Fry's Readability Graph: Clarifications, Validity, and Extension to Level 17.

Fry, Edward

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Publication Date: 1977

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Fry's Readability Graph: Clarifications, Validity, and Extension to Level 17

Fry, Edward

Journal of Reading, 21, 3, 242-52, Dec 77

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, Readability Formulas, Reading Level, Test Validity

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