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Peer reviewedPerera, Katharine – Educational Review, 1980
It is argued that informed judgments by a thoughtful teacher may have advantages over the application of a readability formula in assessing the linguistic difficulty of a text. Examples are given. (KC)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Linguistic Difficulty (Inherent), Readability, Readability Formulas
Download full textCrismore, 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
