Teachers, parents and textbook companies use technical "readability" formulas to determine how difficult reading materials are and to set reading levels by age group. But new research shows that the ...

A side-by-side comparison was floating around Facebook recently. It showed the same woman taking a selfie. On the left she looked thin but flabby. On the right she was built and beautiful. The caption ...

My print column this week discusses readability formulas, which attempt to measure the minimum grade level needed to understand a given text. Microsoft Word includes a readability formula in its ...

Tsukuba, Japan — Reading skills develop and improve when texts are matched to the reader’s current ability in a way that is both challenging and achievable. Methods to measure text readability are ...

The International Literacy Association is a professional membership organization dedicated to promoting high levels of literacy for all by improving the quality of reading instruction, disseminating ...

Creating high-quality content is more important than it's ever been, thanks in part to the recent infamous algorithm updates by Google. Now, when creating a blog post, article, or any other written ...

Teachers, parents and textbook companies use technical "readability" formulas to determine how difficult reading materials are and to set reading levels by age group. But new research from North ...