Dr. Seuss books certainly have a
lower level of readability than Shakespearean
plays. Ho w e v e r, within narrower ranges of
texts the readability or difficulty of texts is
not as clear. Is a science text measured to be
at fourth-grade readability really easier to read
than a fifth-grade readability social studies
text? Might one child find the science text
e a s i e r, while another might be more
successful with the social studies text