An Overview of Readability Formulas

When writing for a target audience or trying to classify existing documents for a particular age group, readability formulas are invaluable tools. They help in determining the minimum age group that is able to process reading material by using an analytical approach. This approach uses variables such as sentence length and difficult words, although some formulas also use predefined dictionaries.

Readability scores are generally a grade level or age that represents the youngest reader that can process the material, although these scores can also help you determine how easily a more general audience can process it. For example, most magazine and newspaper articles should aim for scores around the 14-16 age range.

What Our Readability Software Offers

Readability Studio is a readability software package that simplifies the task of performing these tests, along with offering insightful explanations of all the results and recommendations for how to improve your documents. Readability Studio allows you to easily import or paste your text into a new project, and then quickly informs you of its reading level using most of the popular English readability formulas. Read about Readability Studio's many other features here.