Readability Grade Norms for 'A' School Training Materials

摘要

This report addresses reading grade levels (RGL) of course materials within A schools compared to reading grade levels of A school students. A total of 74 schools were examined. These were divided into two groups: group d1 (47 schools) supplied both course material and student RGLs were predicted from mean Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) scores. Based on a weighted mean reading grade level for all schools examined, it was determined that no overall literacy gap exists between the student RGL and the course material RGL. Some literacy gap was found in a few specific A schools. Includes as variables for a correlation analysis were setback and attrition rates, AFQT scores, course length, literacy gap, student RGL, and school RGL. Significant correlations were found between literacy gap and both student RGL and school RGL. Literacy gap did not correlate significantly with any other variable studied.