Showing Big Sky Conference member sites. All education sites
Members of the Big Sky Conference (NCAA Division I), from the NCAA membership directory. Conferences change membership every year; this list follows the directory's current academic year.
F 40
Average readability score of 10 fully scanned Big Sky Conference member sites
26th
of 96 conferences, ranked by average readability score
10 of 10
Big sky conference member sites fully scanned
F 56
Average readability score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How Big Sky Conference readability scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 10 fully scanned Big Sky Conference member sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 10 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- Big Sky Conference average
- All education average
View the data table
| Score range | Sites |
|---|---|
| 0 to 9 | 6 |
| 10 to 19 | 0 |
| 20 to 29 | 0 |
| 30 to 39 | 0 |
| 40 to 49 | 0 |
| 50 to 59 | 0 |
| 60 to 69 | 0 |
| 70 to 79 | 0 |
| 80 to 89 | 0 |
| 90 to 100 | 4 |
Big Sky Conference by readability grade, compared with all education sites
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Big Sky Conference: 10 sites. All education: 2687 sites.
- A (90 to 100)
- B to C (70 to 89)
- D to F (below 70)
View the data table
| Group | A (90 to 100) | B to C (70 to 89) | D to F (below 70) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Sky Conference | 40% (4) | 0% (0) | 60% (6) |
| All education sites | 53% (1,425) | 0% (0) | 41% (1,110) |
Top 3 Big Sky Conference member sites by readability score
#1 in Big Sky Conference · U.S. education rank 1
Montana State University
A 100 readability
- Accessibility C
- Botability C
- Security B
- Usability F
- Readability A
#1 in Big Sky Conference · U.S. education rank 1
Portland State University
A 100 readability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability C
- Readability A
#1 in Big Sky Conference · U.S. education rank 1
Southern Utah University
A 100 readability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability C
- Readability A
What each check means
- Reading level. Page text reads at or below a 7th grade level so most users can understand it. Users struggle to understand your content.
Every education site with one problem
- Education websites that are hard to read: 1,110 of 2,535 fully scanned education sites (44%), with every site listed.
Big Sky Conference members by readability score
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
montana.edu
Montana State University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
pdx.edu
Portland State University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
suu.edu
Southern Utah University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
utahtech.edu
Utah Tech University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
isu.edu
Idaho State University U.S. rank 84 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
nau.edu
Northern Arizona University U.S. rank 98 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
umt.edu
The University of Montana U.S. rank 74 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
uidaho.edu
University of Idaho U.S. rank 48 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
unco.edu
University of Northern Colorado U.S. rank 68 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
weber.edu
Weber State University U.S. rank 164 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
About readability
Write content at a reading level most users can understand.
Why it's important
Plain language helps people understand services and procedures the first time, reducing calls, errors and office visits.
Risks
- Users cannot understand your content.
Guidance
What we use to grade readability:
- 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA)
- Automated Readability Index (ARI)
- Flesch–Kincaid readability tests
- U.S. Federal Website Standards
- Plain Writing Act of 2010
Standards
Grades/scores
ScanGov
About this ranking
About this data
ScanGov scans the homepage of each college and university site on our higher education list. Scores come from the checks in the ScanGov standards. Sites were scanned between 10/25/2026 and 10/28/2026. Each site's report shows its own scan date. A site counts as fully scanned when its homepage loaded and sent us its page content. Averages, grade shares, failure rates, and ranks use fully scanned sites only. Grades follow the ScanGov grade scale. Rank follows the ScanGov ranking method. The full dataset, with every county's raw results, is in the ScanGov data repository.