Readability Matters is a tech-for-good nonprofit organization with the mission to engage an ecosystem of partners to deliver personalized reading environments, empowering everyone everywhere to achieve more.
Increase Readability, Reduce Cognitive Load Freeing Working Memory for Processing Meaning Meaghan Crowley-Sullivan, M.Ed., M.A. How does Readability Affect Cognitive Load, Fluency, and Comprehension? Research studies have shown a direct connection between reading fluency and comprehension. Individuals who process and recognize words quickly can determine the meaning and engage in critical thinking skills faster…
Take our 5-Minute Tests at the Virtual Readability Lab The Virtual Readability Lab, an online tool provided by Adobe, the University of Central Florida, and Readability Matters, allows adults to participate in 5-minute reading tests. These tests determine the font or character spacing that help readers read faster or enjoy reading more. The testing…
Can we Accelerate Adult Reading? At the June 2020 virtual Vision Science Society conference, Shaun Wallace presented the results of a collaboration between Brown University, Adobe, and the University of Central Florida. The team studied the impact of fonts on reading effectiveness with the goal of investigating individuation compared to the universality of fonts…
Adjust Readability Features to Improve Your Reading Outcomes Many different audio signals can be adjusted for a better sound experience. In the same way, visual components of digital text format can be adjusted to create a better reading experience. Technology offers new opportunities for you as an individual to Tune Your Text. Adjust readability…
HundrED.org HundrED.org is a not-for-profit organization, which seeks and shares inspiring innovations in K12 education Their goal is to help improve education and inspire a movement by encouraging pedagogically sound, ambitious innovations to spread across the world. HundrED researches innovations in K12 education from around the world. All of their insights and innovations are…
Can Digital Reading Improve the Academic Experience? Get a cup of your favorite tea and join Tea for Teaching podcast hosts John Kane and Rebecca Mushtare as they discuss reading in a digital environment with Dr. Jenae Cohn of Stanford University. The episode, Pedagogies of Care: Digital Reading, previews Dr. Cohn’s new book, Skim,…
Shanahan on Literacy In his always interesting blog, Shanahan on Literacy, Dr. Timothy Shanhan discusses the use of Correct Words Per Minute measures of student reading. He makes clear the relationships between reading fluency, decoding, and comprehension. This succinct article also covers linkages to eye-voice span and proper expression or prosody. He notes, “The…
April 28, 2020 — Fast Company has announced the winners of its World Changing Ideas Awards, which honor businesses, policies, projects, and concepts that offer innovative solutions to the issues facing humanity. Readability Matters is honored to be selected as a finalist in the Experimental category, which includes ventures that “have the potential to change…
Organizations Driving to Change the World Every year, Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards honor the businesses and organizations driving change in the world. This year, as the escalating crises of the coronavirus and economic collapse continue, the bold ideas they feature here seem more vital than ever. Read the full article here. Readability…
Reading Comprehension is a Critical in Today’s Information-Based Society UC Irvine Study Seeks to Improve Student Outcomes In a 2018 Computers & Education paper, Connor, et al. studied the potential impact of technology on learning opportunities provided in the classroom. The study was funded by the Institute of Education Sciences, a part of the…
