What is a good Flesch Reading Ease score?

The score runs roughly 0–100, where higher is easier. 60–70 is plain English suitable for most readers; below 30 is difficult, college-level text. Most general writing aims for 60 or above.

What is the Flesch–Kincaid grade level?

It estimates the US school grade needed to understand the text. A grade level of 8 means an average eighth grader could read it. It is based on average sentence length and syllables per word.

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