The Flesch Grade Level readability formula is also sometimes referred to as the
Flesch-Kincaid formula.
The Flesch Grade Level readability formula takes into consideration (1) the total
number of words, and (2) the number syllables, as well as (3) the total number of
sentences.
The Flesch Grade Level formula is used in business, industry and government as
well as education, to score materials from the upper elementary level through the
secondary grades and beyond.
Both
Readability Calculations and
Readability PLUS display this formula’s scoring results on a screen which
may contain other formula results as well.
