This app calculates the Flesch Reading Ease Score (FRES), the Flesch-Kincaid (F-K) Grade Level, and the Gunning Fog Index scores. These readability tests are designed to indicate comprehension difficulty when reading a passage of contemporary academic English.
In the FRES test, higher scores indicates material that is easier to read; lower numbers mark passages that are more difficult to read. The FRES ranges from 0 to 100. A score of 90.0-100.0 is easily understood by an average 11-year-old student. Score of 60.0-70.0 is easily understood by 13- to 15-year-old students. Score of 0.0-30.0 is best understood by university graduates.
The F-K Grade Level Score, used extensively in the field of education, presents a score as a U.S. grade level. It is used extensively in the field of education.
The Gunning Fog index is commonly used to confirm that text can be read easily by the intended audience.
This app allows you to easily send the score to another app. Other apps may also easily send blocks of texts to this app for analysis.
VERSION HISTORY
- Version 1.8free posted on 2016-05-11
Changes in 1.8,- Fixed bug with sharing to app,Changes in 1.7,- Moved progress bar outside of scroll view so that it's always visible,Changes in 1.6,- More accurate measurement of syllables using CMU speech dictionary,- Added Gunning Fog index (which is another readability test),- Progress bar that shows you how far long the test will take,- Rotating the device will not cancel the running tests,- Clickable links directly from the results that pop up a dialog showing you what the scores mean
Program Details
- Category: Education > Teaching & Training Tools
- Publisher: Right From Left
- License: Free
- Price: N/A
- Version: 1.8F
- Platform: android