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Fry's Readability Graph: Clarifications, Validity, and Extension to Level 17
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Fry, Edward – Journal of Reading, 1977
Discusses why proper nouns should be counted and how to count syllables and words, recent work on the validity of readability formulas, and the readability graph extrapolated to college level. (JM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques, Readability
A Readability Formula for Short Passages.
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Fry, Edward – Journal of Reading, 1990
Presents a readability formula suitable for passages from 40 to 99 words (provided they contain at least 3 sentences). (RS)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Difficulty Level, Elementary Secondary Education, Measurement Techniques