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Peer reviewedAnderson, Jonathan – Journal of Reading, 1983
Indicates that the Rix modification of the Lix Readability Formula is easy to calculate, correlates highly with other popular formulas, and is useful for materials for grades 3 through 12. (AEA)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Readability Formulas, Test Reliability, Test Validity
Peer reviewedAnderson, Jonathan – Journal of Research in Reading, 1983
Reports a number of modifications to the computer readability program STAR (Simple Tests Approach to Readability) designed to make it more useful. (FL)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Content Analysis, Readability, Readability Formulas
Download full textAnderson, Jonathan – 1981
"Lasbarhetsindex" ("Lix") is a readability formula developed in Sweden that holds promise for assessing text difficulty in other languages, including English. So far three separate studies have been conducted to test Lix with French and English texts, with German and English texts, and with Greek and English texts. In all three…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Difficulty Level, English, Foreign Countries
Anderson, Jonathan – 1981
The multicultural pattern in recent Australian immigration poses a pressing issue for reading instruction. Students coming from homes where only English is spoken, or English and a Northern European language are spoken, perform better on reading tests than do students from homes where other languages are spoken. There is also little reflection…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
