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Activity - Assessing Readability of Text
Now that you've had a chance to look at samples
of how to assess readability of text, let's try one for
ourselves.
OKAPI! is a web-based application that allows
you to enter a text sample and to format that sample as
a set of Examiner and Student Curriculum-Based Assessment
(CBA) reading probes. The application also computes a readability
index for the sample. OKAPI! can save you hours of work
in creating correctly formatted CBA reading probes that
include estimates of reading level.
Copy and paste the text below into the
readability analysis form.
Next, click "Run Readability Analysis."
It takes a few seconds, but a report will generate that
shows your readability statistics. This is a good way to
ensure your book is appropriate for both the parent and
the child's reading level.
(Copy this text) Once there was a
bee who sat on a duck. “Quack,” said the duck.
“There’s a bee on me.” And the duck said,
“scat,” but the bee just sat. So the duck quacked
again and sat on a hen. “Cluck,” said the hen.
“There’s a duck on me.” And the hen said,
“scat,” but the duck just sat. So the hen danced
a jig and sat on a pig. “Oink,” said the pig.
“There’s a hen on me.” And the pig said,
“scat,” but the hen just sat.
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