Determining Readability: How to Select and Apply Easy-to-Use Readability Formulas to Assess the Difficulty of Adult Literacy Materials

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      Commission on Adult Basic Education and ProLiteracy America. 1320 Jamesville Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210. Tel: 315-422-9121; Web site: http://www.coabe.org
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      9
    • Education Level:
      Adult Basic Education
      Adult Education
    • Subject Terms:
      Reading Materials; Readability; Reading Material Selection; Comparative Analysis; Readability Formulas; Adult Learning; Computer Software; Adult Students; Adult Literacy; Word Processing; Difficulty Level; Adult Basic Education
    • ISSN:
      1934-2322
    • Abstract:
      There are many readability tools that instructors can use to help adult learners select reading materials. We describe and compare different types of readability tools: formulas calculated by hand, tools found on the Web, tools embedded in a word processing program, and readability tools found in a commercial software program. Practitioners do not need expensive software or extensive training to determine reading levels of materials. We include instructions for using the Flesch Reading Ease, Flesch-Kincaid, SMOG, Dale-Chall, Spache, FORCAST, Fry, and RIX readability formulas. (Contains 4 tables.)
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Number of References:
      48
    • Publication Date:
      2010
    • Accession Number:
      EJ877228