Assessing pupils’ eligibility for access arrangements
This list can help schools source tests for assessing pupils for additional time applications in the key stages 2 and 3 national curriculum tests. These tests are not endorsed by QCA or the Local Authority and this list is not exhaustive. Please contact the suppliers for more information about the tests. Discuss their use with the school’s Educational Psychologist if in doubt.
Reading age tests
Access Reading Test (hardcopy and onscreen versions) Hodder Education
Cloze Reading Tests 1 – 3 (Young) Hodder Education
Diagnostic Reading Analysis Hodder Education
Edinburgh Reading Tests 2, 3 & 4 (Edinburgh Reading Test 4 is available both as a hardcopy and an onscreen version) Hodder Education
Gray Oral Reading Tests (GORT 4) Harcourt Assessment
Gray Silent Reading Tests (GSRT) Harcourt Assessment
Group Reading Test 6-14 (2nd Edition) NFER-Nelson
Hodder Group Reading Tests 2 & 3 (hardcopy and onscreen versions) Hodder Education
Neale Analysis of Reading Ability – Revised NFER-Nelson
Single Word Reading Test (ages 6 – 16) NFER-Nelson
Suffolk Reading Scale 2 NFER-Nelson
Suffolk Reading Scale (Digital Level 4) NFER-Nelson
Test of Word Reading Efficiency (TOWRE) Harcourt Assessment
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test 2nd Edition UK (WIAT II) for teachers Harcourt Assessment
Wordchains NFER-Nelson
Wide Range Achievement Test 3 (WRAT 3) Harcourt Assessment
Wide Range Achievement Test Expanded (WRAT E) Harcourt Assessment
Wide Range Achievement Test 4 (WRAT 4) Harcourt Assessment
Comprehension age tests
Access Reading Test (hardcopy and onscreen versions) Hodder Education
Cloze Reading Tests 1 – 3 (Young) Hodder Education
Edinburgh Reading Tests 2, 3 & 4 Hodder Education
Hodder Group Reading Tests 2 & 3 (hardcopy and onscreen versions) Hodder Education
Suffolk Reading Scale 2 NFER-Nelson
Suffolk Reading Scale (Digital Level 4) NFER-Nelson
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test 2nd Edition UK (WIAT II) for teachers Harcourt Assessment Wide Range Achievement Test Expanded (WRAT E) Harcourt Assessment
Free writing speed and handwriting tests
Group & Individual Assessment of Writing Speed – Penny Allcock PATOSS
Sentence Completion Test – Robin Hedderly (KIRKLEES) Dyslexia Action
The Detailed Assessment of Speed of Handwriting (DASH) (Barnett et al)
9.0-16 years 11 months Harcourt
Processing speed tests
Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing (CTOPP) Harcourt Assessment
Phonological Assessment Battery NFER-Nelson
Verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, or quantitative scores
Tests
Cognitive Abilities Test (CATs) NFER-Nelson
Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (K.BIT) Dyslexia Action
Matrix Analogies Test (MAT) Short Form Harcourt Assessment
Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test, Multilevel Form (NNAT) Harcourt Assessment
Non - Verbal Abilities Tests, 8 to 13 Hodder Education
Non - Verbal Reasoning Tests, 10 & 11 or 12 -14 NFER-Nelson
Raven’s Progressive Matrices and Vocabulary Scales (available January 2008)
Harcourt
Reasoning Progress Tests – Key Stage 2 Hodder Education
Verbal Abilities Tests, 8 to 13 Hodder Education
Verbal Reasoning Tests, 10 & 11 or 12 & 13 NFER-Nelson
Wide Range Achievement Test Expanded (WRAT E) Harcourt Assessment
Wide Range Intelligence Test Harcourt Assessment
Other resources that may be relevant
Dyslexia? Assessing and Reporting PATOSS/ Hodder Education
Parallel Spelling Tests 2nd Edition (Young) Hodder Education
Vernon Graded Word Spelling Test 3rd Edition Hodder Education
List of suppliers
Dyslexia Action 01784 222300 http://www.dyslexiaaction.org.uk/ 01865 888188
Harcourt Assessment
www.harcourt-uk.com
Hodder Education
01235 827 722
www.hoddertests.co.uk
NFER–Nelson
0845 602 1937
www.nfer-nelson.co.uk
PATOSS
01386 712 650
www.patoss-dyslexia.org
Further information
National Assessment Agency (NAA)
29 Bolton Street
London W1J 8BT
Tel 08700 60 60 40