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Download full textFry, Edward – 1998
A number of reading specialists are finding themselves testifying in court or writing expert opinions for court cases in such diverse areas as civil rights, criminal law, contracts, warranties, and due process. The validity of readability formulas was tested in the case of David v. Heckler. Another case involved a group of Florida prisoners who…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Education, Federal Courts, Measurement Techniques
Peer reviewedHoffman, James V.; Roser, Nancy L.; Salas, Rachel; Patterson, Elizabeth; Pennington, Julie – Journal of Literacy Research, 2001
Investigates reliability of two approaches for estimating text difficulty at the first-grade level: the Scale for Text Accessibility and Support and the Fountas/Pinnell system. Supports the predictive validity of the two rating scales with performance data. Suggests potential benchmarks for first-grade performance: 95% accuracy; 80 words per…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Difficulty Level, Grade 1, Measurement Techniques
Crismore, Avon – 1981
The purpose of this paper is to make classroom teachers on all educational levels aware of the limitations of readability formulas and the factors affecting readability that are not accounted for by the readability formulas. delineated in discussions of readability formula assumptions, problems, and limitations. Some of the specific factors that…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Measurement Techniques, Performance Factors, Readability
