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ERIC Number: EJ227752
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980-May
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Comments on the Preceding Harris and Jacobson Comparison of the Fry, Spache, and Harris-Jacobson Readability Formulas.
Fry, Edward
Reading Teacher, v33 n8 p924-26 May 1980
Responds to doubts raised in the preceding article about the author's readability graph. Defends the orthodoxy of the procedures used to develop the graph and presents data showing that it correlates quite well with the other formulas on first- and second-grade materials and is just a little high on third- grade materials. (ET)
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Primary Education, Readability Formulas, Reading Material Selection, Reading Research, Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Fry Readability Graph