Readability PLUS includes the Readability Calculations software
plus Vocabulary Assessor software. Whereas Readability Calculations produces reading level scores, Readability Plus can identify and display specific words that readers find most difficult.
[ BUY NOW ]Readability PLUS can give you reading levels on all of your materials; this includes technical manuals, reports, brochures, press releases, text books, articles, business publications, and so forth. Now you can feel confident that your readers will be able to understand your material and that you have not wasted your time and energy in writing your material for the wrong audience.
Readability PLUS contains the following nine
formulas:
Formula # 1:
New Dale-ChallThe “new” (1995) version of the Dale-Chall formula. A vocabulary-based formula normally used to assess upper
elementary through secondary materials.
Formula # 2:
Flesch Reading Ease (a.k.a. Flesch Reading Ease Formula)Most reliable when used with upper elementary and secondary
materials.
Formula # 3:
Flesch Grade
Level (a.k.a. Flesch-Kincaid Formula)Most reliable when used with upper elementary and secondary
materials.
Formula # 4:
Fry
Graph (a.k.a. Fry Index and Fry Readability Formula) Used over a wide grade range of materials, from elementary
through college and beyond.
Formula # 5:
Gunning FOG (a.k.a. Gunning FOG and FOG Readability Formula)Widely used in the health care and general
insurance industries for general business publications.
Formula # 6:
Powers-Sumner- Kearl Used in
assessing primary through early elementary level materials.
Formula # 7:
SMOG (a.k.a. SMOG Readability Formula)Unlike any of the other
formulas, SMOG predicts the grade level required for 100% comprehension.
Formula # 8:
FORCAST (a.k.a. FORCAST Readability Formula)Focuses
on functional literacy. Used to assess non- running narrative, e.g.
questionnaires, forms, tests ...
Formula # 9:
SpacheBoth 1966 and 1974 versions of the Spache formula. A vocabulary-based formula widely used in
assessing primary through fourth grade materials.
Use these readability formulas to assess the reading level of written materials - primary through college level.
