Schoolbook Simplification and Its Relation to the Decline in SAT-Verbal Scores.

Hayes, Donald P.; Wolfer, Loreen T.; Wolfe, Michael F.

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ERIC Number: EJ569586

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1996

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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 - Assessments and Surveys: SAT (College Admission Test)

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