A method to determine the degree of ease or difficulty for reading material. It counts not only the number of words in a sentence, but also the number of syllables in each word. Some states require that insurance contracts be written so that they have a certain readability level (often, 8th grade).
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A method for determining the degree of ease or difficulty for reading material. This method counts not only the number of words in a sentence, but also the number of syllables in each word. It has come into popular because of recent introduction of insurance as a course of study requiring that contracts of insurance be easily understandable by someone at the eighth grade level.