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Cramer, Eugene H. – Curriculum Review, 1978
Six of the most widely used readability scales are briefly reviewed and their original source cited: the Dale-Chall Readability Formula, the Flesch "Reading Ease" Formula, the Fog Index, the Fry Readability Graph, the SMOG Grading Plan, and the Spache Readability Formula. (SJL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Guides, Measurement Instruments, Readability
Peer reviewedVaughan, Joseph L., Jr. – Journal of Reading, 1976
Compares the Fry, Dale-Chall, and SMOG readability formulas and cautions users about their limitations. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Measurement Instruments, Predictive Measurement, Predictive Validity
Peer reviewedCarver, Ronald P. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1975
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Measurement Instruments, Readability
Peer reviewedCarver, Ronald P. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1975
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Measurement Instruments, Readability
Peer reviewedHansell, T. Stevenson – Journal of Reading, 1976
Raises doubts about the validity of readability formulas. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Measurement Instruments, Readability, Readability Formulas
Peer reviewedKibby, Michael W. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1975
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Literature Reviews
Peer reviewedMiccinati, Jeannette – Reading World, 1978
Describes the development and the components of an instrument designed to assess the contents of educational materials. (JM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Instructional Materials, Measurement Instruments
Download full textHaugh, Oscar M. – 1975
Readability has been gauged by such means as determining the length of individual words in a passage, analyzing types of sentences, and assessing numbers of subordinate clauses, prepositional phrases, modifiers, and so on. Probably the most successful formula has been the Dale-Chall method, which measures readability by determining the percentage…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Difficulty Level, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
