Coh-Metrix analyzes texts on multiple measures of language and discourse that are aligned
with multilevel theoretical frameworks of comprehension. Dozens of measures funnel into …

This paper undertakes a review of the literature on writing cognition, writing instruction, and
writing assessment with the goal of developing a framework and competency model for a …

Practical, effective, evidence-based reading interventions that change students' lives
Essentials of Understanding and Assessing Reading Difficulties is a practical, accessible, in …

Computer analyses of text characteristics are often used by reading teachers, researchers,
and policy makers when selecting texts for students. The authors of this article identify …

Prefacio ficología cognitivay de la instrucción, quinta ediciónyes la revisión más reciente de
un texto publicado por primera vez en 1990. Este libro, igual que las anteriores ediciones …

The Common Core Standards for the English Language Arts (CCSS) provide explicit
guidelines matching grade-level bands (eg, 2–3, 4–5) with targeted text complexity levels …

Several studies have shown that the linguistic complexity of items in achievement tests may
cause performance disadvantages for second language learners. However, the relative …

The five articles in this special issue are a blend of experimental and correlational
approaches that exemplify advances in contemporary approaches to assessment of reading …

Computational models of lexical semantics, such as latent semantic analysis, can
automatically generate semantic similarity measures between words from statistical …

Academic language is frequently assumed to be especially challenging for students from
families of low socioeconomic status (SES) and even more so for language‐minority …