Assessing Readability: Formulas and Alternatives.

Rush, R. Timothy

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Publication Date: 1985

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Assessing Readability: Formulas and Alternatives.

Rush, R. Timothy

Reading Teacher, v39 n3 p274-83 Dec 1985

Discusses the characteristics of three popular readability formulas: the Dale-Chall, the Fry Graph, and the Spache. Describes text based and reader/text based alternatives. Offers appropriate applications of each form of assessment. (FL)

Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Readability, Readability Formulas, Reading Instruction, Reading Material Selection, Test Reliability, Test Validity

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