You can also find a detailed explanation of the Flesch Reading Ease score
on Readability Formulas.
You can not simply depend
on readability formulas.
Not exact matches
This program uses four types of quizzes (reading practice, vocabulary practice, literacy skills, textbook quizzes) to assess students» daily progress, measuring the quality, quantity, and level of difficulty they are reading using the Advantage TASA Open Standard, a
readability formula that provides reading levels based
on the entire contents of books.
The New Dale - Chall
Formula is an accurate readability formula for the simple reason that it is based on the use of familiar words, rather than syllable or letter
Formula is an accurate
readability formula for the simple reason that it is based on the use of familiar words, rather than syllable or letter
formula for the simple reason that it is based
on the use of familiar words, rather than syllable or letter counts.
In response to the Common Core requirement for a more accurate measure of text complexity than offered by standard
readability formulas, Pearson's Knowledge Technologies researchers developed Reading Maturity Metric (RMM) based
on empirically derived growth in individual word meanings.
Researchers have developed hundreds of different
readability measures based on structural and content features of text.41 Structural features include the average numbers of syllables per word, words per sentence, and sentences per paragraph.42 Content features include the average number of prepositional phrases, «easy» or «hard» words (based on a predetermined list), and first - person, second - person, or third - person pronouns.43 Readability measures use different formulas that combine structural features, content features, or both, to generate a readabili
readability measures based
on structural and content features of text.41 Structural features include the average numbers of syllables per word, words per sentence, and sentences per paragraph.42 Content features include the average number of prepositional phrases, «easy» or «hard» words (based
on a predetermined list), and first - person, second - person, or third - person pronouns.43
Readability measures use different formulas that combine structural features, content features, or both, to generate a readabili
Readability measures use different
formulas that combine structural features, content features, or both, to generate a
readabilityreadability score.44
For a critique of
readability formulas and metrics, see Walter Kintsch & Douglas Vipond, Reading Comprehension and Readability in Educational Practice and Psychological Theory, in Perspectives on Memory Research 329 (Lars - Göran Nilsson
readability formulas and metrics, see Walter Kintsch & Douglas Vipond, Reading Comprehension and
Readability in Educational Practice and Psychological Theory, in Perspectives on Memory Research 329 (Lars - Göran Nilsson
Readability in Educational Practice and Psychological Theory, in Perspectives
on Memory Research 329 (Lars - Göran Nilsson ed., 1979).