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Peer reviewedOlson, Arthur V. – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1986
This study examined the McCall-Crabbs Standard Test Lessons in Reading to determine whether selections of passages covered a sufficiently wide range of difficulty to warrant their use in developing readability formulas. The results, which find several readability formulas suspect, are discussed. (Author/MT)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Difficulty Level, Elementary Education, Measurement Techniques
