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UTUSN

(77,069 posts)
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 01:13 AM Jan 7

Grade level analysis website

ARrrgh, mine is 11th grade level and I'm since I'm but checked out somebody prolific and they are 5th grade.

Paste your longish text in the box:
https://www.poliscidata.com/pages/gradeLevelOfText.php

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sprinkleeninow

(22,127 posts)
3. Perhaps gotta fabricate some contrived vetbiage that
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 02:36 AM
Jan 7

may in actuality not make any sense for this program to honor a test-taker with an outstanding👏score? 🤓

What if a participant writes gibberish and bull durham? A veritable teacher's pet? 🤭

You can cope...I have faith in you❣️

Redleg

(6,831 posts)
4. I had interesting results
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 07:24 AM
Jan 7

I am a college professor so I entered two different samples of writing. The first was a sample of feedback I give students on a critical thinking paper. The second was the conclusion of my doctoral dissertation.

The student feedback was 11.66 in average grade level.
The conclusion of my doctoral diss. was 17.73.

This seems about right, given the different audiences.

Donkees

(33,442 posts)
5. Average Grade Level Score: 20.22
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 07:58 AM
Jan 7

Grade Level Measurements:
Flesch Kincaid Grade Level: 17.57
Gunning Fog Score: 25.72
Coleman-Liau Index: 19.08
SMOG Index of Text: 20.74
Automated Readability Index: 17.97
Average Grade Level Score: 20.22


UTUSN

(77,069 posts)
6. Wow, this validates what I've thought of you! - WAIT, for real?!
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 09:20 AM
Jan 7

Well, the height of my esteem for you is nonpareil no matter what!





LogDog75

(1,121 posts)
8. Mine was 11.98
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 09:54 AM
Jan 7

Flesch Kincaid Grade level: 10.3.
Average Grade Level Score: 11.98.

Word used to have the Flesch Kincaid Grade level when you did a review of a document but not any longer. This website shows the same grade level I had as Word had.

I'm satisfied with what the score shows for me. As long as whoever reads it can understand what I'm saying. That's all it matters.

Zorro

(18,355 posts)
10. Hmmm...interesting...
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 02:47 PM
Jan 7

Here are the scores from a paragraph I wrote in an engineering tech volume a decade ago. I thought it was eminently coherent and readable for even the regular layperson, but maybe I was wrong...

Flesch Kincaid Grade Level: 21.05
Gunning Fog Score: 24.02
Coleman-Liau Index: 21.16
SMOG Index of Text: 20.27
Automated Readability Index: 23.8
Average Grade Level Score: 22.06

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