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ERIC Number: EJ569586
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
Schoolbook Simplification and Its Relation to the Decline in SAT-Verbal Scores.
Hayes, Donald P.; Wolfer, Loreen T.; Wolfe, Michael F.
American Educational Research Journal, v33 n2 p489-508 Sum 1996
Contents of 800 elementary, middle, and high school textbooks published from 1919 to 1991 were analyzed with regard to their levels of difficulty. Following World War II, there was a major decline in schoolbook difficulty which may have led to the subsequent decline in SAT-verbal scores. (MAK)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Difficulty Level, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Comprehension, Test Score Decline, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Research, Verbal Ability
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Scholastic Aptitude Test