Reading Levels using Google

2/11/2015

Google can be our best friend when we are trying to find something. We can search just about anything, and good old Google will find it for us. Unfortunately, sometimes what it finds can be overwhelming, especially for the younger ones out there. Luckily, Google has a really neat Search Tool that will let a student or educator change the reading level of the search results.

Students and/or educators can select a: Basic, Intermediate, or Advanced reading level. This can be beneficial by allowing students to only find websites they can understand and/or read.

CLARIFICATION EDIT: There was a great question in the comments about what does Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced means. So after a little searching, I found this blog post, Search by Reading Level - SearchReSearch, that explains how Google determines the reading levels and what they mean. But, the TL:DR version would be "Basic" is elementary level, "Intermediate" is anything above that level up to technical and scholarly articles which would be "Advanced".

4 Comments

Michele

2/11/2015 09:13:30 am

Never take the time to check out all the features. Thanks for all the sharing you do! Like this one:-)

Andrea

2/12/2015 01:44:35 am

Thanks but what does the levels mean, it is not a reading level it is more of a standard than a level of reading. Basic could be for anyone.

Justin Cowen link

2/12/2015 02:09:35 am

@Andrea, that is a great question, so I did a little searching and found this blog post by Daniel Russell who is on the 'Search Evangelism Team' for Google: http://searchresearch1.blogspot.com/2011/02/search-by-reading-level.html

He goes into the details on how Google determines what the levels. But the short summary is, "So the breakdown isn't grade- or age-specific, but reflects the judgments of teachers as to overall level of difficulty. Roughly speaking, "Basic" is elementary level texts, while "Intermediate" is anything above that level up to technical and scholarly articles, a la the articles you'd find in Scholar."

2/12/2015 02:05:52 am

@Michele, I am glad you like this one!

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