Feedback? jim@jimwrightonline.com OKAPI! The Internet Application for Creating Curriculum-Based Assessment Reading Probes Directions: Type or paste text into the form and submit. In a short time, OKAPI! will return formatted CBA probes or a readability analysis. Title: Author: Font: Serif SanSerif Courier Text Size: Small Medium Large Readability Formula : Spache (Grades 1-3) Dale-Chall (Grades 4 & Up) Text to Be Analyzed: (Submit text samples of up to 200 words) Additional Options: Highlight Difficult Words Show Readability Formula Show Sentence Boundaries Count Semi-Colons(;), Colons (:) As Sentence Punctuation 'Magic Characters' Guide: (Optional) Place an asterisk (*) in front of any additional word (i.e., first names for Spache, names of persons or places for Dale-Chall) that you would like OKAPI! to accept as an 'easy' word. Place a right-bracket (>) at any point in the text where you would like OKAPI! to force a new paragraph. Place a backslash (\) at the dividing point of any compound sentence that you would like OKAPI! to count as two sentences. Place an underscore ( _ ) in front of any word containing one or more punctuation marks (e.g., Y.W.C.A.) that you would like to prevent OKAPI! from treating as end-of-sentence markers. Readability Resources: Spache Revised Word List Spache Readability Formula Instructions [web page; pdf] Dale Familiar Word List Dale Readability Formula Instructions [web page; pdf] Public Domain Text Web Sites: Project Gutenberg, Bartleby.com, Blackmask.com
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