The Kansas Department of Education has developed several rubrics and evaluative tools for determining text complexity in both literary and informational texts. Remember, the Common Core Standards have developed a three-part approach to evaluating complexity using a text's
qualitative and
quantitative characteristics as well as its appropriateness for the
reader and task.
For determining the
qualitative complexity of a literary text, they have created a
Literature: Qualitative Rubric
For help with determining the
qualitative complexity of an informational text, you could consult their
Informational Text: Qualitative Rubric
This list of
professional questions provides guidance for teachers when considering the
reader and task for a text.
This
blank template provides educators a structure for evaluating all three components of a text's complexity, and
these bookmarks allow teachers to evaluate a text while reading.
Finally, the Kansas Department of Education provides a
sample evaluation of complexity for Suzanne Collins'
The Hunger Games.