Spanish, Russian, German, Hebrew, Chinese, and Vietnamese. In Europe, modifications of the Flesch…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Foreign Countries, Readability, Readability Formulas
