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Table 1

Interpretation of Flesch-Kincaid grade level

Flesch-Kincaid score	School level	Age range	Readability ease
1–5	1st–5th Grade	11	Very Easy
6	6th Grade	11–12	Easy
7	7th Grade	12–13	Fairly Easy
8–9	8th–9th Grade	13–15	Standard; Plain English
10–11	10th–11 Grade	15–17	Fairly Difficult
12–15	College	17–20	Difficult
16+	College Graduates	20+	Very Difficult

Flesch-Kincaid score	School level	Age range	Readability ease
1–5	1st–5th Grade	11	Very Easy
6	6th Grade	11–12	Easy
7	7th Grade	12–13	Fairly Easy
8–9	8th–9th Grade	13–15	Standard; Plain English
10–11	10th–11 Grade	15–17	Fairly Difficult
12–15	College	17–20	Difficult
16+	College Graduates	20+	Very Difficult

Source(s): Adapted from Kembaren and Aswani (2022) and Kincaid et al. (1975)