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Peer reviewedBritton, Gwyneth E.; Lumpkin, Margaret C. – Reading Improvement, 1977
Reports a study of three readability formulas--Dale-Chall, Fry, and Harris-Jacobson--which were used to analyze five current sixth-grade reading textbooks. (JM)
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Computers, Elementary Education, Grade 6
Peer reviewedFeldman, Phil; And Others – Reading Improvement, 1983
Reports on the development of a computer program that was used with five different readability formulas to assess levels of reading difficulty. (FL)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Programs, Microcomputers, Readability Formulas
Peer reviewedChristie, James F. – Reading Improvement, 1978
Finds significantly more errors and a higher percentage of detrimental errors on passages composed of later appearing structures. Supports Goodman's view of the reading process (that reading is a "psycholinguistic guessing game"), and indicates a need for more sophisticated readability formulas. (RL)
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Error Analysis (Language), Miscue Analysis, Oral Reading
