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Peer reviewedStevens, Kathleen C. – Reading Teacher, 1980
Reports that the McCall-Crabbs Standard Test Lessons in Reading were never sufficiently standardized to justify their widespread use as the basis for readability formulae. (DD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Readability Formulas, Reading Research, Reliability
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
PDF pending restorationLuiten, John; And Others – 1978
A method proposed by McCuaig and Hutchings to assess the internal readability variation of books using the Fry readability formula was empirically tested in an analysis of six elementary basal and ten secondary remedial readers. Each book was treated as a series of consecutive 100-word samples. Means and standard deviations were computed for both…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Predictive Measurement
Peer reviewedKibby, Michael W. – Reading Research Quarterly, 1975
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Literature Reviews
