Teachers, parents and textbook companies use technical "readability" formulas to determine how difficult reading materials are and to set reading levels by age group. But new research from North ...

Teachers, parents and textbook companies use technical "readability" formulas to determine how difficult reading materials are and to set reading levels by age group. But new research shows that the ...

Psychologists love to measure things, and perhaps nothing has been measured as much by psychologists as reading—both texts and readers. Multiple different instruments measuring text readability have ...

Writing in a conversational style with high readability scores will likely engage a broader audience and enhance reader comprehension and enjoyment. Use tools like Microsoft Word's readability stats ...

Reading levels dropped to historic lows during the pandemic. Now parents, teachers and tech companies are hoping AI can help solve America’s literacy crisis. America’s literacy challenge has been ...

Misty Adoniou works for the University of Canberra. She has received funding from government organisations to research issues in refugee education and teacher standards. She is on the Board of ...

A side-by-side comparison was floating around Facebook recently. It showed the same woman taking a selfie. On the left she looked thin but flabby. On the right she was built and beautiful. The caption ...

The research behind this article was commissioned by the Victorian Department of Education and Training. The views reported in this article are those of the authors and should not be attributed to the ...