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Download full textSheehan, Kathleen M.; Flor, Michael; Napolitano, Diane; Ramineni, Chaitanya – ETS Research Report Series, 2015
This paper considers whether the sources of linguistic complexity presented within texts targeted at 1st-grade readers have increased, decreased, or held steady over the 52-year period from 1962 to 2013. A collection of more than 450 texts is examined. All texts were selected from Grade 1 textbooks published by Scott Foresman during the targeted…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Content Analysis, Grade 1, Elementary School Students
Phillips, Linda M.; Leithead, Marion R.; Smith, Martha L. – Canadian Journal of Education, 2002
In this study we analyzed the use of children's literature in three widely used commercially published and literature-based reading programs for grades 1 to 6. On average, 37% of the literature selections had been previously published, with a range by publisher of 4% to 55%. These percentages are noticeably lower than those reported for American…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Childrens Literature, Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension
