Flesch Reading Ease & Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level

For those of you who may not understand the theories behind the Flesch Reading Ease & Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level applications that I made reference to in my previous post, the following two links provide helpful information. Basically, the higher the Reading Ease, the more people will be able to comprehend your writing and the lower the grade level potentially exposes more people to your writing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flesch%E2%80%93Kincaid_readability_test

http://mabfan.livejournal.com/105017.html

(The average reader in the U.S. reads at fifth grade level)