What is Flesch-Kincaid?
The Flesch-Kincaid grade levels that are found on the text set page indicate the readability of each book and website. They are designed to indicate comprehension difficulty for a student when the are reading a passage. This readability test takes into consideration the word length and sentence length found in the book or website. This readability test such as this are commonly used in the field of education. This is beneficial for teachers, parents, librarians, and others to guide students to books that are appropriate for their reading level. For example a book with a Flesch- Kincaid grade level of 5 indicates that a student in the fifth grade reading on that level would be able to handle the text.