Journal Entry (Tuesday January 3, 2023)
I thought it would be fun to calculate the reading level for some of my recent entries. The results shown below use the Flesch-Kincaid Reading Level Calculator. I’m happy with the results. I like the idea that my writing is accessible to most people. There is one caveat that has to be kept in mind, the calculator measures the reading level based on word length and the structure of the sentences. That does not mean the thoughts presented in the sentences make sense to the reader… Hopefully mine do, at least most of the time…
- Friday December 30, 2022
- Reading Level: 6th grade Easy to read
- Thursday December 29, 2022
- Reading Level: 7th grade Fairly easy to read
- Wednesday December 28, 2022
- Reading Level: 8th & 9th grade Plain English
- Monday December 26, 2022
- Reading Level: 7th grade Fairly easy to read
- Sunday December 25, 2022
- Reading Level: 8th & 9th grade Plain English
- Saturday December 24, 2022
- Reading Level: 7th grade Fairly easy to read
- Friday December 23, 2022
- Reading Level: 6th grade Easy to read
- Thursday December 22, 2022
- Reading Level: 6th grade Easy to read
- Wednesday December 21, 2022
- Reading Level: 7th grade Fairly easy to read
If you average these scores you get a reading level of 7.2. Good for blogs, not so good for graduate school. It does raise an interesting hypothetical question, could you write a passing graduate school paper if it used a reading level of 7.2?
Today’s Reading Level score (first and last paragraph) is 8th & 9th grade.