Talk:Dale–Chall readability formula
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This Article[edit]
This article has a Dale–Chall Reading Level of College Graduate. —31.124.226.177 (talk) 20:42, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
Some criticisms[edit]
Not all views of the formula are presented. Some [1] have questioned it being applied to the wrong populations, and the over-emphasis on "countable features). This and other "readability indices" have been criticized for encouraging the writing of "stilted prose" to beat the formula. The portions of these and other works available online are insufficient for me to add the needed criticisms section; perhaps someone with better online access can do so. Edison (talk) 22:45, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
Timeline[edit]
I'm not sure the timeline is correct here, the article asserts that the Dale-Chall formula was published first in 1948, but also that it was inspired by the Flesch-Kincaid readability test which according to its entry in Wikipedia, was not developed until 1975. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paul8multifam (talk • contribs) 14:41, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
Jesus Test source[edit]
Is this even a real thing? I have never heard of it and googling "Jesus Test Readability" returns this page, a bunch of bible quotes and some papers written by various people whose first name is Jesus. Also the last edit deleted 49 words while replacing the link from the Flesch–Kincaid test (which is a real thing and has its own page) with "the Jesus Test". I'm going to go ahead and revert that change. If someone has a source for the Jesus Test being a real thing and not just vandalism, feel free to re-add it with sources! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.175.5.86 (talk) 08:47, 6 June 2015 (UTC)