Text leveler v0.1.0
Paste a passage and get the same content at three reading levels, aimed with Peabody’s own level rules and measured when it comes back, with key words and questions. An AI draft to check.
How to use it
- Paste the text and choose three grades.
- Press Level it. Each version comes back with its measured reading level beside the one it aimed at.
- Read every version against the original, fix what needs fixing, then copy or print.
Ideas for class
- Give three reading groups the same article, so the whole class can talk about it together afterward.
- Level a science or social studies page down for students who read below grade level, and keep the original for the rest.
- Use the hardest version as a stretch text for a small group that finishes early.
- Print the three versions on different colored paper so groups can find theirs quickly.
- Check a version with the readability checker if you change it by hand.
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Questions
How are the reading levels chosen?
From the same level rules every Peabody book is written to: each grade has a Flesch–Kincaid range, an average sentence length and a longest sentence. The helper asks for those, then measures what comes back with the same formula and shows you whether it landed. A formula is a guide, not a verdict, so read it yourself.
Will it keep the facts right?
It is told to keep every fact and leave out nothing important, but a model can still drop or blur a detail. Compare each version with the original before you hand it out.
Is it free? Do I need an account?
Free, with no account. Each browser gets 10 AI drafts a day across all twelve helpers, so the cost stays small enough for Peabody to pay. Anything that doesn’t need AI (the comment bank, the read-aloud library’s questions, the makers) is free without counting.
What happens to what I type?
First, this computer takes out names, email addresses, phone numbers, ID numbers, street addresses, links and school names, and shows you what it took out. Text that looks like a student record (an IEP, a 504 plan, a report card, a behavior log) is refused and nothing is sent. What’s left goes to our server, which checks it the same way again, then to Claude Haiku, a model made by Anthropic, which writes the draft. Peabody doesn’t keep what you typed or the draft, and doesn’t log them. Anthropic’s own retention terms for Peabody’s account are not yet stated on this site.
What won’t the helpers write?
IEP goals, behavior plans, social stories, or anything else about a real, identifiable student. Those are decisions about a child that belong to the people who know them. Common Sense Media, reviewing AI teacher assistants, rated IEP and behavior-plan generators high risk and found bias in the behavior plans they suggested. The helpers make materials for lessons instead.
Can I trust the draft?
Treat it as a first draft from a quick colleague who hasn’t met your class. Models can get a fact, a meaning or an answer wrong, so every draft says “AI draft: check before you use it”. Read it through before it reaches students.
Names, email addresses, phone numbers, ID numbers, addresses and school names are taken out on this computer before anything is sent. What’s left goes to our server and on to Anthropic’s Claude, which writes the draft; Peabody keeps neither what you typed nor the draft. A cookie holds a random number that counts this browser’s drafts for the day. No sign-in, no ads.