List of Assessment Materials

List of Assessment Materials

Test / Description / KS/Year /

Publisher

Cost

Neale Analysis of Reading Ability (2nd edition revised British edition)
ISBN 0-7005-1229-2 / An individual oral reading test. It provides reading age, standardised score and percentile rank for accuracy, comprehension and rate, plus diagnostic information. /

6y – 12y 11m

/ Nfer Nelson
Tel. 0845 602 1937
Email. /

£105 + VAT

Diagnostic Reading Analysis
ISBN 0-340-882611 / Individual oral reading test designed for less able readers. It consists of initial listening comprehension, 3 graded reading passages – two fiction, one non-fiction. There are 2 parallel forms. Has optional diagnostic profiler CD-ROM. / 7y – 16y /

Hodder and Stoughton

Tel. 01235 827720

Email.
co.uk /

£32

York Assessment of Reading Comprehension
Early Reading Set (4-7)
ISBN 9780708719053
Primary Set (4-11)
ISBN 9780708719077
Complete Set (Early & Primary)
ISBN 9780708719046
Secondary Set (11-16)
ISBN 9780708720288 / Similar to the Neale Analysis of Reading Ability with additional assessments of early reading skills. / 4-7
7-11
11-16 / GL Assessment
0845 602 1937 / Early Reading Set: £105 + VAT
Primary Reading Set: £115 + VAT
Complete Set:
£199 + VAT
Secondary Set:
£180 + VAT
Salford Sentence Reading Test ((Revised 3rd Edition 2002)
ISBN: 9780340775943
/ An individual test of oral reading given as a series of sentences of graded difficulty. Suitable for pupils who are just developing early reading skills. Also a quick test that can be used to monitor whole class reading levels. / 5y – 11y 10m /

Hodder and Stoughton

Tel. 01235 827720

Email.
co.uk /

£25

(May be cheaper on Amazon)
Individual/Group Reading Analysis
ISBN 0-333-499203-X / Series of graded prose passages. Has reading accuracy and comprehension measures. /

5y 6m – 11y 2m

Nfer Nelson

Tel. 0845 602 1937
E mail. /

Teacher Guide: £30

Year 1-6:
£13 per pack
Test 2a-2b (2-4 yrs):
£13 per pack
Test 3a-3b (5-6 yrs):
£13 per pack
SuffolkReading Scale (SRS) / Individual and group test /

6-14

Nfer Nelson

0845 602 1937 /

Teacher Guide

£35.99
Level 1 Forms A&B (6-8 yrs ): £11.99
Level 2 Forms A&B (8 -11yrs ): £11.99
Young’s Parallel Spelling Tests
ISBN: 9780340730935 / Words given in a sentence to aid understanding. Parallel alternatives for retesting. /

6y 5m – 12y 11m

Hodder and Stoughton

Tel. 01235 827720

Email.
co.uk /

£27.50

Graded Word Spelling Test
P E Vernon / Provides norms as both spelling ages and as spelling quotient. /

6y – 16y

Hodder and Stoughton

Tel. 01235 827720

Email.
co.uk /

£25

(May be cheaper on Amazon)
Phonological Assessment Battery
ISBN 9780708707081
Forms:
ISBN 9780708707081 / To assess phonological skills. It consists of a battery of six tests of phonological processing. / 6y – 14y 1m
(Most suitable for KS2 and above) / Nfer Nelson
Tel. 0845 602 1937

Email.

/ £119.99+VAT
Forms £17.99+ VAT
Phonological Abilities Test (PAT)
ISBN 0-7491-1176-3 / Contains six subtests including phonological awareness, speech rate and letter knowledge. / 5y – 7y / Pearson Assessment
0845 630 8888 /

£109+VAT

Sound Linkage (2nd Edition)
Peter Hatcher
ISBN: 978-1-86156-176-3 / A reading and phonological teaching programme for pupils with reading difficulties including dyslexia. It includes a criterion-referenced test of phonological awareness. / Non standardised diagnostic assessment. /

Whurr Publishers Ltd19b Compton TerraceLondon N1 2UN

Tel. 020 7359 5979
Email. /

£62.99

(May be cheaper on Amazon)
The Dyslexia Early Screen Test.
2 Edition
(DEST)
ISBN 9780749121365 / Assessing Literacy skills – 10 sub tests in it. A range of skills.
(This will not diagnose dyslexia, but indicates diagnostic areas where children may need support. Core stability test not recommended.) / 4years 6 months to 6 years 5 months. / Pearson
Assessment
0845 630 8888 / £157+VAT+p&p
Dyslexia Screening Test
Junior Edition
ISBN 9780749121358
Secondary Edition
ISBN 9780749121556 / Covers same areas as DEST but it includes spelling, writing and reading.
(This will not diagnose dyslexia, but indicates diagnostic areas where children may need support. Core stability test not recommended.) / 6 years 6 months to 16 years 5 months. / Pearson Assessment
0845 630 8888 /

£152+VAT

The British Picture Vocabulary Scale
BPVS 3
(Third Edition)
ISBN: 9780708719558/N0078 / A test of receptive vocabulary (i.e ability to understand words). This is a standardised test and has an adjusted standardisation for pupils with EAL. / 3 – 15 years 8 months. / Nfer Nelson
0845 602 1937 /

£162.50

Ravens Coloured Progression Matrices and Crichton Vocabulary Scale
(Restandardised version including Crichton vocabulary scale) / Non-verbal reasoning through logic puzzle, plus sentence completion vocabulary test.
Non-verbal test also useful for pupils with EAL. / 5 –19 years. / Nfer Nelson
0845 602 1937 / £253