Sarah Schwarm|Mari Ostendorf
Reading level assessment using support vector machines and statistical language models
University of Washington|University of Washington
reading proficiency fundamental component language competency however finding topical texts appropriate reading level foreign second language learners challenge teachers task addressed natural language processing technology assess reading level existing measures reading level well suited task previous work pilot experiments shown benefit using statistical language models paper also use support vector machines combine features traditional reading level measures statistical language models language processing tools produce better method assessing reading level