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Terms of Service Grade Level
What is the school grade level needed to understand the Terms of Service?
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About the data

The Terms of Service are tracked continuously with Open Terms Archive. The Flesch-Kincaid readability test result is calculated with the text-readability module. This value is then averaged over all versions published in the year. The resulting grade is derived based on cohort assessments made in the USA.

getReadabilityGradeLevel = (score) ->
  return '5th grade (Very easy)' if score >= 90
  return '6th grade (Easy)' if score >= 80
  return '7th grade (Fairly easy)' if score >= 70
  return '8th & 9th grade (Plain English)' if score >= 60
  return '10th to 12th grade (Fairly difficult)' if score >= 50
  return 'College (Difficult)' if score >= 30
  return 'College graduate (Very difficult)' if score >= 10
  return 'Professional (Extremely difficult)'
  
getReadabilityGradeLevel(score)
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Framework Mappings
Value Type
Category
Options
5th grade (Very easy)
6th grade (Easy)
7th grade (Fairly easy)
8th & 9th grade (Plain English)
10th to 12th grade (Fairly difficult)
College (Difficult)
College graduate (Very difficult)
Professional (Extremely difficult)
Researchable
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Assessment
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