TextProject is the clearinghouse for the work of Elfrieda H. (Freddy) Hiebert, one of the nation’s foremost researchers on reading education. Since 2000, the TextProject website has collected her papers, presentations and other resources, and provided information about opportunities for educational professionals to learn more about the latest research on effective reading education.
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About TextProject Posted 10/30/2003
Elfrieda H. Hiebert
Dr. Elfrieda “Freddy” H. Hiebert is currently Adjunct Professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Hiebert received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has worked in the field of early reading acquisition for 40 years, first as a teacher’s aide and teacher of primary-level students in California and, subsequently, as a teacher educator and researcher at the universities of Kentucky, Colorado-Boulder, and Michigan. Her research addresses ways of supporting students who depend on schools to become literate. In particular, her interests lie in how fluency, vocabulary, and knowledge can be fostered through appropriate texts. Professor Hiebert’s research has been published in numerous scholarly journals. She has also authored or edited nine books, the most recent of which is Finding the Right Texts for Beginning and Struggling Readers: Research-Based Solutions (Guilford Press; with M. Sailors). Through documents such as Becoming a Nation of Readers (Center for the Study of Reading, 1985) and Every Child a Reader (Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement, 1999), she has contributed to making research accessible to educators. Currently, she is a principal investigator in the National Center for Research on the Educational Achievement and Teaching of English language learners. Professor Hiebert’s model of accessible texts for beginning and struggling readers—TExT—has been used to develop several reading programs that are widely used in schools. Dr. Hiebert is the 2008 recipient of the William S. Gray Citation of Merit, awarded by the International Reading Association and is a member of the Reading Hall of Fame.
Download Elfrieda H. Hiebert's Current CV: "Hiebert-vita-02092009.pdf" (PDF, 110.22KB)
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About TextProject Posted 05/17/2008
QuickReads Text Model Summary Table
All of the passages in the original QuickReads Print and Technology editions, the QReads program and the QuickReads Fluency Library were created using the innovative Text Elements by Task (TExT) text difficulty model developed by QuickReads author Elfrieda H. Hiebert. This table summarizes the characteristics and objectives of the QuickReads text model at each reading level.
QuickReads Level Grade-level curriculum High-frequency words Phonics and syllable patterns Target number of words per minute Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 Level A Early Grade 2 300 most frequent words All long and short vowel patterns in single-syllable words 80 words 90 words 100 words Level B Grade 2 400 most frequent words All long and short vowel patterns, and r-controlled vowells in single-syllable words 80 words 90 words 100 words Level C Grade 3 1,000 most frequent words All vowel patterns in single-syllable words 100 words 110 words 120 words Level D Grade 4 1,000 most frequent words Two-syllable words 110 words 120 words 130 words Level E Grade 5 2,500 most frequent words Mutli-syllable words with inflected endings 120 words 130 words 140 words Level F Grade 6 5,000 most frequent words Mutli-syllable words with inflected endings 130 words 140 words 150 words