The Flesch–Kincaid readability tests are readability tests designed to indicate how difficult a passage in English is to understand. There are two tests:...
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Dale-Chall Readability Formula was originally published in their 1948 article A Formula for Predicting Readability and updated in 1995 in Readability Revisited:...
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The Fry readability formula (or Fry readability graph) is a readability metric for English texts, developed by Edward Fry. The grade reading level (or...
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children, the Dale–Chall readability formula is more appropriate. It was introduced in 1953 in Spache's "A new readability formula for primary-grade reading...
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new version of their formula with an upgraded word list, the New Dale–Chall readability formula. The Spache readability formula was developed in 1952...
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Gunning fog index (category Readability tests)
affects the readability of a text. Additionally, the fog index is primarily applicable to English and may not accurately reflect readability in other languages...
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SMOG (redirect from Smog readability)
published in 1969. To make calculating a text's readability as simple as possible an approximate formula was also given — count the words of three or more...
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Coleman–Liau index (category Readability tests)
in letters is a better predictor of readability than word length in syllables. Therefore, a new readability formula was computed that has for its predictors...
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The automated readability index (ARI) is a readability test for English texts, designed to gauge the understandability of a text. Like the Flesch–Kincaid...
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of the content. Note that this graph is very similar to the Fry readability formula's graph. This graph is primarily used in secondary education to help...
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Lexile (category Readability tests)
texts are assigned a Lexile score, where lower scores reflect easier readability for texts and lower reading ability for readers. Lexile scores are assigned...
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Linsear Write (category Readability tests)
Write is a readability metric for English text, purportedly developed for the United States Air Force to help them calculate the readability of their technical...
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Fountas and Pinnell reading levels (category Readability tests)
Fry readability formula (1968) Gunning fog index (1952) Lexile (1989) Linsear Write Raygor readability estimate (1977) SMOG (1969) Spache readability formula...
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