How to Avoid Being Tyrannized by Readability Formulas.

Davenport, Betty M.

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ERIC Number: EJ331204

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Publication Date: 1986

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How to Avoid Being Tyrannized by Readability Formulas.

Davenport, Betty M.

Reading Horizons, v26 n3 p191-96 Apr 1986

Offers a case study of how one teacher used readability formulas to select the most appropriate materials for her students. Presents 10 suggestions that the teacher followed to avoid being tyrannized by the formulas. (FL)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Readability Formulas, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Research, Test Reliability, Test Use, Test Validity

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Language: English

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