Free tools for reading teachers
Score reading assessments in seconds, not at the end of a long day.
Fluency probes, running records and text levels, calculated the way your training taught you. No sign-up, nothing to install, works on your phone during a conference.
WCPM calculator
Words correct per minute, accuracy, and the gap to your benchmark. Keeps a class log you can paste into a spreadsheet.
Score a fluency probe Example: 150 words, 9 errors, 3 SC 94% · 1:4Running record calculator
Accuracy rate, error rate and self-correction ratio, with the independent, instructional or frustration level.
Score a running record Example: our 96-word sample story Grade 5.5Readability checker
Paste a passage to get Flesch-Kincaid, Reading Ease, ARI and Coleman-Liau scores side by side.
Check a passageBuilt on the formulas you already use
Every tool shows its formula and a worked example, so you can check the math and explain a score to a parent or a team meeting.
Private by design
Numbers and passages stay in your browser. We never ask for student names, and nothing you type is sent to a server.
Made by a reading publisher
LiteracyCalc comes from the team behind ReadingComprehensionWorksheet.com and EnglishLanguageStudies.com.