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Download full textFuchs, Lynn S.; And Others – 1983
The purposes of this study were to assess the usefulness of a variety of readability formulas in predicting the relative difficulty of passages, and to explore the contribution of pupils' background to text difficulty. Subjects were 285 special education students in grades 1-9, 117 of whom were based in rural and suburban Minnesota (MN) and 168 of…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Elementary Secondary Education, Predictive Measurement, Readability Formulas
Fuchs, Lynn S.; Fuchs, Douglas – 1986
This meta-analysis investigates the effects on achievement of type of graphing paper employed in displaying student performance data collected over time. Ongoing curriculum-based measurement systems employing Data-Based Program Development (DBPD) provide a data source of 16 controlled studies with 17 effect sizes. A total of 3,494 subjects…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Disabilities, Effect Size
Fuchs, Lynn S.; And Others – 1983
The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of a basal reading series mastery test. Subjects were 21 fourth graders, who were tested once on the SRA Reading Achievement Test, twice on the Holt Basic Reading Series Management Program Level 13 Test (MPLT), and once on the Word Reading Test. Traditional psychometric…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Criterion Referenced Tests, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades
