Career readiness: An analysis of text complexity for occupational reading materials

Hua Wei, Ashley Melissa Cromwell and Katie Larsen McClarty

The Journal of Educational Research, 2016, vol. 109, issue 3, 266-274

Abstract: The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and the broader college and career readiness agenda encourage educators, researchers, and other stakeholders to focus on preparing students for life after high school. A key emphasis is literacy, as the ability to read and comprehend written language is critical to success in college and careers. Understanding the level of reading comprehension needed for college and careers has important instructional implications. This study examined text complexity levels of various career texts using the Reading Maturity Metric and compared them to expectations in the CCSS. Text samples were selected for jobs from the five job zones in the Occupational Information Network database. Text complexity demands for all careers were generally in the CCSS range of college and career readiness and increased as job zone and required preparation increased. Results could provide specific career-related targets to make the CCSS reading requirements more relevant for students.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/00220671.2014.945149

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