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ERIC Number: EJ309800
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Estimating Readability with a Computer: Beware the Aura of Precision.
Duffelmeyer, Frederick A.
Reading Teacher, v38 n4 p392-94 Jan 1985
Argues that, while computers make the computation of readability formulas easy, teachers should not forget the need to apply judgment and common sense to the results. Discusses RIXRATE, a computerized version of the Rix index and compares its performance to that of the Rauding Scale. (FL)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Microcomputers, Readability, Readability Formulas, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Instruction, Test Reliability
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: RIXRATE Program