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Dale-Chall Words List
The Dale-Chall readability formula developed by Edgar Dale and Jeanne Chall is calculated by counting difficult words in a piece of text, where those words are simply those not found on a list of common words - much like the Spache Readability Formula. Those common words are a list of words with which 80% or more of fourth-grade students are familiar. That word list has been modified over time, and the current version of the formula - the New Dale-Chall Readability Formula - uses about 3,000 w
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What is the Spache Words List?
The Spache readability formula uses a set of familiar words. The text is then scored against this, with unfamiliar words decreasing readability. Spache scores are most useful for children up to grade four. Above this, the New Dale Chall formula is best for older children. The Spache word list is as follows: a able about above across act add afraid after afternoon again against ago air airplane alarm all almost alone along already also always
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What's a good readability score?
We always recommend aiming for a Readable grade A. This ensures that your writing will reach the general public. If you're measuring your text with the Flesch Kincaid Grade Level, we recommend aiming for a FK Grade 8. This corresponds to 8th Grade in the USA education system. It is recommended for the general public. It doesn't mean you're writing for an eighth-grader. Certainly, an eighth-grader can understand your content if it's written to that level. But writers and marketers from a wide
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