Category talk:Readability tests
Wouldn't it be great if these reading tests were applied to all of the writings in Wikipedia? Seems like it would provide a good quality control metric, and point out to some wikipedians where to focus their efforts (like this posting, for instance).
letter counting easier than syllable counting
[edit]Many of these tests make this assertion for computer programs.
However, a dictionary (there are many that have been digitized with syllable information) gives you a syllable count automatically.
With advances in software and computer hardware, I'm suprized that readability tests haven't kept pace. Are there newer ones that are described in the academic literature?