Readability Basics
What is Readability?
A readability score is a measure of the relative difficulty of reading written text. netTrekker measures websites for readability on a point scale of 1 to 5, where 1 corresponds to low reading difficulty and 5 corresponds to high reading difficulty. netTrekker then prominently displays a score for each website, and even provides quick refinement options that allows you to click to websites of your desired readability level.
To read more about how netTrekker calculates readability, please click here.
Example of how netTrekker displays readability levels:
netTrekker Readability Score
netTrekker assigns a readability score for websites on a point scale of 1 to
5. The relationship between grade levels and netTrekker readability scores
is given here:
| netTrekker Readability Score |
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| Grade-Level Readability Equivalent |
1 - 3
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4 - 6
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7 - 8
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9 - 10
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11 - 13
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See Below |
To read more about how netTrekker calculates readability, please click here.
Readability Menu
To refine your Search Result
to display specific chosen readability levels, simply click on one or more of
the active boxes in the readability menu at the top of the screen. If a level
is grayed out, there are no items in your search result from that readability
level. To return to your original results, click on the Reset button at the
left side of the menu bar.
Example of readability menu:
| * | N/A Scores Occasionally netTrekker is unable to calculate a readability score for a website. Learn more. |
