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Measuring Text Complexity Using Microsoft Word. How do we know the level of reading selections outside the textbook? How do we know how much pre-reading should be done for a selection?
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Measuring Text Complexity Using Microsoft Word • How do we know the level of reading selections outside the textbook? • How do we know how much pre-reading should be done for a selection? • The Common Core State Standards use the term “quantiative measures of text complexity”. What is an example? • On which grade level is the “Declaration of Independence” written? For more information, contact Ben Taylor at ben.taylor@dpi.nc.gov
Step 1: Click on Microsoft icon in upper left corner. Step 2: Click on Word Options on the bottom of the drop down box.
Step 3: Click on Proofing option. Step 4: Click on “Show readability statistics”.
Step 5: Open any Word document. Step 6: Click on “Review” and then “Spelling & Grammar”.
Step 7: Spell and grammar check as normal. Step 8: After spell check, readability statistics appear!