Readability and Parent Communications: Can Parents Understand What Schools Write to Them?.

Mavrogenes, Nancy A.

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ERIC Number: EJ373214

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Publication Date: 1988

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Readability and Parent Communications: Can Parents Understand What Schools Write to Them?

Mavrogenes, Nancy A.

Reading Horizons, v28 n4 p225-31 Sum 1988

Investigates the readability level of written materials (such as notices or newsletters) sent by six all-day kindergartens/child-parent centers to parents of disadvantaged children. Found that the readability of the materials ranged from sixth grade to higher than college level, and that the mean level was midtenth grade. (ARH)

Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Letters (Correspondence), Parent Background, Parent Participation, Parent Role, Parent School Relationship, Parents, Primary Education, Readability, Readability Formulas, Reading Comprehension

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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