Plain Language Readability Scorer
Score proposal text for Flesch-Kincaid grade, passive voice and jargon — built for federal Plain Writing Act compliance.
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How it works
- 1Paste any proposal text, draft section, or executive summary.
- 2Read your Flesch Reading Ease, Flesch-Kincaid grade, and Gunning Fog scores.
- 3Cut the flagged jargon, shorten the longest sentences, and rerun. Target ≤10th grade.
Why it matters
The federal Plain Writing Act of 2010 requires agencies to write clearly — and most evaluators apply the same standard to proposals. Texts above 10th-grade level are perceived as evasive, even when the content is strong.
Three formulas together — Flesch Reading Ease, Flesch-Kincaid Grade, and Gunning Fog — triangulate readability in seconds. The free OptiRFP tool flags the same jargon list the full editor blocks at write time.
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