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Direct linkHiebert, 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
Peer reviewedKeller, Paul F. G. – Reading Teacher, 1982
Discusses a prototype computer program designed to calculate readability levels and explains why such a program is needed. Calls for support from others who can assist in the program's development. (FL)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Computers, Readability Formulas
Peer reviewedKoenke, Karl – Reading Teacher, 1987
Looks at ERIC documents that deal with readability concerns. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Readability, Readability Formulas, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedFry, Edward – Reading Teacher, 2002
Shows some similarities and differences between readability formulas and leveling procedures and reports some current large-scale uses of readability formulas. Presents a dictionary definition of readability and leveling, and a history and background of readability and leveling. Discusses what goes into determining readability and leveling scores.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Readability, Readability Formulas, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedGranowsky, Alvin; Botel, Morton – Reading Teacher, 1974
Acknowledging widely recognized shortcomings of readability formulas, the authors propose a technique for analyzing syntactic complexity. (RB)
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Elementary Education, Measurement Instruments, Readability
Peer reviewedDuffelmeyer, Frederick A. – Reading Teacher, 1982
Reveals that the Rauding Scale of Prose Difficulty provides results closer to Spache and Dale-Chall values than does the Singer Eyeball Estimate of Readability (SEER) technique. (FL)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Difficulty Level, Elementary Education, Readability
Peer reviewedDuffelmeyer, Frederick A. – Reading Teacher, 1985
Argues that, while computers make the computation of readability formulas easy, teachers should not forget the need to apply judgment and common sense to the results. Discusses RIXRATE, a computerized version of the Rix index and compares its performance to that of the Rauding Scale. (FL)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Microcomputers, Readability
Peer reviewedLange, Bob – Reading Teacher, 1982
Examines the arguments against the indiscriminate use of readability formulas. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Readability Formulas, Reading Diagnosis
Peer reviewedRush, R. Timothy – Reading Teacher, 1985
Discusses the characteristics of three popular readability formulas: the Dale-Chall, the Fry Graph, and the Spache. Describes text based and reader/text based alternatives. Offers appropriate applications of each form of assessment. (FL)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Readability
