Verify if a text is readable for any education level

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Flesch Reading Ease

Flesch Reading Ease (1948) is a readability test. The score on the test will tell you roughly what level of education someone will need to be able to read a piece of text easily. (Source)

How to read the score?

• The Reading Ease formula generates a score between 1 and 100
• a score of 70-80 is equivalent to school grade level 7

Benefits and dangers

• Can work also in other languages than EN
• Problem: does not take into account complexity of words

The Gunning Fog Index

The Gunning Fog formula generates a grade level, typically between 0 and 20. The formula estimates the years of formal education the reader requires to understand the text on first reading. (Source)

How to read the scores

• Text to be read by the general public should aim for a grade level of around 8.
• Text above a score of 17 should be taken to have graduate level readability.

Benefits and dangers