Showing Northwest Conference member sites. All education sites
Members of the Northwest Conference (NCAA Division III), from the NCAA membership directory. Conferences change membership every year; this list follows the directory's current academic year.
F 44
Average readability score of 9 fully scanned Northwest Conference member sites
24th
of 96 conferences, ranked by average readability score
9 of 9
Northwest conference member sites fully scanned
F 56
Average readability score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites
How Northwest Conference readability scores are distributed
Smoothed distribution of the 9 fully scanned Northwest Conference member sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.
Distribution of 9 scores. The data table lists counts by score range.
- Northwest Conference average
- All education average
View the data table
| Score range | Sites |
|---|---|
| 0 to 9 | 5 |
| 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 |
Northwest Conference by readability grade, compared with all education sites
Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Northwest Conference: 9 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Conference | 44% (4) | 0% (0) | 56% (5) |
| All education sites | 53% (1,425) | 0% (0) | 41% (1,110) |
Top 3 Northwest Conference member sites by readability score
#1 in Northwest Conference · U.S. education rank 1
George Fox University
A 100 readability
- Accessibility B
- Botability A
- Security A
- Usability F
- Readability A
#1 in Northwest Conference · U.S. education rank 1
Linfield University
A 100 readability
- Accessibility A
- Botability C
- Security B
- Usability D
- Readability A
#1 in Northwest Conference · U.S. education rank 1
Pacific Lutheran University
A 100 readability
- Accessibility A
- Botability A
- Security B
- Usability A
- 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.
Northwest Conference members by readability score
| Rank | Site | Checks passed | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
georgefox.edu
George Fox University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
linfield.edu
Linfield University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
plu.edu
Pacific Lutheran University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 1 |
whitworth.edu
Whitworth University U.S. rank 1 |
1 of 1 checks pass | A |
| 2 |
lclark.edu
Lewis & Clark College U.S. rank 74 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
pacificu.edu
Pacific University U.S. rank 150 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
pugetsound.edu
University of Puget Sound U.S. rank 198 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
whitman.edu
Whitman College U.S. rank 48 |
0 of 1 checks pass | F |
| 2 |
willamette.edu
Willamette University U.S. rank 74 |
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 11/7/2026 and 11/8/2026. 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.