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Direct linkFoorman, Barbara R.; Francis, David J.; Davidson, Kevin C.; Harm, Michael W.; Griffin, Jennifer – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2004
California and Texas mandate 75% to 80% decodable texts for first-grade reading programs, yet these percentages have no empirical base. This study examines the text selections in 6 first-grade programs from the perspective of lexical, semantic, and syntactic features. The composition of text differed across the 6 programs with respect to length,…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Semantics, Reading Programs, Basal Reading
