Table 2.

The table shows the FRE score with corresponding school level and description of the reading difficulty level [17]

FRE score	School Level	Interpretation
100.0–90.0	5th Grade	Very easy to read. Easily understood by an average 11-year-old student.
90.0–80.0	6th Grade	Easy to read. Conversational English for consumers.
80.0–70.0	7th Grade	Fairly easy to read
70.0–60.0	8th-9th Grade	Plain English. Easily understood by 13- to 15-year-old students
60.0–50.0	10th-12th Grade	Fairly difficult to read.
50.0–30.0	College	Difficult to read
30.0–10.0	College Graduate	Very difficult to read. Best understood by university graduates
10.0–0.0	Professional	Extremely difficult to read. Best understood by university graduates