Reviews readability research and suggests priorities for future research in the area. (MKM)

Provides a microcomputer program that will calculate readability levels using Rix, a new, short readability formula. (FL)

Provides guidelines for analyzing and evaluating textbooks based on their comprehensibility rather than their readability. (MKM)

Outlines the current uses of readability measures in education, business, and government. (SRT)

Explains why applying a readability formula to a content text is not enough to determine whether a student can read and understand the book. (MKM)

Examines the practical side of readablility in the United Kingdom as well as some theoretical considerations focused on research on text difficulty, microcomputer prediction of difficulty, validity of cloze procedure, and the effect when students rewrite textbook prose. (HOD)

Describes research conducted in France on text readability and suggests that readability formulas give high scores to redundant texts that have no great interest and penalize texts with original information. Argues that a coefficient should be incorporated into readability formulas that reflects the nature of the text. (MKM)