1. How to Check Reading Levels in Microsoft Word

2. Why Check the Levels?
Teachers can use to gauge if reading materials are on the appropriate grade level.
Teachers/Parents can monitor written tasks.
Students can continuously monitor their grade level writing, reading ease, and percentage of passive sentences.

3. Open a Word Document You can use old or new word documents!
Previously used document with text already typed.
Begin a new text document.
To check the reading level of a text, type 100 words from the beginning, middle and end of the passage, book, etc., to get a true level.

4. Click “Options”

5. Click “Proofing”

6. Check “Show Readability Statistics”

7. Perform Your Spell Check, as usual.

8. Get Readability Statistics!