Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level¶
About¶
Flesch readability scores are the most commonly cited and used of all readability scoring formula.
The U.S. Army uses Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level for assessing the difficulty of technical manuals. The commonwealth of Pennsylvania uses Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level for scoring automobile insurance policies to ensure their texts are no higher than a ninth grade level of reading difficulty. Many other U.S. states also use Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level to score other legal documents such as business policies and financial forms. [reference]
Usage¶
r = Readability(text)
fk = r.flesch_kincaid()
print(fk.score)
print(fk.grade_level)
References¶
[reference] | readabilityformulas.com |