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celebrating over<br />
30 y e a r s<br />
of delivering<br />
trusted assessment<br />
solutions<br />
educational assessments<br />
primary and secondary catalogue 2011/12<br />
Cognitive<br />
Abilities<br />
Test<br />
Progress<br />
in<br />
English<br />
New<br />
Group<br />
Reading<br />
Test<br />
Pupil<br />
Attitudes<br />
to Self and<br />
School<br />
Progress<br />
in Maths<br />
www.gl-assessment.co.uk
Providing assessment solutions<br />
for children’s education,<br />
mental health and wellbeing<br />
Getting in touch...<br />
<strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong><br />
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Orders and Customer Services<br />
0845 602 1937, option 1<br />
Technical Enquiries<br />
0845 602 1937, option 2<br />
Web<br />
www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
Email<br />
info@gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
Fax<br />
0845 601 5358<br />
International Enquiries<br />
To place an order:<br />
+44 (0) 845 602 1937, option 1<br />
General enquiries:<br />
+44 (0) 208 996 8440/5<br />
international@gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
Post orders to:<br />
<strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong>,<br />
FREEPOST LON16517<br />
Swindon, SN2 8BR<br />
<strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong> is a leading provider of integrated assessment<br />
for children’s education, mental health and wellbeing. Our<br />
rigorous and high-quality assessments have been used by<br />
education, health and psychology professionals for three<br />
decades. Highlights include the Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT),<br />
Progress in English (PiE) and, more recently, the Pupil Attitudes<br />
to Self and School (PASS) survey.<br />
Our assessments are supported by a wide range of data<br />
services that comprise comprehensive scoring, reporting,<br />
interpretation and analysis services. This joined-up approach<br />
to assessment ensures our customers get the most out of our<br />
resources and assessment data is used to its full potential.<br />
www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
<strong>GL</strong> Performance<br />
<strong>GL</strong> Performance is a provider of management tools and<br />
resources that are designed to maximise the impact of<br />
self-evaluation, school development planning and school<br />
improvement in primary, secondary, independent and special<br />
schools as well as schools with Academy status. Our solutions<br />
include Kirkland Rowell Surveys, Professional Development<br />
Services and Schoolcentre.<br />
www.gl-performance.co.uk<br />
<strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong> and <strong>GL</strong> Performance are divisions of the Granada Learning Group.<br />
Please Note – it is an offence to photocopy our Answer Sheets (except where stated). All our material is protected by copyright.
Contents<br />
Area Consultants................................................2–3<br />
<strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong> Introduction ...............................4–5<br />
Quick Guide to our Resources .............................6–7<br />
<strong>Assessment</strong> Solutions.......................................8–12<br />
Reasoning ......................................................12–21<br />
Literacy..........................................................22–39<br />
Numeracy.......................................................40–44<br />
Science ...............................................................45<br />
Pupil Attitudes ...............................................46–48<br />
Special Educational Needs ..............................49–53<br />
Early Intervention ...........................................54–55<br />
Personal and Social Development....................56–61<br />
Thinking Skills................................................62–64<br />
<strong>Assessment</strong> for Learning ......................................65<br />
<strong>GL</strong> Performance ..............................................66–71<br />
NAHT <strong>Assessment</strong> Packages ................................72<br />
Order Form .....................................................74–76<br />
Index ...................................................................77<br />
Look out for our key assessments . . .<br />
Cognitive Abilities Test<br />
(CAT)<br />
predict pupils’<br />
potential<br />
Progress in English<br />
(PiE)<br />
identify pupils’<br />
specific strengths<br />
and needs in<br />
English<br />
Progress in Maths<br />
(PiM)<br />
use diagnostically<br />
to identify pupils’<br />
needs in relation to<br />
number and shape<br />
Page<br />
12<br />
Page<br />
22<br />
Page<br />
40<br />
Pupil Attitudes to Self<br />
and School (PASS)<br />
understand pupils’<br />
behaviour<br />
New Group Reading<br />
Test (NGRT)<br />
screen and monitor<br />
the reading ability<br />
of a whole class<br />
Suffolk Reading<br />
Scale (SRS)<br />
assess reading at<br />
sentence level<br />
Page<br />
46<br />
Page<br />
26<br />
Page<br />
28<br />
Our services to<br />
customers<br />
<strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong> aims to give customers the<br />
best possible service. To help you make your<br />
resource shopping simple, straightforward<br />
and hassle-free, we offer:<br />
• Expert advice and a friendly telephone<br />
ordering service. Monday – Friday<br />
8.30am – 5.00pm (excluding bank<br />
holidays) on 0845 602 1937<br />
• <strong>Assessment</strong> Consultants who can<br />
demonstrate the latest assessments to<br />
you<br />
• No credit card required - we invoice<br />
your school<br />
• Fast reliable delivery<br />
• A comprehensive online shop where you<br />
can browse and buy resources anytime,<br />
anywhere at www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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Area Consultants<br />
Area Consultants<br />
To find your local Area Consultant,<br />
please use the colour-coded map<br />
below.<br />
In addition to your Area Consultant,<br />
there is now a dedicated member of<br />
the Customer Services Team for each<br />
area of the UK that can help with your<br />
enquiries. Please see opposite for<br />
details.<br />
For international enquiries, please call<br />
+44 (0)208 996 8440/5 or email<br />
international@gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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East Scotland<br />
Linda Hearton<br />
Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, City of Edinburgh,<br />
Clackmannanshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Dundee City, East Lothian, Eilean Siar,<br />
Falkirk, Fife, Highland, Midlothian, Moray, North Lanarkshire, Orkney Islands, Perth and<br />
Kinross, Scottish Borders, Shetland Islands, South Lanarkshire, Stirling and West<br />
Lothian<br />
Tel: 0131 551 2425 Mobile: 07850 034 584<br />
E-Mail: linda.hearton@gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
Area Advisor: Mandy Pritchard – Tel: 0845 602 1937<br />
West Scotland<br />
Frank Devine<br />
East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North<br />
Ayrshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, West Dunbartonshire<br />
Tel: 0141 334 4918 Mobile: 07788 914 954<br />
E-Mail: frank.devine@gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
Area Advisor: Susan Giles – Tel: 0845 602 1937<br />
Northern Ireland<br />
Janice Forbes<br />
Belfast, North Eastern, South Eastern, Southern, Western<br />
Tel: 0289 042 4464 Mobile: 07787 280 784<br />
E-Mail: janice.forbes@gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
Area Advisor: Maureen Carroll – Tel: 0845 602 1937<br />
North West England & North Wales<br />
Barbara McHugh<br />
Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Bury, Cheshire, Conwy, Cumbria, Denbighshire, Derby<br />
City, Derbyshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Halton, Isle of Anglesey, Isle of Man, Knowsley,<br />
Lancashire, Liverpool, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford,Sefton, St Helens,<br />
Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Warrington, Wigan, Wirral, Wrexham<br />
Tel: 0161 626 8241 Mobile: 07919 167 896<br />
E-Mail: barbara.mchugh@gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
Area Advisor: Sandie Green – Tel: 0845 602 1937<br />
Northern England<br />
Mo Brown<br />
Barnsley, Bradford, Calderdale, Darlington, Doncaster, Durham, East Riding of Yorkshire,<br />
Gateshead, Hartlepool, Kingston Upon Hull, Kirklees, Leeds, Middlesbrough, Newcastleupon-Tyne,<br />
North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, North Tyneside, North Yorkshire,<br />
Northumberland, Redcar and Cleveland, Rotherham, Sheffield, South Tyneside,<br />
Stockton-on-Tees, Sunderland, Wakefield, York<br />
Tel: 01977 663 504 Mobile: 07775 722 639<br />
E-Mail: mo.brown@gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
Area Advisor: Claire McAstocker – Tel: 0845 602 1937<br />
South Wales<br />
Nikki Kidd<br />
Bath and North East Somerset, Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Bristol, Caerphilly, Cardiff,<br />
Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Herefordshire, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Neath Port,<br />
Talbot, Newport, North Somerset, Pembrokeshire, Powys, Rhondda Cynon Taff, South<br />
Gloucestershire, Swansea, Torfaen, Vale of Glamorgan<br />
Tel: 01633 257 203 Mobile: 07887 663 354<br />
E-Mail: nikki.kidd@gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
Area Advisor: Mandy Pritchard – Tel: 0845 602 1937<br />
West Midlands and Central Southern England<br />
Esther Partridge-Warner<br />
Bracknell Forest, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Dudley, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Isle of<br />
Wight, Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire, Portsmouth, Reading, Royal Borough of Windsor &<br />
Maidenhead, Sandwell, Shropshire, Slough, Southampton, Swindon, Staffordshire,<br />
Stoke-on-Trent, Telford and Wrekin, Walsall, West Berkshire, Wiltshire, Wokingham,<br />
Wolverhampton, Worcestershire<br />
Tel: 01886 887846 Mobile: 07818 512310<br />
E-Mail: esther.partridge-warner@gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
Area Advisor: Claire MacAstocker – Tel: 0845 602 1937<br />
East Midlands<br />
Tina Plail<br />
Birmingham, Cambridgeshire, City of Nottingham, Coventry, Leicester City,<br />
Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Peterborough,<br />
Rutland, Solihull, Suffolk, Warwickshire<br />
Tel: 0116 287 9829 Mobile: 07500 605 577<br />
E-Mail: tina.plail@gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
Area Advisor: James Fisher – Tel: 0845 602 1937<br />
South West England<br />
Nikki Scarisbrick<br />
Bournemouth, Cornwall, Devon, Guernsey, Isles of Scilly, Jersey, Plymouth, Poole,<br />
Somerset, Torbay<br />
Tel: 01934 712 169 Mobile: 07889 530 164<br />
E-Mail: nikki.scarisbrick@gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
Area Advisor: Loraine Philpott – Tel: 0845 602 1937<br />
London, East Anglia and Home Counties<br />
Jackie Berman<br />
Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bedfordshire, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Enfield, Essex,<br />
Hackney, Hammersmith & Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hertfordshire,<br />
Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington, Luton, Newham, Redbridge, Southend,<br />
Thurrock, Waltham Forest, Westminster<br />
Tel: 0208 360 4958 Mobile: 07787 280 783<br />
E-Mail: jackie.berman@gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
Area Advisor: Loraine Philpott – Tel: 0845 602 1937<br />
South London, Surrey and Sussex<br />
Lesley Cutt<br />
Bexley, Brighton & Hove, Bromley, City of London, Croydon, East Sussex, Greenwich,<br />
Kent, Kingston Upon Thames, Lambeth, Lewisham, Medway, Merton, Richmond Upon<br />
Thames, Southwark, Surrey, Sutton, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth, West Sussex<br />
Tel: 020 8657 9300 Mobile: 07990 506 412<br />
E-Mail: lesley.cutt@gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
Area Advisor: Sandie Green – Tel: 0845 602 1937<br />
Southern Ireland<br />
ETC Consult<br />
Tel: 00353 14972067<br />
E-Mail: etcc@iol.ie<br />
Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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<strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong><br />
<strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong> – An Introduction<br />
For over 30 years, <strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong> has<br />
provided rigorous and high-quality<br />
assessments for children’s education, mental<br />
health and wellbeing. Today we lead literacy,<br />
numeracy and ability testing in UK schools and<br />
have delivered over 3 million online tests to<br />
children 1 .<br />
Originally founded by the National Foundation for Educational<br />
Research (NFER), <strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong> has been a division of the<br />
Granada Learning Group since 2000.<br />
We have published the world’s first test for Dyscalculia and the first<br />
standardised test of emotional literacy in the UK and have worked<br />
together with numerous leading organisations to create assessments<br />
that incorporate the very latest thinking and research. We are the official<br />
assessment provider of the National Association of Head Teachers<br />
(NAHT) and some of our partners include King’s College London, the<br />
University of York, the University of Michigan and the Australian Council<br />
for Educational Research.<br />
More than just a test<br />
At <strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong>, we understand that assessment is not just about<br />
taking a test; it is about continually using assessment data to respond<br />
quickly to the needs of every child at every stage of his/her learning and<br />
development. We therefore take a very joined-up approach; one that<br />
provides our customers with a comprehensive range of services that<br />
ensures they can receive, interpret and use the assessment data to its<br />
full potential. Encompassing scoring, reporting, customised testing,<br />
interpretation and analysis, our assessment services compliment and<br />
extend our portfolio of published tests and meet a wide variety of<br />
assessment needs.<br />
It is now crucial that assessment focuses on the child ‘as a whole’<br />
rather than purely on his/her academic ability. Our comprehensive<br />
portfolio reflects this by providing assessments that:<br />
• measure knowledge, understanding and progress<br />
• measure ability and how children think in different situations and<br />
contexts<br />
• help diagnose and monitor additional educational needs<br />
• help identify and develop the social, cognitive and emotional<br />
intelligence that is essential to a child’s personal and social<br />
development<br />
• contribute to the understanding of children’s mental health<br />
• focus on child development<br />
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As at August 2011<br />
• aid early identification and intervention of speech, language and<br />
communication difficulties<br />
A complete approach to assessment<br />
Often, an assessment solution needs to involve a number of<br />
assessments that together address a specific purpose or a particular<br />
need. With this in mind, it does not make sense that we create<br />
assessments that only work as a single, separate resources. A more<br />
joined up approach is required: one that focuses on assessments that<br />
are able to gel together to satisfy a broad range of requirements.<br />
<strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong> strives to provide teachers and SENCOs with<br />
assessments that can be used together effectively at different levels and<br />
for particular purposes to suit their individual requirements. Throughout<br />
the catalogue we have provided guidance on how our assessments can<br />
be used together.<br />
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<strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong> in the spotlight<br />
Focusing on…. Behaviour<br />
Ofsted has recently carried out a consultation to help streamline<br />
school inspections and refocus on what matters most: improving<br />
outcomes for children.<br />
As well as providing a clear judgment about the overall quality and<br />
effectiveness of schools, there are four key areas that will be given<br />
priority in future inspections: achievement of pupils; quality of<br />
teaching; quality of leadership and management; and pupils’<br />
behaviour and safety, including their attendance, attitudes towards<br />
each other and how well they are protected from bullying.<br />
In a school setting, a pupil’s behaviour and their level of disaffection<br />
will influence their whole experience of education, including their<br />
perceptions of safety and well-being. It might be obvious that<br />
behaviour can considerably affect overall attainment, but it can still be<br />
extremely difficult for teachers to drill down into the root attitudinal<br />
causes of any disruptive behaviour displayed.<br />
Traditionally, schools have had to approach this issue by monitoring<br />
and tracking problems as they arise and then putting interventions<br />
into place. However, <strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong>’s Pupil Attitudes to Self and<br />
School (PASS) attitudinal survey provides an alternative way to gain<br />
an insight into the mindset of pupils and uncover exactly what is<br />
causing a child to disengage – measuring the core psychological<br />
dimensions linked to learner engagement and success.<br />
For further information on Pupil Attitudes to Self and School<br />
(PASS) see pages 46-48.<br />
Focusing on… Raising Reading Standards<br />
A new study into reading comprehension conducted by a team of<br />
experts from the Centre for Reading and Language at the University<br />
of York has revealed that a substantial percentage of pupils with<br />
reading difficulties were not on the schools SEN Register. The<br />
research also discovered that some pupils in every secondary<br />
school year group involved in the study had a reading age of 6 or 7<br />
years. This finding underlines the fact that it is critical to identify<br />
children at risk of reading difficulties early, certainly well before<br />
secondary school, and for appropriate interventions to be put in<br />
place.<br />
In light of this a number of our literacy assessments link well<br />
together, providing consistency of reading across the primary and<br />
secondary phases. By assessing reading and comprehension in a<br />
single test, the New Group Reading Test can help identify whose<br />
scores suggest the need for individual follow-up testing.<br />
<strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong>’s York <strong>Assessment</strong> of Reading for Comprehension:<br />
Passage Reading Primary and Passage Reading Secondary lend<br />
themselves particularly well to this purpose, especially if evidence is<br />
required for an application for additional time in Key Stage 2 and<br />
GCSE examinations.<br />
For further information on the New Group Reading Test see<br />
pages 26-27 and the York <strong>Assessment</strong> of Reading for<br />
Comprehension: Passage Reading Primary and Passage<br />
Reading Secondary see pages 32-35.<br />
This research was carried out as part of the development and standardisation of<br />
<strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong>’s York <strong>Assessment</strong> of Reading for Comprehension: Passage Reading<br />
Secondary<br />
Focusing on…. Early Intervention<br />
In his report “Early Intervention: The Next Steps”, Graham Allen, MP,<br />
emphasises the economic, political, social and moral importance of<br />
helping future generations of babies, children and young people<br />
before problems may arise. Essential to this aim are tools that can be<br />
used by all early years and teaching practitioners, not just specialists.<br />
<strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong>’s WellComm: A Speech and language Toolkit for the<br />
Early Years – a particularly relevant resource in the Year of<br />
Communication – fits the bill perfectly.<br />
For further information on the WellComm<br />
Toolkit see pages 54-55.<br />
Focusing on… Teaching Standards<br />
In March 2011, Sally Coates, the Principle of Burlington Danes<br />
Academy in West London undertook a review of standards for<br />
teachers.<br />
The new standards place a specific focus on the key elements of<br />
teaching – including subject knowledge, managing behaviour and<br />
teaching pupils with a variety of special needs. With eight new<br />
teaching standards, including ‘promote good progress and outcomes<br />
by pupils’, ‘make productive use of assessment’ and ‘manage<br />
behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment’,<br />
<strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong> is well placed to provide a range of assessment<br />
solutions to help teachers meet these new standards of competence<br />
and conduct when they come into force in September 2012.<br />
From our Pupil Attitudes to Self and School (PASS) attitudinal<br />
survey, designed to help identify behavioural issues in pupils, to our<br />
range of Interpretation & Analysis Services that will ensure you utilise<br />
your assessment data to its full potential, <strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong> can help<br />
meet your goals.<br />
Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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Quick Guide to our Resources<br />
PAGE TEST AGE SCHOOL PAPER/ GROUP OR ASSESSING<br />
GROUP AGE DIGITAL INDIVIDUAL<br />
Early Years/ Screening Phonics Access Special Early<br />
Primary/ Arrange- Educational Inter-<br />
Secondary ments Needs vention<br />
Reasoning<br />
12 Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT) 7–17+ EY / P / S P/D G/I ✔ ✔ ✔<br />
18 Verbal Reasoning (VR) 5–13 P / S P/D G/I ✔<br />
20 Non-Verbal Reasoning (NVR) 5–14 P / S P/D G/I ✔<br />
21 Spatial Reasoning 6–14 P / S P G/I ✔ ✔<br />
Literacy<br />
22 Progress in English (PIE) 5–14 EY / P / S P/D G/I<br />
24 British Picture Vocabulary Scale: Third Edition (BPVS3) 3–16 EY / P / S P I ✔ ✔<br />
25 British Spelling Test Series: Second Edition (BSTS2) 6–13 P / S P G<br />
26 New Group Reading Test (NGRT) 6–16 P / S P/D G ✔ ✔<br />
28 Suffolk Reading Scale (SRS) 6–14 P / S P/D G/I ✔ ✔<br />
30 Diagnostic Test of Word Reading Processes (DTWRP) 5–12 P / S P I ✔ ✔ ✔<br />
31 Phonological <strong>Assessment</strong> Battery (PhAB) 6–14 P / S P I ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔<br />
32 York <strong>Assessment</strong> for Reading and Comprehension:<br />
Early Reading and Passage Reading Primary 4–11 EY /P P I ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔<br />
34 York <strong>Assessment</strong> for Reading and Comprehension:<br />
Passage Reading Secondary 11–16 S P I ✔ ✔ ✔<br />
36 Neale Analysis of Reading Ability (NARA) 6–12 P P I<br />
36 Reading Now 5–7 P P G ✔<br />
37 Teaching Talking 1–8 EY / P P I ✔ ✔ ✔<br />
37 Wordchains 7–18+ P / S P G ✔ ✔<br />
38 Single Word Spelling Test (SWST) 6–14 P /S P/D G<br />
39 Single Word Reading Test (SWRT) 6–16 P / S P I ✔<br />
39 Middle Infant Screening Test and Forward<br />
Together (MIST) 5–6 P P G ✔ ✔ ✔<br />
Numeracy<br />
40 Progress in Maths (PIM) 4–14 EY / P / S P/D G<br />
42 Sandwell Early Numeracy Test - Revised (SENT-R) 4–8 EY / P P I ✔<br />
43 Mental Mathematics 6–11+ P P G/I<br />
44 Measuring Success in Maths 5–11 P P G/I<br />
Science<br />
45 Measuring Success in Science 5–11 P P G/I<br />
Pupil Attitudes<br />
46 Pupil Attitudes to Self and School (PASS) 4–18+ EY /P / S P/D G/I ✔ ✔ ✔<br />
Special Education Needs<br />
49 Dyslexia Screener Digital 5–16+ P / S D I ✔ ✔ ✔<br />
50 Dyslexia Portfolio 6–16 P / S P I ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔<br />
51 Dyslexia Guidance 5–16+ P / S P I ✔<br />
52 Dyscalculia Screener Digital 6–14+ P / S D I ✔ ✔ ✔<br />
53 Dyscalulia Guidance 6–14 P / S P I ✔<br />
Early Intervention<br />
54 WellComm: A Speech and Language Toolkit for the<br />
Early Years 0–6 EY / P P I ✔ ✔<br />
56 Schedule of Growing Skills (SGS) 0–5 EY P I ✔ ✔<br />
Personal and Social Developments<br />
58 Measures of Children's Mental Health and<br />
Psychological Wellbeing (MCH) 2–20 EY / P / S P G/I ✔<br />
60 The Paediatric Index of Emotional Distress (PI-ED) 8–16 P / S P I ✔ ✔<br />
61 Emotional Literacy: <strong>Assessment</strong> and Intervention 7–16 P / S P/D I ✔ ✔<br />
Thinking Skills<br />
62 Let's Think! Series 4–11 EY / P P G<br />
64 Think Ahead! Developing Thinking through the Arts 11–14 S P G<br />
<strong>Assessment</strong> for Learning<br />
65 Black Box Series 5–18 P / S P<br />
Self Evaluation and School Improvement<br />
67 Schoolcentre 5–18 P / S D G<br />
68 Kirkland Rowell Surveys 5–18 P / S P/D G<br />
71 GO 4 Schools 5–18 P / S D G<br />
71 Professional Development Services P / S D G<br />
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ADDITIONAL SERVICES<br />
CAN BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH<br />
Diag- Monitoring Pupil Health & Guidance Instant Data Scoring & Evidence<br />
nostic Progress Potential Wellbeing Resources Reporting Inter- Reporting for School<br />
pretation Service Inspections<br />
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ PiM/PiE/PASS<br />
✔<br />
✔<br />
✔<br />
✔<br />
✔<br />
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ CAT<br />
✔<br />
NGRT/YARC Primary and Secondary<br />
✔<br />
SWST<br />
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ GRT/YARC Primary and Secondary/BPVS3<br />
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Reading Now<br />
✔<br />
PhAB<br />
✔<br />
DTWRP<br />
NGRT/BPVS3/YARC Primary/WellComm Toolkit/<br />
✔ ✔ Dyslexia Portfolio<br />
✔ ✔ NGRT/Dyslexia Portfolio<br />
✔<br />
✔<br />
SRS<br />
WellComm Toolkit<br />
✔<br />
Dyslexia Screener Digital/Dyslexia Portfolio<br />
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ BSTS<br />
NGRT<br />
✔<br />
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ CAT/SENT-R<br />
✔ ✔ ✔ PIM3/4<br />
✔<br />
✔<br />
✔<br />
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ CAT/MCH/Emotional Literacy/PI-ED<br />
✔ ✔ Dyslexia Portfolio/Dyslexia Guidance<br />
✔ ✔ Dyslexia Screener Digital/Dyslexia Guidance/<br />
Wordchains/YARC Primary and Secondary<br />
✔<br />
Dyslexia Screener/Dyslexia Portfolio<br />
✔ ✔ Dyscalculia Guidance<br />
✔<br />
Dyscalculia Screener<br />
✔ ✔ ✔ NGRT/YARC Primary/Teaching Talking<br />
✔<br />
✔ ✔ ✔ Emotional Literacy/PASS/PI-ED<br />
✔ ✔ ✔ MCH/PASS<br />
✔ ✔ ✔ MCH/PASS/PI-ED<br />
✔<br />
✔<br />
✔<br />
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔<br />
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔<br />
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ CAT data<br />
✔<br />
Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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<strong>Assessment</strong> Solutions<br />
A Complete Approach to <strong>Assessment</strong>:<br />
from Scoring, Reporting, Interpretation & Analysis to Online Testing<br />
At <strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong>, our role is far from finished once we have supplied you with your chosen<br />
assessment. In fact, that is just the start. <strong>Assessment</strong> is about continually using assessment<br />
data to respond quickly to the needs of every child at every stage of his/her learning<br />
development. It is therefore crucial that we provide our customers with a comprehensive range<br />
of services that ensure they can receive, interpret and use the assessment data to its full<br />
potential.<br />
Encompassing scoring, reporting, interpretation and analysis, our<br />
assessment services complement and extend our portfolio of published<br />
tests and meet a wide variety of assessment needs. They are available<br />
to single schools and academies as well as local authorities, clusters,<br />
federations and other consortia of schools. In fact, our new, enhanced<br />
reporting now offers a special LA/Cluster report that enables interesting<br />
comparisons to be made between schools.<br />
We also offer a comprehensive e-assessment portfolio. With over 3<br />
million online tests delivered to-date, online testing removes the burden<br />
of test administration, whilst delivering instant results and reports at the<br />
touch of a button. See page 10 for further details.<br />
For users of our paper-based assessments, Scoring & Reporting<br />
Services are available for our top five tests:<br />
• Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT) (pages 12-17)<br />
• Progress in Maths (PiM) (pages 40-41)<br />
• Progress in English (PiE) (pages 22-23)<br />
• New Group Reading Test (NGRT) (pages 26-27)<br />
• Suffolk Reading Scale (SRS) (pages 28-29)<br />
Scoring & Reporting Services<br />
Taking the burden of scoring off your hands<br />
Scoring your own test papers is a time-consuming task and certainly<br />
not one that makes the most efficient use of a teacher’s valuable time.<br />
Indeed, it can often take up to 4 hours to mark a whole class of test<br />
papers and calculate and record the scores – a substantial amount of<br />
time in any teacher’s busy schedule.<br />
To combat this, <strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong> offers a comprehensive Scoring<br />
Service, delivering fast and accurate results that can be tailored to your<br />
needs. Traditionally, these services have been administered by post.<br />
However, our recently launched Testwise Reporting System (TRS) has<br />
transformed them into a fully functional online service, reducing the<br />
turnaround time for reports even further and enabling easy ordering of<br />
additional reports and data files for your school’s Management<br />
Information System.<br />
For customers who choose to score their own papers, we offer an<br />
Online Marking Tool (OMT) service that can reduce marking time<br />
significantly and offers a higher level of accuracy than scoring by hand.<br />
You will find further information on these services throughout the<br />
catalogue, demonstrating how they can help schools, teachers and<br />
pupils alike.<br />
In addition to our Scoring & Reporting Services we have recently<br />
launched a series of Interpretation & Analysis Services that have been<br />
created to help schools maximise the impact of their assessment data.<br />
Of course, these services are also available to customers who choose<br />
to mark their own papers.<br />
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Bringing results to life through dynamic reporting<br />
<strong>Assessment</strong> cannot rely on scores alone as this often presents a static,<br />
one-sided picture. We have to bring the results to life to find out exactly<br />
how the assessment data can best be implemented to respond to a<br />
pupil’s learning needs.<br />
Our Reporting Services help you do this by providing a wide variety of<br />
data that enables teachers and other education professionals to build a<br />
comprehensive picture of a pupil. The information delivered goes far<br />
beyond the reporting of Standard Age Scores, stanines, comparisons of<br />
group and national scores and question by question analysis, all of<br />
which are included. By delving deeper and looking at learning styles and<br />
criteria such as free school meals, ethnicity and school demographics,<br />
our reports are very much the substance of in-depth pupil profiling.<br />
They also provide reliable, accurate evidence that can prove invaluable<br />
in many scenarios – to show value added to an Ofsted inspector, for<br />
example, or to evaluate the effectiveness of a literacy or numeracy<br />
initiative. They are especially useful at parents’ evenings, perhaps to<br />
explain the reasons behind an intervention programme or to encourage<br />
more parental involvement.<br />
Standard reports<br />
NEW Interpretation & Analysis Services<br />
To help our customers get the most out of their assessment data,<br />
<strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong> and <strong>GL</strong> Performance has recently created flexible<br />
Interpretation & Analysis Services. Available at various levels for Cognitive<br />
Abilities Test (CAT), Progress in English (PiE), Progress in Maths (PiM)<br />
(see page 16) and Kirkland Rowell Surveys (see page 68), these services<br />
also extend to other key assessments such as the insightful Pupil<br />
Attitudes to Self and School (PASS) survey (see page 48).<br />
Our Interpretation & Analysis Services are available to users of both our<br />
online and paper-based assessments, including customers who choose<br />
to mark their own papers.<br />
For more detailed information, please turn to pages 16<br />
for CAT incorporating PiE and PiM, 48 for PASS and<br />
68 for Kirkland Rowell Surveys or call 0845 602 1937.<br />
Overprinting Service<br />
We also offer an Overprinting Service, which involves the printing of<br />
candidate name, date of birth and other details onto your Optical<br />
Mark Recognition (OMR) Sheets, speeding up administration,<br />
scoring and guaranteeing accuracy.<br />
Call 0845 602 1937 for further information.<br />
The majority of reports provided by our online scoring service and our<br />
e-assessments come as part of our standard reporting service.<br />
These may include:<br />
• Individual and group analysis<br />
• Raw and Standard Age Scores<br />
• A current National Curriculum level<br />
• Indicative National Test levels<br />
• Question-by-question breakdown<br />
• Results by process category<br />
• Group Demographic Comparison<br />
• Year-on-Year Achievement.<br />
All of these reports can be accessed online via our Testwise Reporting<br />
System (TRS), whereby additional reports can be ordered at anytime at<br />
an additional charge.<br />
Additional reports<br />
Individual pupils’ CAT and KS2 profiles<br />
Requesting additional reports or data files is just a matter of a few clicks<br />
in the TRS. These can be ordered at any time at an additional charge<br />
and are supplied to you instantly online. They include:<br />
• School Results Data and Local Authority Results Data –<br />
providing results in CSV format for easy importing into your school’s<br />
or LA’s Management Information System<br />
• Individual Pupil Profiles – provides valuable insights into data sets<br />
that are analysed together, where a pupil has taken more than one of<br />
<strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong>’s tests. Initially, the Combined Individual Pupil Profile<br />
report will have the ability to look at the data produced by the<br />
Cognitive Abilities Test, Progress in English and Progress in Maths.<br />
Local Authority School Cluster Report<br />
Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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<strong>Assessment</strong> Solutions<br />
Online Testing<br />
Alongside government policy, technology is recognised as a main driver<br />
for educational change. As a result, <strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong> has pioneered a<br />
powerful online testing system ‘Testwise’, which is used today by over<br />
half a million children each year in the UK and over 70 countries<br />
worldwide. Our comprehensive e-assessment portfolio has grown<br />
accordingly, with many of our assessments available online, including<br />
our top five. Delivering over 3 million tests to-date, our online portfolio<br />
encompasses:<br />
• Cognitive Abilities Test Digital (pages 12-13)<br />
• Progress in Maths Digital (pages 40-41)<br />
• Progress in English Digital (pages 22-23)<br />
• Group Reading Test Digital (page 27)<br />
• Suffolk Reading Scale Digital (pages 28-29)<br />
• Verbal Reasoning Digital (pages 18-19)<br />
• Non-Verbal Reasoning Digital (pages 20-21)<br />
• Single Word Spelling Test Digital (page 38)<br />
• Dyslexia Screener Digital (page 49)<br />
• Dyscalculia Screener Digital (page 52)<br />
<strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong> is unique in offering an all-encompassing approach to<br />
e-assessment, one that covers the entire process from the initial taking<br />
of the test through to instant scoring and the generation of reports.<br />
Pinpoint accurate scores are delivered at the touch of a button and<br />
detailed reports are also made immediately available.<br />
With online tests delivering the same quality, rigour and reliability as their<br />
paper-based equivalents, plus a host of additional benefits, it’s no<br />
surprise that more and more schools are testing pupils in this way.<br />
For more information, please see relevant product<br />
pages, visit www.gl-assessment.co.uk/online or call<br />
0845 602 1937.<br />
See pages 8 – 9 for a listing<br />
and examples of the<br />
reports available through<br />
our Testwise Reporting<br />
System for our portfolio<br />
of e-assessments.<br />
Example questions from a range of online tests<br />
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Customised <strong>Assessment</strong> Service<br />
For schools, local authorities or a consortium of schools that are<br />
interested in the idea of developing their own customised tests in order<br />
to meet specific assessment criteria, <strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong> offers a<br />
Customised <strong>Assessment</strong> Service.<br />
Bespoke tests are available in the areas of verbal reasoning, non-verbal<br />
reasoning, mathematics and English. The tests are ideally suited to<br />
certain specialist applications, such as:<br />
• Secure testing for admission to selective schools or colleges<br />
• Targeted measurement of specific educational achievements<br />
• Secure monitoring of educational standards<br />
• Grouping and banding pupils by ability and/or attainment<br />
The unique tests are compiled from secure banks of questions which<br />
have been thoroughly trialled and validated in advance. Each question is<br />
rigorously controlled to ensure that each customised test is unique to<br />
the customer who has commissioned it for the duration of the testing<br />
programme. The test will not have been published previously, making it<br />
highly unlikely that children will have seen any of the questions before.<br />
As such, the reliability of information that the test produces is not going<br />
to be compromised by prior testing or coaching. For customers<br />
commissioning a bespoke test to inform decisions about intake, the test<br />
can be changed each year if necessary.<br />
When a customer commissions a test, we work closely with them to<br />
ensure that all their requirements are met. This involves careful<br />
consideration of style and level of questions, length of test, marking<br />
options, the quality of information it produces and, ultimately, verification<br />
that every aspect of the test is fit for purpose.<br />
For further information and to discuss your bespoke<br />
testing requirements in more detail, please call<br />
0845 602 1937.<br />
Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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Reasoning<br />
Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT)<br />
David F Lohman, Elizabeth P Hagen and Robert L Thorndike; adapted by <strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong><br />
Age Range:<br />
7 years–17+ years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Teachers, Exam Officers and<br />
SENCOs<br />
Timed:<br />
50 minutes per test battery<br />
Available in both paper<br />
and digital formats<br />
The Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT) is the UK’s most widely used test of reasoning abilities. Fully standardised, it<br />
helps identify pupils’ strengths, weaknesses and learning preferences, providing accurate, reliable and<br />
objective assessment data that is essential to the shaping of an individual’s learning. CAT is not about<br />
knowledge recall and requires no preparation, offering all pupils the same opportunity to show their underlying<br />
ability. Aimed at pupils between 7 years and 6 months to 17+ years, CAT is available in both paper and digital<br />
formats and can be administered individually or as a group test.<br />
CAT measures the three principle areas of reasoning – verbal, non-verbal and quantitative – as well as an<br />
element of spatial ability, allowing teachers and SENCOs to test the full range within an entire class or year.<br />
Rich data provided by CAT gives a comprehensive profile of pupils’ reasoning abilities, producing standardised<br />
scores for each of the three abilities. This data can be used to build an understanding of an individual’s<br />
potential and learning style and to inform the development of effective teaching and learning programmes and<br />
interventions. Pupils will benefit through more effective target-setting that ensures the right degree of<br />
challenge. The CAT results are also invaluable for providing feedback directly to pupils and their parents, as<br />
well as governors and school administrators.<br />
Suitable for use in implementing<br />
the Curriculum for Excellence<br />
Teacher Guide<br />
Packs for CAT Paper<br />
comprise: Administration<br />
Manual, Technical<br />
Manual, Pupil Booklets<br />
(one for each level)<br />
and a sample<br />
Answer Sheet<br />
CAT Level Age Group England & Wales Scotland Northern Ireland<br />
A 7:06 to 9:11 Year 4 Primary 5 Year 5 (P5)<br />
B 8:06 to 10:11 Year 5 Primary 6 Year 6 (P6)<br />
C 9:06 to 11:11 Year 6 Primary 7 Year 7 (P7)<br />
D 10:06 to 12:11 Year 7 Secondary 1 Year 8 (F1)<br />
E 11:06 to 13:11 Year 8 Secondary 2 Year 9 (F2)<br />
F 12:06 to 14:11 Year 9 Secondary 3 Year 10 (F3)<br />
G 13:06 to 15:11 Year 10 Secondary 4 Year 11 (F4)<br />
H 14:06 to 17:00+ Year 11 + Secondary 5+ Year 12 (F5)+<br />
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Why use CAT?<br />
• Provides indicators of outcomes at Key Stages 2, 3 and 4, 30 GCSEs,<br />
19 AS/A level subject indicators and Scottish Standard Grades 3 Int 1<br />
and 5 Int 2<br />
• Identifies a pupil’s individual strengths, needs and learning preferences,<br />
providing you with a complete profile of their ability<br />
• Monitors trends or changes in the ability profile of an intake over time,<br />
allowing you to measure the added value that your school achieves<br />
• Standardised scores allow you to compare your pupils’ results along<br />
with group/class comparisons<br />
• Informs target-setting, the development of individual learning plans and<br />
aids the implementation of more timely intervention strategies<br />
• Provides a sound basis for comparisons over time<br />
. . . and CAT digital?<br />
• CAT Digital removes the burden of test administration, as all practice,<br />
instructions and timings are computer-administered<br />
Each question has a sentence with one word left out. Look at the answer choices<br />
and choose the word that completes the sentence. Look at the example.<br />
A sudden gust of _________ knocked over our picnic table.<br />
Answer Options: sun water light wind heat<br />
Pupils are required to select the one word from the five options presented that<br />
sensibly fills a gap in the sentence.<br />
• Instant scoring gives you results at the touch of a button, saving you<br />
hours of marking time<br />
• Instant diagnostic reports are delivered straight to your desktop,<br />
enabling you to analyse results with ease and integrate them with<br />
other school information<br />
• Computer-based assessment often feels less daunting for pupils and<br />
fast feedback is proven to be more motivating<br />
Example questions from CAT Verbal Reasoning – Level A<br />
(7:06 to 9:11 years)<br />
Did you know?<br />
A complete approach – CAT in our portfolio<br />
<strong>Assessment</strong> is at the heart of understanding each pupil’s potential and making informed decisions. CAT<br />
can be particularly powerful when used with a range of other evidence, such as assessments in core skills<br />
to identify a child’s potential and to inform targeted intervention strategies.<br />
CAT data provides a comprehensive profile of a pupil’s ability. Combined with data from Progress in<br />
Maths (page 40) and Progress in English (pages 22–23), ability can be compared with attainment to<br />
identify anomalies and provide additional insights into a child’s learning.<br />
CAT, combined with our Pupil Attitudes to Self and School (PASS) (pages 46–48) attitudinal survey,<br />
can provide a complete picture of a pupil’s ability and attitudes. By providing a highly reliable measurement<br />
of nine core attitudinal factors, PASS answers many of the questions raised when there are discrepancies<br />
between attainment and CAT scores.<br />
Go online to view case studies, sample reports and a digital demo –<br />
www.gl-assessment.co.uk/cat<br />
Why not book a free no obligation appointment with one<br />
of our consultants to discuss our range of CAT products<br />
and services. Call 0845 602 1937 now!<br />
Over 50% of secondary<br />
schools in the UK take CAT<br />
every year! For many, it has<br />
proved a robust and<br />
reliable alternative for<br />
KS3 National Tests<br />
also<br />
available<br />
Pupil Attitudes to<br />
Self and School<br />
(PASS)<br />
Integrating your CAT<br />
results with the<br />
attitudinal results from<br />
PASS will provide you<br />
with a comprehensive<br />
understanding of a<br />
pupil’s overall ability.<br />
See pages 46–47<br />
Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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Reasoning<br />
CAT Digital<br />
The new edition CAT4 will be<br />
available from September 2012<br />
Offering the same validity and robustness as its paper-based equivalent,<br />
CAT Digital gives teachers and pupils faster results, a more motivating<br />
test experience and greater flexibility in administering the tests.<br />
Powered by <strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong>’s unique online assessment platform,<br />
Testwise, CAT Digital is easy to use for pupils and teachers alike.<br />
Automatic scoring means that results are delivered at the touch of a<br />
button, significantly reducing teacher workload. Detailed reports can be<br />
created instantly and delivered straight to teachers’ desktops, providing<br />
them with more time to review the reports and take appropriate action.<br />
Reports are available as PDF and Excel files and results can be<br />
exported directly into a School’s Information System.<br />
CAT Digital Non-verbal Reasoning: Figure Analysis Q2 of 18<br />
Level D (10:06 – 12:11 years)<br />
CAT Visual Verbal Profile Chart –<br />
Sample – Level C (9:06 – 11:11 years)<br />
“Students’ CAT scores are an essential part of getting the<br />
target-setting process right as they provide us with a<br />
wealth of information on each child’s individual strengths<br />
and weaknesses.”<br />
Des Deehan, Head Teacher, Weald of Kent Grammar<br />
Prices<br />
*+VAT<br />
CAT Paper<br />
Teacher Guide Pack Levels A–D 978 07087 11101/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £49.99<br />
Teacher Guide Pack Levels C–F 978 07087 11118/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £49.99<br />
Teacher Guide Pack Levels G–H 978 07087 11361/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £49.99<br />
Pupil Booklet A 978 07087 11149/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £7.50<br />
Pupil Booklet B 978 07087 11156/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £7.50<br />
Pupil Booklet C 978 07087 11125/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £7.50<br />
Pupil Booklet D 978 07087 11132/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £7.50<br />
Pupil Booklet E 978 07087 11163/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £7.50<br />
Pupil Booklet F 978 07087 11170/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £7.50<br />
Pupil Booklet G 978 14060 52145/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £7.50<br />
Pupil Booklet H 978 14060 52152/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £7.50<br />
Answer Sheet A (Pack of 10) 978 07087 11187/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £11.70*<br />
Answer Sheet B (Pack of 10) 978 07087 11194/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £11.70*<br />
Answer Sheet C (Pack of 10) 978 07087 11200/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £11.70*<br />
Answer Sheet D (Pack of 10) 978 07087 11217/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £11.70*<br />
Answer Sheet E (Pack of 10) 978 07087 11224/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £11.70*<br />
Answer Sheet F (Pack of 10) 978 07087 11231/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £11.70*<br />
Answer Sheet G (Pack of 10) 978 14060 52169/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £11.70*<br />
Answer Sheet H (Pack of 10) 978 14060 52176/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £11.70*<br />
Administration Manual A–F 978 07087 11248/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £38.00<br />
Administration Manual G–H 978 14060 52190/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £38.00<br />
Technical Manual A–H 978 07087 11255/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £38.00<br />
CAT <strong>Assessment</strong> Overview <strong>GL</strong>A203 F.O.C<br />
CAT Digital<br />
Individual Administration<br />
Level A 978 14060 52220/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £7.25*<br />
Level B 978 14060 52237/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £7.25*<br />
Level C 978 14060 52244/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £7.25*<br />
Level D 978 14060 52251/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £7.25*<br />
Level E 978 14060 52268/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £7.25*<br />
Level F 978 14060 52275/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £7.25*<br />
Level G 978 07087 13716/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £7.25*<br />
Level H 978 07087 13730/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £7.25*<br />
Minimum order of 10 administrations required<br />
Please contact your Area Consultant for details of special assessment<br />
packages. See pages 2–3 for details.<br />
See page 17 for prices on our CAT Interpretation & Analysis services<br />
CAT <strong>Assessment</strong> Overview Available<br />
The CAT <strong>Assessment</strong> Overview gives you a clear synopsis of each test, details how the<br />
assessment can be used along with a selection of sample questions and reports.<br />
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CAT Scoring & Reporting Service<br />
Marking, managing and interpreting your data is made easy with our<br />
CAT Scoring & Reporting Service. CAT scores are bought to life through<br />
a wide variety of reports, enabling teachers, SENCOs and other<br />
educational professionals to build a comprehensive picture of a pupil<br />
and his or her learning needs. Traditionally, these services have been<br />
administered by post. However, our recently launched Testwise<br />
Reporting System (TRS) has transformed them into a fully functional<br />
online service, reducing the turnaround time for reports even further and<br />
enabling easy ordering of additional reports. Data files and even PDF<br />
reports of pupils’ profiles can also be imported directly into your School<br />
Information System, giving teachers and school management teams<br />
immediate and easy access to detailed pupil portfolios in addition to test<br />
scores.<br />
Standard Service<br />
Our standard Scoring & Reporting Service delivers a wide variety of data<br />
straight to your desktop. Reports include:<br />
• Standard Age Scores<br />
• Stanines<br />
• National Percentile Ranks<br />
• Group Ranks<br />
• Raw Scores<br />
• Individual Pupil Profiles<br />
• Group Mean Score Analysis<br />
Optional Extras<br />
Reports, such as Indicators for Key Stage 2, 3 and GCSE along with a<br />
Cognitive Strengths and Weaknesses Profile, can be ordered at anytime<br />
through the TRS at a subsequent cost. These are listed opposite as<br />
Optional Extras.<br />
Overprinting Service<br />
To make administering and scoring of CAT more efficient we offer an<br />
Overprinting Service, which involves the printing of candidate name,<br />
date of birth and other details onto your Optical Mark Recognition<br />
(OMR). Call 0845 602 1937 for further information.<br />
Why use CAT Scoring & Reporting Service?<br />
• It makes analysis simpler, quicker and more focused<br />
• Guarantees a much higher level of accuracy in the marking,<br />
interpretation and calculation of scores<br />
• Delivers scores and reports within a maximum of 15 working days after<br />
receipt, ensuring there is no long wait before the assessment data can<br />
be fed back into the classroom<br />
• Stores your data on a secure system<br />
• Makes it possible to log in to the system at any time to check the<br />
status of your order<br />
Prices<br />
*+VAT<br />
CAT Scoring and Analysis Service<br />
Standard Scoring Service<br />
Level A Answer Sheet 978 14060 51957/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £2.05 per test*<br />
Level B Answer Sheet 978 14060 51964/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £2.05 per test*<br />
Level C Answer Sheet 978 14060 51971/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £2.05 per test*<br />
Level D Answer Sheet 978 14060 51988/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £2.05 per test*<br />
Level E Answer Sheet 978 14060 51995/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £2.05 per test*<br />
Level F Answer Sheet 978 14060 52008/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £2.05 per test*<br />
Level G Answer Sheet 978 14060 52015/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £2.05 per test*<br />
Level H Answer Sheet 978 14060 52022/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £2.05 per test*<br />
Optional Extras<br />
Summary of Results by Merit 978 14060 52039/<strong>GL</strong>A300 50p per test*<br />
Summary of Results by Gender 978 14060 52046/<strong>GL</strong>A300 50p per test*<br />
Summary of Subtest Results 978 14060 52053/<strong>GL</strong>A300 50p per test*<br />
Cognitive Strengths and<br />
Weaknesses Profile 978 14060 60355/<strong>GL</strong>A300 50p per test*<br />
Key Stage 2 Indicators 978 14060 52060/<strong>GL</strong>A300 50p per test*<br />
Key Stage 3 Indicators 978 14060 52077/<strong>GL</strong>A300 50p per test*<br />
GCSE Indicators 978 14060 52084/<strong>GL</strong>A300 50p per test*<br />
Standard Grade Indicators 978 14060 52114/<strong>GL</strong>A300 50p per test*<br />
AS/A Level Indicators 978 14060 52138/<strong>GL</strong>A300 50p per test*<br />
School Results Data 978 14060 52091/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £70.00*<br />
LA Results Data 978 14060 52107/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £170.00*<br />
Overprinting Service 978 14060 52121/<strong>GL</strong>A300 85p per test*<br />
Suitable for use in implementing<br />
the Curriculum for Excellence<br />
Local authorities, school clusters and independent groups<br />
can benefit from a Local Authority/School Cluster report that<br />
compares results between schools and includes all the<br />
group comparison criteria mentioned here. This is available<br />
at an additional charge.<br />
Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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Reasoning<br />
NEW! CAT Interpretation & Analysis Services<br />
<strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong> has developed a series of Interpretation & Analysis<br />
Services for the Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT), designed to support<br />
schools maximise the use of their CAT data in their learning and<br />
teaching. By focusing on the full range of insights afforded through<br />
CAT data, the flexible support programme enables customers to<br />
choose a level of support that best suits their own specific<br />
requirements. The levels of support are as follows:<br />
The CAT Conference<br />
Popular with CAT users for over five years, our CAT conferences are set<br />
to continue. Suitable for both new and existing users, these one day<br />
regional conferences provide professional development through sharing<br />
good practice and offering guidance and practitioner advice on making<br />
the most of CAT data.<br />
Designed to broaden the understanding of the range of abilities<br />
assessed by the test, our CAT conferences also help to demonstrate<br />
how results can be used by teachers, schools and local authorities for<br />
key school decision-making and target-setting.<br />
£<br />
£100 +VAT per person<br />
Includes lunch and a free copy of “Getting the Best from<br />
CAT”(RRP £52)<br />
For dates, venues and programmes, please visit:<br />
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The CAT Seminar<br />
Designed for groups of up to 15 delegates and especially suited to<br />
school clusters, federations and academy chains, this seminar is for<br />
delegates who are already familiar with the administration of CAT, who<br />
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Ideal for use at an INSET day or as a twilight session, the service<br />
provides a thorough examination of sample sets of CAT data and<br />
reports, offering you additional insight into your own school’s data.<br />
Attendees also benefit from explanations of statistical terminology and<br />
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Of course, the final agenda for each workshop will vary slightly<br />
depending on the specific requirements of the schools attending.<br />
However, during a typical workshop, particular focus is given to:<br />
• the identification of pupils, or groups of pupils, for interventions<br />
and/or support<br />
• explanation of demographic group datasets for school review and<br />
development<br />
• the use of individual profile reports<br />
• an examination of non-verbal, verbal and quantitative subtest results<br />
and the implications of low scores and relative differences<br />
• indicators of outcomes at Key Stages 2, 3 and 4 and their use in<br />
mentoring, target setting and monitoring<br />
• identification of a pupil’s cognitive strengths and weaknesses,<br />
exploring possible implications for teaching and learning<br />
• making initial comparisons with other standardised data sets<br />
• monitoring change over time and intake ability against national<br />
standards<br />
ASCL Member discounts available for the CAT Interpretation &<br />
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• setting a baseline for the ‘value added’ by the school<br />
• understanding the limitations of statistical analysis and individual<br />
factors<br />
£<br />
£595 +VAT (up to half-day);<br />
£895 +VAT (full-day)<br />
Commissioned CAT seminars are also for up to 15<br />
delegates at selected venues across the country.<br />
Attendees can choose between a half-day workshop or a<br />
more intensive full-day course at a cost per person of<br />
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information contact our Professional Development<br />
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Suitable for use in implementing<br />
the Curriculum for Excellence<br />
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Tailored Services<br />
Our Tailored Services are the ideal choice for schools looking for an even<br />
deeper and more strategic level of analysis than is possible through the<br />
group session. As part of the service, schools are partnered with a skilled<br />
and experienced facilitator who helps you get to the heart of your data,<br />
identify the key questions and map out the next steps to address these.<br />
To enable the depth of analysis required, schools must allow their<br />
facilitator prior access to their CAT data. Schools can choose from the<br />
following options:<br />
1. School-specific Strategic Report<br />
Identifies key questions for further investigation in a summary Strategic<br />
Report written by your facilitator after thorough analysis of your CAT<br />
data. Provided in both paper and electronic formats.<br />
£<br />
£295 +VAT<br />
2. Follow-Up Consultancy Service<br />
A follow-up consultancy gives schools the opportunity of exploring in<br />
detail issues emerging from the Strategic Report, including the<br />
implications for the teaching and learning of specific sub-cohorts and<br />
individuals. The consultancy focuses on the strategic implications for<br />
school improvement, examining appropriate strategies and processes,<br />
helping you to identify and prioritise your actions.<br />
£<br />
£750 +VAT<br />
3. Combined Service<br />
Achieve better value by choosing both services together<br />
• Initial conversation with facilitator<br />
• Identification of key questions and insights from your CAT data,<br />
including the implications for the teaching and learning of specific<br />
sub-cohorts and individuals<br />
• A school visit by our facilitator to explore and analyse with you the<br />
issues arising, highlight priorities and examine appropriate strategies<br />
• A final written report identifying the key questions and agreed actions<br />
£<br />
£995 +VAT<br />
Taking your CAT data to the next level<br />
For users of our Progress in English (PiE) and Progress in Maths<br />
(PiM) assessments, the Tailored Services can be enhanced further<br />
by analysing your CAT data alongside two other data sets, to be<br />
chosen from PiE, PiM and Teacher <strong>Assessment</strong>. The ‘triangulation’<br />
between the CAT data and the other data sources enables finetuning<br />
in the identification of anomalies, providing valuable additional<br />
insights into individual pupils or sub-cohorts.<br />
Our CAT Interpretation & Analysis Services enable deeper analysis of key reports<br />
such as the Pupils’ Subtest Report and the Cognitive Strengths and Weaknesses<br />
Report.<br />
A word on Quality Assurance<br />
To ensure our services have maximum input, our accredited facilitators<br />
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In addition, our ISO 27001 accreditation means your data is safe with us.<br />
Please call 0845 602 1937 or email pds@gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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Reasoning<br />
Verbal Reasoning<br />
Pauline Smith and Crescentius Fernandes (5–7)<br />
Neil Hagues and Denise Courtenay (8–13)<br />
Age Range:<br />
Paper: 5–13 years<br />
Digital: 8–13 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Teachers and SENCOs<br />
Timed:<br />
30–45 minutes<br />
i<br />
Available in both paper<br />
and digital formats<br />
Combine Verbal<br />
Reasoning and<br />
Non-Verbal Reasoning to<br />
provide a baseline test<br />
for reasoning ability<br />
Available in both paper and digital formats Verbal Reasoning is suitable for pupils aged 5 to 13 years and can<br />
be administered individually or in a group setting. These standardised tests measure a pupil’s ability to engage<br />
with the language medium in order to identify their wider reasoning ability and potential.<br />
Verbal Reasoning highlights pupils’ skills in verbal thinking above and beyond their formal literacy abilities and<br />
can be used alone or as part of a wider assessment programme. The results provide teachers and SENCOs<br />
with an indication of how a pupil assimilates new information that may not be evident from their usual class<br />
work.<br />
The series covers various types of questions, testing vocabulary, verbal analogies, logical reasoning, symbol<br />
manipulation using letters, numbers and words in sentences.<br />
Reasoning 5 covers both verbal and non-verbal reasoning. It does not require any reading by the pupils, with<br />
the verbal section comprising orally administered questions and pictorial response options. Verbal Reasoning<br />
6 –7involve reading. Verbal Reasoning 6 has an orally administered subtest and one which has to be read,<br />
whereas the tests for older pupils all involve reading the questions and answer options.<br />
N.B. 5 – 7 is paper only.<br />
Verbal Reasoning Digital offers the same quality, rigour and reliability as its paper-based equivalent, with the<br />
added benefit of automatic scoring, a more motivating test experience and instant diagnostic reports delivered<br />
at the touch of a button. The diagnostic reports illustrate information such as:<br />
• Pupils’ results by Standard Age Score<br />
• Comparison of group with national scores<br />
• Comparison of pupil results by criteria including gender,<br />
ethnicity and free school meals<br />
• Key Stage 2 and 3 National Curriculum<br />
Level Indicators<br />
Teacher Guide<br />
Packs contain: Teacher’s<br />
Guide and At-a-Glance<br />
Guide. Sample Pupil Booklets<br />
are available to download<br />
from<br />
www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
/vrsamples<br />
Practice item from<br />
Verbal Reasoning 8 & 9<br />
18
Why use Verbal Reasoning?<br />
• The assessment highlights pupils skills in verbal thinking above and<br />
beyond their formal literacy skills<br />
• You will obtain a measure of your pupils’ potential to learn across the<br />
curriculum using the English language<br />
• You will be able to compare your pupils’ results with the national<br />
average through the identification of Standard Age Scores<br />
• Results can be used to aid individual target-setting and learning<br />
programmes<br />
• End of Key Stage 2 and 3 indicators are available<br />
. . . and Verbal Reasoning digital?<br />
• Digital testing removes the burden of test administration, as all practice,<br />
instructions and timings are computer-administered<br />
• Instant scoring gives you results at the touch of a button, saving you<br />
hours of marking time<br />
• Instant diagnostic reports are delivered straight to your desktop,<br />
enabling you to analyse results with ease and integrate them with other<br />
school data sets<br />
• Computer-based assessment often feels more relevant and less<br />
daunting for pupils’ and fast feedback is proven to be more motivating<br />
The Online Marking Tool<br />
Our brand new Online Marking Tool (OMT) is available for Verbal<br />
Reasoning, offering a higher level of accuracy than scoring by<br />
hand and reducing marking time significantly. A range of basic<br />
reports are produced along with the option of requesting further<br />
reports and data files at an additional cost. Please call<br />
0845 602 1937 for further information.<br />
A complete approach – Verbal Reasoning and<br />
Non-Verbal Reasoning in our portfolio<br />
Verbal Reasoning and Non-Verbal Reasoning can be used as an<br />
alternative to the Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT) (pages 12–17),<br />
particularly for those wanting a slimmer and shorter battery to<br />
measure a pupil’s ability. The reasoning tests are ideal for use<br />
with primary children of who may find the three CAT test<br />
batteries too long.<br />
Item from Verbal Reasoning 8 & 9 Digital<br />
Prices<br />
*+VAT<br />
Verbal Reasoning Paper<br />
Teacher Guide Pack 5 (Reasoning) 978 07087 16328/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £20.99<br />
Teacher Guide Pack 6 (Reasoning) 978 07087 16335/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £20.99<br />
Teacher Guide Pack 7 (Reasoning) 978 07087 16342/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £20.99<br />
Teacher Guide Pack 8 & 9 978 07087 16793/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £20.99<br />
Teacher Guide Pack 10 & 11 978 07087 16809/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £20.99<br />
Teacher Guide Pack 12 & 13 978 07087 16816/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £20.99<br />
Pupil Booklets (Packs of 10)<br />
Pupil Booklet 5 (Reasoning) 978 07087 16359/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £16.99*<br />
Pupil Booklet 6 (Reasoning) 978 07087 16366/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £16.99*<br />
Pupil Booklet 7 (Reasoning) 978 07087 16380/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £16.99*<br />
Pupil Booklet 8 & 9 978 07087 12047/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £16.99*<br />
Pupil Booklet 10 & 11 978 07087 12054/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £16.99*<br />
Pupil Booklet 12 & 13 978 07087 12061/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £16.99*<br />
Verbal Reasoning Digital<br />
Individual licences<br />
Verbal Reasoning 8 & 9 Digital 978 07087 19442/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £3.50*<br />
Verbal Reasoning 10 & 11 Digital 978 07087 19459/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £3.50*<br />
Verbal Reasoning 8 & 9 Digital &<br />
Non-Verbal Reasoning 8 & 9 Digital 978 07087 19411/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £6.00*<br />
Verbal Reasoning 10 & 11 Digital &<br />
Non-Verbal Reasoning 10 & 11 Digital 978 07087 19428/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £6.00*<br />
Verbal Reasoning 12 & 13 Digital 978 07087 19446/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £3.50*<br />
Verbal Reasoning 12 & 13 Digital &<br />
Non-Verbal Reasoning 12–14 Digital 978 07087 19435/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £6.00*<br />
Minimum order of 10 administrations required<br />
Online Marking Tool 978 14060 75090/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £75.00*<br />
Please contact your Area Consultant for details of special assessment<br />
packages. See pages 2–3 for details.<br />
Go online to view sample reports and a digital demo –<br />
www.gl-assessment.co.uk/vrdigital<br />
Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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Reasoning<br />
Non-Verbal Reasoning<br />
Pauline Smith and Crescentius Fernandes (5–7)<br />
Pauline Smith and Neil Hagues (8–14)<br />
Age Range:<br />
Paper: 5–14 years<br />
Digital: 8–14 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Teachers and SENCOs<br />
Timed:<br />
30–45 minutes<br />
i<br />
Available in both paper<br />
and digital formats<br />
Combine Non-Verbal<br />
Reasoning and<br />
Verbal Reasoning to<br />
provide a baseline test<br />
for reasoning ability<br />
Available in both paper and digital<br />
formats Non-Verbal Reasoning is suitable<br />
for pupils aged 5 to 14 years and can be<br />
administered individually or in a group<br />
setting. These standardised tests<br />
measure a pupil’s ability to engage with<br />
context-free visual information in order to<br />
identify their wider reasoning ability and<br />
potential.<br />
Non-Verbal Reasoning 8–14 involves no reading, so can provide insight into the abilities of pupils who think<br />
more easily in images than words and those who have limited reading skills, for example dyslexics, poorly<br />
motivated pupils who haven’t learned to read, or those who speak English as an Additional Language (EAL).<br />
These standardised assessments offer a reliable indication of how easily a pupil may acquire new concepts in<br />
a wide range of subjects including Maths, Science and Design and Technology. A short practice test ensures<br />
that all pupils understand what is expected of them before they start the test.<br />
Reasoning 5 covers both verbal and non-verbal reasoning. It does not require any reading by the pupils, with<br />
the verbal section comprising orally administered questions and pictorial response options.<br />
Non-Verbal Reasoning Digital offers the same quality, rigour and reliability as its paper-based equivalent, with<br />
the added benefit of automatic scoring, a more motivating test experience and instant diagnostic reports<br />
delivered at the touch of a button. The diagnostic reports illustrate information such as:<br />
• Pupils’ results by Standard Age Score<br />
• Comparison of group with national scores<br />
• Comparison of pupil results by criteria including gender, ethnicity<br />
and free school meals<br />
• Key Stage 1 and 2 National Curriculum Level Indicators<br />
The Online Marking Tool<br />
Our brand new Online Marking Tool (OMT) is available for Verbal<br />
Reasoning, offering a higher level of accuracy than scoring by hand<br />
and reducing marking time significantly. A range of<br />
basic reports are produced along with the option of<br />
requesting further reports and data files at an<br />
additional cost. Please call 0845 602 1937 for<br />
further information.<br />
Teacher Guide<br />
Packs contain: Teacher’s<br />
Guide and At-a-Glance<br />
Guide. Sample Pupil Booklets<br />
are available to download<br />
from<br />
www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
/nvrsamples<br />
Practice item from<br />
Non-Verbal Reasoning 10 & 11<br />
20
Why use Non-Verbal Reasoning?<br />
• Non-Verbal Reasoning is ideal for helping you assess the abilities of<br />
dyslexic pupils or others who are stronger at thinking via the visual<br />
medium, particularly as it involves no reading<br />
• Identifies the potential in all pupils as the assessment is word-free and<br />
non-culturally specific, and therefore not biased towards any social,<br />
cultural or linguistic group<br />
• You will be able to compare your pupils’ results with the national<br />
average through the identification of Standard Age Scores<br />
• It is suitable for pupils with English as an Additional Language (EAL)<br />
. . . and the digital versions?<br />
• Digital testing removes the burden of test administration, as all practice,<br />
instructions and timings are computer-administered<br />
• Instant scoring gives you results at the touch of a button, saving you<br />
hours of marking time<br />
• Instant diagnostic reports are delivered straight to your desktop,<br />
enabling you to analyse results with ease and integrate them with other<br />
school data sets<br />
• Computer-based assessment often feels more relevant and less<br />
daunting for pupils and fast feedback is proven to be more motivating<br />
A complete approach – Non-Verbal Reasoning and<br />
Verbal Reasoning in our portfolio<br />
Non-Verbal Reasoning and Verbal Reasoning can be used as an<br />
alternative to the Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT) (pages 12–17),<br />
particularly for those wanting a slimmer and shorter battery to<br />
measure a pupil’s ability. The reasoning tests are ideal for use with<br />
primary children of who may find the three CAT test batteries too<br />
long.<br />
Go online to view sample reports and a digital demo –<br />
www.gl-assessment.co.uk/nvrdigital<br />
Spatial Reasoning<br />
Spatial Reasoning is still available to purchase. The standardised<br />
assessment series for pupils aged 6-14 tests a pupil’s ability to visualise<br />
shapes and patterns and to think in three dimensions. The assessment<br />
helps identify pupils with a visual thinking bias who may find words a<br />
barrier to realising their potential. Visit www.gl-assessment.co.uk/<br />
spatialreasoning for further details.<br />
Item from Non-Verbal Reasoning 8 & 9 Digital<br />
Prices<br />
*+VAT<br />
Non-Verbal Reasoning Paper<br />
Teacher Guide Pack 5 (Reasoning) 978 07087 16328/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £20.99<br />
Teacher Guide Pack 6 (Reasoning) 978 07087 16335/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £20.99<br />
Teacher Guide Pack 7 (Reasoning) 978 07087 16342/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £20.99<br />
Teacher Guide Pack 8 & 9 978 07087 16694/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £20.99<br />
Teacher Guide Pack 10 & 11 978 07087 16700/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £20.99<br />
Teacher Guide Pack 12–14 978 07087 16717/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £20.99<br />
Pupil Booklets (Packs of 10)<br />
Pupil Booklet 5 (Reasoning) 978 07087 16359/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £16.99*<br />
Pupil Booklet 6 (Reasoning) 978 07087 16373/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £16.99*<br />
Pupil Booklet 7 (Reasoning) 978 07087 16397/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £16.99*<br />
Pupil Booklet 8 & 9 978 07087 11552/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £20.99*<br />
Pupil Booklet 10 & 11 978 07087 11569/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £20.99*<br />
Pupil Booklet 12–14 978 07087 11576/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £20.99*<br />
Non-Verbal Reasoning Digital<br />
Individual licences<br />
Non-Verbal Reasoning 8 & 9 Digital 978 07087 19381/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £3.50*<br />
Non-Verbal Reasoning 10 & 11 Digital 978 07087 19398/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £3.50*<br />
Verbal Reasoning 8 & 9 Digital &<br />
Non-Verbal Reasoning 8 & 9 Digital 978 07087 19411/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £6.00*<br />
Verbal Reasoning 10 & 11 Digital &<br />
Non-Verbal Reasoning 10 & 11 Digital 978 07087 19428/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £6.00*<br />
Non-Verbal Reasoning 12–14 Digital 978 07087 19404/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £3.50*<br />
Verbal Reasoning 12 & 13 Digital &<br />
Non-Verbal Reasoning 12–14 Digital 978 07087 19435/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £6.00*<br />
Minimum order of 10 administrations required<br />
Spatial Reasoning<br />
Teacher Guide Pack 6 & 7 978 07087 16755/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £19.99<br />
Teacher Guide Pack 8 & 9 978 07087 16762/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £19.99<br />
Teacher Guide Pack 10 & 11 978 07087 16779/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £19.99<br />
Teacher Guide Pack 12–14 978 07087 16786/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £19.99<br />
Pupil Booklets (Packs of 10)<br />
Pupil Booklet 6 & 7 978 07087 11941/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £14.50*<br />
Pupil Booklet 8 & 9 978 07087 11958/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £14.50*<br />
Pupil Booklet 10 & 11 978 07087 11965/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £14.50*<br />
Pupil Booklet 12–14 978 07087 11972/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £14.50*<br />
Online Marking Tool 978 14060 75083/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £75.00*<br />
Please contact your Area Consultant for details of special assessment<br />
packages. See pages 2–3 for details.<br />
Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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Literacy<br />
Progress in English<br />
Catherine Kirkup, Anastassia Triga, Tessa Reardon and Marian Sainsbury, National Foundation for Educational Research<br />
Age Range:<br />
Paper: 5–14 years<br />
Digital: 7–11 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Teachers, Literacy<br />
Co-ordinators and SENCOs<br />
Timings:<br />
Untimed, approx 1 hour<br />
Available in both paper<br />
and digital formats<br />
Suitable for use in implementing<br />
the Curriculum for Excellence<br />
Progress in English (PiE) tests a pupil’s reading and writing ability, and has become established as the<br />
standardised English assessment of choice in many schools.<br />
The structure and content of the group test allow for pupils to be tested annually, often used summatively at<br />
the end of the year. PiE comprises two forms. The Short Form contains two themed reading comprehension<br />
passages (fiction and non-fiction) and spelling and grammar exercises. The optional Long Form includes open<br />
response comprehension questions and writing tasks. The latter is provided with detailed marking keys that<br />
have been rigorously moderated to guide teachers in the marking of their pupils’ extended written work.<br />
A new pupil booklet has recently been published, containing both the Short Form and the Long Form<br />
exercises, to make administration of all parts of PiE more straightforward for those wanting to test at greater<br />
length. Each pack of the new booklets includes brief guidance notes; full administration, marking and<br />
interpretation is as published in the Teacher’s Guide to each level of PiE.<br />
Progress in English Digital mirrors the well established paper test with the added benefit of automatic scoring,<br />
supported by instant diagnostic reporting. These reports illustrate: Pupils’ results by Standard Age Score,<br />
estimated reading and writing National Curriculum Levels, comparison of group and national scores (by gender<br />
and whole group), analysis of results by process category (against national scores) and question by question<br />
analysis.<br />
The Getting the Best from Progress in English Handbook and CD-ROM is still available. Go online<br />
www.gl-assessment.co.uk/piehandbook for further information.<br />
Why use PiE?<br />
• PiE is available for pupils from age 5 right through to 14 years,<br />
providing a continual assessment across the primary and lower<br />
secondary phases<br />
• You will obtain an overview of a pupil’s attainment, progress and ability<br />
in reading and writing to inform appropriate target setting<br />
• The results will support you in your own assessment of how well pupils<br />
are working<br />
• PiE is an ideal assessment for monitoring progress over time and<br />
identifying the effectiveness of intervention strategies<br />
• You will be provided with National Curriculum Levels for reading and<br />
writing for both the Short Form and Long Form of PiE<br />
. . . and PiE Digital?<br />
• Digital testing allows the automatic delivery of results as soon as tests<br />
are complete, saving hours of marking time and waiting for scores<br />
• Instant diagnostic reports allow you to act immediately on results, and<br />
data can be integrated with other school information<br />
• The engaging illustrations featured within PiE Digital bring the test to life<br />
• Computer-based assessment often feels more relevant and less<br />
daunting for pupils and fast feedback is proven more motivating<br />
Item from Progress in English 11 Digital<br />
Teacher Guide<br />
Packs contain: Teacher’s<br />
Guide, At-a-Glance Guide.<br />
Sample Pupil Booklets are<br />
available to download from<br />
www.gl-assessment.co.uk/<br />
piesamples<br />
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Progress in English Scoring & Reporting Service<br />
Marking, managing and interpreting your data is made easy with our<br />
Progress in English Scoring & Reporting Service. Our comprehensive<br />
service takes the work out of using PiE to deliver fast and accurate<br />
results in a range of reports tailored to your needs.<br />
Designed to ensure that you gain full value from the data PiE provides,<br />
our recently launched Testwise Reporting System (TRS) has<br />
transformed the traditional service administered by post to a fully<br />
functional online service. The service guarantees a much higher level of<br />
accuracy in the marking, interpretation and calculation of scores, a<br />
reduction in the turnaround time for reports and the option to order<br />
additional reports easily.<br />
Sample Report<br />
showing analysis by<br />
process area<br />
Data files in Excel and CSV format and even PDF reports can be imported<br />
directly into your School Information System, providing immediate and<br />
easy access to detailed pupil portfolios in addition to test scores.<br />
In order to subscribe to the Progress in English Scoring & Reporting<br />
Service, you must pre-register, call 0845 602 1937.<br />
For schools that choose to score their own papers, a brand new Online<br />
Marking Tool (OMT) can be purchased. Please call 0845 602 1937 for<br />
further information.<br />
A complete approach – PiE in our portfolio<br />
Progress in English identifies a pupil’s attainment in reading and<br />
writing. Combined with data from the Cognitive Abilities Test<br />
(CAT) (pages 12–17), which provides a comprehensive<br />
overview of a pupil’s ability, PiE will help you compare ability with<br />
attainment to identify anomalies and provide additional insights<br />
into a pupil’s learning.<br />
Go online to view sample reports and a digital demo –<br />
www.gl-assessment.co.uk/piedigital<br />
Prices<br />
PIE Paper<br />
Teacher Guide Packs<br />
*+VAT<br />
Progress in English 5 978 07087 17585/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £21.99<br />
Progress in English 6 978 07087 17592/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £21.99<br />
Progress in English 7 978 07087 15987/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £21.99<br />
Progress in English 8 978 07087 16014/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £21.99<br />
Progress in English 9 978 07087 16045/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £21.99<br />
Progress in English 10 978 07087 16076/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £21.99<br />
Progress in English 11 978 07087 16106/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £21.99<br />
Progress in English 12 978 07087 17608/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £21.99<br />
Progress in English 13 978 07087 17615/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £21.99<br />
Progress in English 14 978 07087 17622/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £21.99<br />
Pupil Booklets (Packs of 10)<br />
Progress in English 5 978 07087 08958/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.99*<br />
Progress in English 6 978 07087 08965/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.99*<br />
Progress in English 7 978 07087 16007/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.99*<br />
Progress in English 8 978 07087 16038/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.99*<br />
Progress in English 9 978 07087 16069/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.99*<br />
Progress in English 10 978 07087 16090/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.99*<br />
Progress in English 11 978 07087 16120/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.99*<br />
Progress in English 12 978 07087 08774/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.99*<br />
Progress in English 13 978 07087 08804/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.99*<br />
Progress in English 14 978 07087 09023/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.99*<br />
Long Form Pupil Booklets (Packs of 10)<br />
Progress in English 7 978 07087 20295/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.99*<br />
Progress in English 8 978 07087 20301/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.99*<br />
Progress in English 9 978 07087 20318/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.99*<br />
Progress in English 10 978 07087 20325/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.99*<br />
Progress in English 11 978 07087 20332/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.99*<br />
Please note that ages 5, 6, 12, 13 & 14 are from the first edition of Progress in English.<br />
Getting the Best from PiE Handbook<br />
& CD-ROM 978 07087 19374/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £34.99<br />
PIE Digital<br />
Individual Administration<br />
Level 7 978 07087 16144/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £5.00*<br />
Level 8 978 07087 16168/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £5.00*<br />
Level 9 978 07087 16182/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £5.00*<br />
Level 10 978 07087 16205/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £5.00*<br />
Level 11 978 07087 16229/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £5.00*<br />
Minimum order of 10 administrations required<br />
Please contact your Area Consultant for details of special assessment packages.<br />
See pages 2–3 for details.<br />
PIE Scoring & Analysis Service<br />
Hand Scoring 978 14060 46595/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £2.50 per test*<br />
Standard Service 978 14060 46670/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £1.30 per test*<br />
Individual Pupil Reports 978 14060 46625/<strong>GL</strong>A300 50p per test*<br />
School Results Data 978 14060 52091/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £70.00*<br />
LA Results Data 978 14060 52107/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £170.00*<br />
Online Marking Tool 978 14060 75052/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £75.00*<br />
Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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Literacy<br />
British Picture Vocabulary Scale: Third Edition<br />
Part of NAHT member<br />
package. See page 72<br />
Lloyd M Dunn, Douglas M Dunn<br />
with Julie Sewell and Ben Styles, National Foundation for Educational Research<br />
Age Range:<br />
3–16 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Teachers, SENCOs and<br />
Speech and Language<br />
Therapists<br />
Timings:<br />
Untimed, approx 10 minutes<br />
also<br />
available<br />
Single Word<br />
Spelling Test See<br />
page 38, New Group<br />
Reading Test See<br />
pages 22–27 and<br />
York <strong>Assessment</strong> of<br />
Reading for<br />
Comprehension:<br />
Passage Reading<br />
Primary and<br />
Secondary See<br />
pages 32–35<br />
<strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong>’s leading vocabulary assessment for standard English, the British Picture Vocabulary Scale:<br />
Third Edition (BPVS3) can play an important role in assessing a child’s receptive (hearing) vocabulary, from as<br />
young as 3 years right up to 16 years of age. Its simple, appealing format and ease of administration belies the<br />
significance of the assessment and how it can help identify any delay in vocabulary development, even before<br />
children are in full time education.<br />
BPVS3 is a one-to-one test that assesses a child’s receptive vocabulary; for each question, the teacher says a<br />
word and the pupil responds by selecting a picture from four options that best illustrates the word’s meaning.<br />
The assessment is untimed but is designed to take approximately 10 minutes to administer.<br />
As no reading is required, BPVS3 can be used to assess language development in non-readers and especially<br />
pupils with expressive language impairments. Because no spoken response is required, the assessment may<br />
be administered to pupils with autism and other related communication difficulties or those with English as an<br />
Additional Language (EAL). To help with administration to pupils who may be colour blind the illustrations have<br />
black outlines and the colours are vivid.<br />
Why use BPVS3?<br />
• BPVS3 will help you identify any delays in a child’s vocabulary<br />
development, even before they are in full time education, informing<br />
intervention strategies to help extend their vocabulary<br />
• The assessment is suitable for non-readers and children with specific<br />
learning difficulties, such as autism or cerebral palsy, as no reading is<br />
required and responses can be given by pointing or gesture<br />
• BPVS3 is robust and time-efficient and can be used as an ideal<br />
benchmarking and progress-checking assessment from pre-school to<br />
secondary school<br />
• The fully revised edition features full colour illustrations and improved<br />
presentation with a larger format and transportable carry case<br />
BPVS3 Complete<br />
Set contains:<br />
Test material, Manual and<br />
20 Record Forms<br />
and Carry Case<br />
• All illustrations featured within the test have black outlines and use vivid<br />
colours to help with administration to children who may be colour blind<br />
A complete approach – BPVS3 in our portfolio<br />
To ensure consistency of reading assessment across the primary<br />
and secondary phases, the British Picture Vocabulary Scale: Third<br />
Edition (BPVS3) can be used alongside the New Group Reading<br />
Test (pages 26–27) and the York <strong>Assessment</strong> of Reading for<br />
Comprehension: Passage Reading Primary and Secondary<br />
(pages 32–35) to provide a comprehensive profile of a pupil’s<br />
reading ability and the difficulties they may be experiencing. Since<br />
establishing and developing a wide vocabulary from a very young<br />
age has been recognised as essential to a pupil’s academic<br />
success and their overall reading ability, it is essential that<br />
vocabulary knowledge is assessed.<br />
Practice questions from BPVS<br />
Prices<br />
*+VAT<br />
Complete Set 978 07087 19558/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £162.50*<br />
Record Forms (Pack of 10) 978 07087 19565/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £11.25*<br />
Second Edition Forms are still available:<br />
BPVS2 Record Forms (Pack of 10) 978 07087 12184/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.00*<br />
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British Spelling Test Series: Second Edition<br />
Denis Vincent with Mike de la Mare<br />
Age Range:<br />
6–13 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Teachers, Literacy<br />
Co-ordinators and SENCOs<br />
Timings:<br />
Untimed, 30 minutes approx<br />
also<br />
available<br />
Single Word<br />
Spelling Test<br />
See page 38<br />
The second edition of <strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong>’s highly regarded and widely used spelling test series, the British<br />
Spelling Test Series: Second Edition (BSTS2) assesses spelling at word, sentence and continuous writing<br />
level, and contains a wide mix of questions and tasks that test pupils’ ability to spell in different contexts – an<br />
element that is unique to this series. The group test contains a mix of tasks some of which require pupils to<br />
draw on their own vocabulary and is straightforward to administer and score.<br />
The series contains four tests, each with two equivalent forms that cover a range of year groups (see table<br />
below for details). Each test has a Teacher Guide explaining how to administer, mark and score the test, as<br />
well as how to use conversion tables to obtain standardised scores and spelling ages. Guidance is also given<br />
on assessing the severity of the spelling problems of pupils who performed poorly on the test.<br />
Each test has been carefully tailored to the age of the pupils and comprises an extended range of tasks that<br />
assess spelling based on classroom and teaching activities.<br />
Evaluation<br />
Packs contain:<br />
Teacher’s Guide,<br />
At-a-Glance Guide<br />
and a Sample<br />
Pupil Booklet<br />
Why use BSTS2?<br />
• BSTS2 provides teachers with an engaging and rigorous way of<br />
monitoring their pupils’ progress and highlighting those for whom<br />
spelling is especially difficult.<br />
• Fully standardised in 2008 – BSTS2 produces Standard Age Scores,<br />
age equivalent scores and percentile ranks<br />
• It is ideal for year on year screening and monitoring and for testing at<br />
key transition points, including the transition from primary to secondary<br />
school<br />
• Full colour illustrations for BSTS2 AB and CD make the tests very<br />
attractive and engaging to younger learners<br />
• The test has been developed by experts in literacy who are seasoned<br />
test developers, so you can be assured the new material assesses<br />
spelling in an engaging and relevant way<br />
Our brand new Online Marking Tool (OMT) is available for BSTS2, offering<br />
a higher level of accuracy than scoring by hand and reduces marking time<br />
significantly. Please call 0845 602 1937 for further information.<br />
A complete approach – BSTS2 in our portfolio<br />
The British Spelling Test Series: Second Edition is often used by<br />
teachers who want to go beyond the straightforward single word<br />
format of the Single Word Spelling Test (page 38) and offers<br />
choice to teachers who want to test spelling as part of a<br />
comprehensive literacy assessment.<br />
BSTS2 – levels and corresponding year groups<br />
Standardised England Northern Scotland<br />
Score Range and Wales Ireland<br />
BSTS2 AB 5:00-8:04 Y1*/Y2 Y2*/Y3 P2*/P3<br />
BSTS2 CD 6:00-9:09 Y3/Y4 Y4/Y5 P4/P5<br />
BSTS2 EF 7:06-11:09 Y5/Y6** Y6/Y7** P6/P7**<br />
BSTS2 GH 10:00-14:00 Y6, 7 & 8 Y7, 8 & 9 P7, S1 & S2<br />
*Recommended for use in the second half of the school year<br />
**Recommended for use in the first term of the school year<br />
Prices<br />
*+VAT<br />
Evaluation Packs<br />
Evaluation Pack A/B 978 07087 19190/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £23.00<br />
Evaluation Pack C/D 978 07087 19206/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £23.00<br />
Evaluation Pack E/F 978 07087 19213/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £23.00<br />
Evaluation Pack G/H 978 07087 19220/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £23.00<br />
Pupil Booklets (Packs of 10)<br />
Pupil Booklet A 978 07087 19237/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £16.00*<br />
Pupil Booklet B 978 07087 19244/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £16.00*<br />
Pupil Booklet C 978 07087 19251/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £16.00*<br />
Pupil Booklet D 978 07087 19268/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £16.00*<br />
Pupil Booklet E 978 07087 19275/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £16.00*<br />
Pupil Booklet F 978 07087 19282/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £16.00*<br />
Pupil Booklet G 978 07087 19299/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £16.00*<br />
Pupil Booklet H 978 07087 19305/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £16.00*<br />
Online Marking Tool 978 14060 75113/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £75.00*<br />
Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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Literacy<br />
New! New Group Reading Test<br />
Bethan Burge, Ben Styles, Bernadetta Bizyska, Louise Cooper, Yarim Shamsan, Fancesca<br />
Saltini and Liz Twist. National Foundation for Educational Research<br />
Age Range:<br />
6–16 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Teachers, Literacy<br />
Co-ordinators, SENCOs and<br />
Educational Psychologists<br />
Timed:<br />
45–50 minutes<br />
Suitable for use in implementing<br />
the Curriculum for Excellence<br />
The New Group Reading Test (NGRT) is the third<br />
edition of the best selling Group Reading Test,<br />
developed by <strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong> and the National<br />
Foundation for Educational Research (NFER).<br />
NGRT is an ideal screening/monitoring test for groups<br />
of pupils. It enables the assessment of reading and<br />
comprehension in a single test, helping to identify, for<br />
instance, competent readers with weak<br />
comprehension skills who would benefit from a followup<br />
individual assessment and learning support.<br />
Easy to score and administer, NGRT measures how a<br />
pupil is performing compared to their peers at national<br />
level. The addition of two new equivalent form tests for<br />
pupils aged 14 to 16 years means that, NGRT is now suitable for use with GCE/GCSE<br />
pupils, enabling progress to be tracked across the primary and secondary stages.<br />
Why use NGRT?<br />
• NGRT is the reading assessment of choice for many as it allows the<br />
assessment of reading and comprehension in a single test, whilst<br />
providing a wealth of diagnostic information<br />
• NGRT will provide you with comprehensive overview of a pupil’s<br />
reading and comprehension ability whilst identifying areas where they<br />
may be experiencing difficulties, to better inform target-setting<br />
Teacher Guide Pack<br />
contains: Teacher’s Guide,<br />
Sample Pupil Booklets and<br />
At-a-Glance Guide for<br />
each level<br />
• You will be provided with overall scores broken down into separate<br />
scale scores, showing how sentence completion scores compare to<br />
those for comprehension, allowing for the implementation of better<br />
intervention strategies<br />
• The assessment is an ideal tool for monitoring progress over time and<br />
facilitates the evaluation of teaching methods<br />
• It is an ideal as a group screening test to identify those pupils who need<br />
to be assessed individually by a specialist for Access Arrangements<br />
• You will receive standard age, age equivalent scores and National<br />
Curriculum Levels for reading<br />
NGRT<br />
Year group Standardised Scores<br />
Test England & Wales Scotland Northern Ireland Years:Months<br />
Test 1 Year 1 P2 P2 5:00 – 7:03<br />
Test 2A/2B Years 2–4 P3–5 P3–5 6:00 – 10:05<br />
Test 3A/3B Years 5–8 P6–7 P6–7 9:00 – 14:05<br />
S1–2 Years 8–9<br />
Test 4A/4B Years 9–11 S3–5 Years 10–12 13:00 – 17:05<br />
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also<br />
available<br />
York <strong>Assessment</strong> of<br />
Reading for<br />
Comprehension:<br />
Passage Reading<br />
Primary and<br />
Secondary See<br />
pages 32–35 and<br />
British Picture<br />
Vocabulary Scale:<br />
Third Edition See<br />
page 24
New Group Reading Test Scoring & Reporting Service<br />
Marking, managing and interpreting your data is made easy with our New Group Reading Test Scoring &<br />
Reporting Service. Our comprehensive service takes the work out of using NGRT to deliver fast and accurate<br />
results in a range of reports tailored to your needs.<br />
Designed to ensure that you gain full value from the data NGRT provides, our recently launched Testwise<br />
Reporting System (TRS) has transformed the traditional service administered by post to a fully functional online<br />
service. The service guarantees a much higher level of accuracy in the marking, interpretation and calculation of<br />
scores, a reduction in the turnaround time for reports and the option to order additional reports easily. Data files in<br />
Excel and CSV format and even PDF reports can be imported directly into your School Information System,<br />
providing immediate and easy access to detailed pupil portfolios in addition to test scores.<br />
In order to subscribe to the NGRT Scoring & Reporting Service, you must pre-register, call 0845 602 1937.<br />
For schools that choose to score their own papers, a brand new Online Marking Tool (OMT) can be purchased.<br />
Please call 0845 602 1937 for further information.<br />
To make the administering and scoring of NGRT more efficient, we can overprint candidate name, date of birth<br />
and other details onto your answer sheets prior to administration of the tests. The Overprinting Service includes<br />
new booklets specifically for scoring NGRT and these must be used to enable scoring to be carried out.<br />
A complete approach – NGRT in our portfolio<br />
York <strong>Assessment</strong> of Reading for Comprehension: Passage<br />
Reading Primary and Secondary (YARC Primary and YARC<br />
Secondary) (pages 32–35) are an ideal follow-up assessment to<br />
NGRT. Whilst NGRT screens and monitors the reading ability of<br />
pupils on a group level to identify those with potential difficulties,<br />
YARC Primary and YARC Secondary will enable you to carry out<br />
and in-depth, individual assessment of a pupil’s decoding and<br />
comprehension skills. A wealth of invaluable diagnostic information<br />
on a pupil’s reading skills can be used to inform timely and<br />
appropriate intervention strategies.<br />
Part of NAHT member<br />
package. See page 72<br />
Group Reading Test is still available as an online assessment.<br />
Visit www.gl-assessment.co.uk/grtdigital for further details<br />
Prices<br />
*+VAT<br />
NGRT Paper<br />
Teacher Guide Pack 978 07087 20073/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £30.00<br />
Test 1 Pack of 10 Booklets 978 07087 20004/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.00*<br />
Equivalent Form Tests 2A/2B<br />
Test 2A Pack of 10 Booklets 978 07087 20011/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.00*<br />
Test 2B Pack of 10 Booklets 978 07087 20028/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.00*<br />
Equivalent Form Tests 3A/3B<br />
Test 3A Pack of 10 Booklets 978 07087 20035/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.00*<br />
Test 3B Pack of 10 Booklets 978 07087 20042/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.00*<br />
Equivalent Form Tests 4A/4B<br />
Test 4A Pack of 10 Booklets 978 07087 20059/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.00*<br />
Test 4B Pack of 10 Booklets 978 07087 20066/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.00*<br />
First Edition forms are still available:<br />
Form A (Pack of 10) 978 07087 07593/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £11.70*<br />
Form B (Pack of 10) 978 07087 07609/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £11.70*<br />
Form C (Pack of 10) 978 07087 07616/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £11.70*<br />
Form D (Pack of 10) 978 07087 07623/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £11.70*<br />
Form X (Pack of 10) 978 07087 07630/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £11.70*<br />
Form Y (Pack of 10) 978 07087 07647/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £11.70*<br />
NGRT Scoring and Analysis Service<br />
Hand Scoring 978 14060 74994/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £2.50 per test*<br />
Standard Service 978 14060 75007/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £1.30 per test*<br />
Individual Pupil Profiles 978 14060 75038/<strong>GL</strong>A300 50p per test*<br />
LA Results Data 978 14060 75021/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £170.00*<br />
Online Marking Tool 978 14060 75069/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £75.00*<br />
Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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Literacy<br />
Suffolk Reading Scale<br />
Fred Hagley<br />
Age Range:<br />
Paper: 6–14 years<br />
Digital: 6–17 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Teachers and SENCOs<br />
Timed:<br />
Approx 30 minutes<br />
Available in both paper<br />
and digital formats<br />
also<br />
available<br />
New Group Reading<br />
Test See pages<br />
26–27 and Reading<br />
Now See page 36<br />
Suitable for use in implementing<br />
the Curriculum for Excellence<br />
Suffolk Reading Scale (SRS) is used by teachers and SENCOs<br />
to monitor the reading development of pupils from age 6. A<br />
standardised reading test that consists of multiple-choice and<br />
sentence-completion questions, SRS identifies where an<br />
individual may be experiencing reading difficulties. It has been<br />
designed to be relevant and engaging for pupils and can be<br />
administered easily in the classroom, both individually or in a<br />
group setting.<br />
SRS has three comparable levels covering the age range<br />
6 years to 14 years 11 months and SRS Digital has a<br />
further level extended to age 17 years 4 months.<br />
Users of SRS Digital not only benefit from the advantages<br />
of online testing, but the recently developed Level 4 for<br />
14-16 year-olds also includes reports that highlight pupils<br />
with a standard score below 85 and who make a gain of nine<br />
months in reading age when given 25% extra time.<br />
Why use SRS?<br />
• SRS will provide you with a comprehensive overview of a pupil’s<br />
reading ability whilst identifying areas where they may be experiencing<br />
difficulties, to better inform target-setting<br />
• The assessment monitors progress over time and thereby facilitates<br />
evaluation of effectiveness of teaching methods<br />
• Covering a wide ability range, SRS can be used to monitor ability and<br />
reading standards on school transfer<br />
• A comprehensive scoring and analysis service reduces the burden of<br />
marking, saving time and effort<br />
Teacher Guide<br />
Pack contains: Teacher’s<br />
Guide and At-a-Glance Guide.<br />
Sample Pupil Booklets and a<br />
Level 3 Answer Sheet are<br />
available to download from<br />
www.gl-assessment.co.uk/<br />
srssamples<br />
. . . and SRS Digital?<br />
• Digital testing removes the<br />
burden of test administration, as<br />
all practice, instructions and<br />
timings are computeradministered<br />
• Instant scoring gives you results<br />
at the touch of a button, saving<br />
you hours of marking time<br />
SRS levels and corresponding year groups<br />
Level Age England Scotland Northern<br />
Group & Wales Ireland<br />
1 6:00-7:11 Year 2 P3 P3<br />
1 7:00-8:11 Year 3 P4 P4<br />
2 8:00-9:11 Year 4 P5 P5<br />
2 9:00-10:11 Year 5 P6 P6<br />
2 or 3 10:00-11:11 Year 6 P7 P7<br />
3 11:00-12:11 Year 7 S1 Y8<br />
3 12:00-13:11 Year 8 S2 Y9<br />
3 13:00-14:11 Year 9 S3 Y10<br />
• Instant diagnostic reports are<br />
delivered straight to your desktop,<br />
enabling you to analyse<br />
results with ease and integrate<br />
them with other school<br />
information<br />
• Computer-based assessment<br />
often feels more relevant and<br />
less daunting for pupils<br />
Part of NAHT member<br />
package. See page 72<br />
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Suffolk Reading Scale Scoring & Reporting Service<br />
Marking, managing and interpreting your data is made easy with the<br />
Suffolk Reading Scale Scoring & Reporting Service. Our comprehensive<br />
service takes the work out of using SRS to deliver fast and accurate<br />
results in a range of reports tailored to your needs.<br />
Designed to ensure that you gain full value from the data SRS provides,<br />
our recently launched Testwise Reporting System (TRS) has<br />
transformed the traditional service administered by post to a fully<br />
functional online service. The service guarantees a much higher level of<br />
accuracy in the marking, interpretation and calculation of scores, a<br />
reduction in the turnaround time for reports and the option to order<br />
additional reports easily. Data files in Excel and CSV format and even<br />
PDF reports can be imported directly into your School Information<br />
System, providing immediate and easy access to detailed pupil<br />
portfolios in addition to test scores.<br />
In order to subscribe to the Suffolk Reading Scale Scoring & Reporting<br />
Service, you must pre-register, call 0845 602 1937.<br />
For schools that choose to mark their own papers, a brand new Online<br />
Marking Tool (OMT) can be purchased. Please call 0845 602 1937 for<br />
further details.<br />
Pupils’ scores with Key Stage 2 Indicators report<br />
Prices<br />
*+VAT<br />
SRS Paper<br />
Teacher Guide Pack 978 07087 16847/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £35.99<br />
Level 1 (Age 6–8) Pupil Booklets<br />
Form A (Pack of 10) 978 07087 07975/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £11.99*<br />
Form B (Pack of 10) 978 07087 07999/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £11.99*<br />
Level 2 (Age 8–11) Pupil Booklets<br />
Form A (Pack of 10) 978 07087 08002/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £11.99*<br />
Form B (Pack of 10) 978 07087 08019/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £11.99*<br />
Level 3 (Age 11–13) Pupil Booklets<br />
Form A (Pack of 10) 978 07087 08026/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £19.99*<br />
Form B (Pack of 10) 978 07087 08033/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £19.99*<br />
Answer Sheets Level 3<br />
Forms A (Pack of 10) 978 07087 08040/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £10.99*<br />
Forms B (Pack of 10) 978 07087 08064/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £10.99*<br />
SRS Digital<br />
Individual Administration<br />
Level 1 Form A & Form B 978 07087 19657/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £3.50*<br />
Level 2 Form A & Form B 978 07087 19664/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £3.50*<br />
Level 3 Form A & Form B 978 07087 19671/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £3.50*<br />
Level 4 (14) Form A & Form B 978 07087 19688/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £3.50*<br />
Level 4 (15–16) Form A & Form B 978 07087 19695/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £3.50*<br />
Minimum order of 10 administrations required<br />
Please contact your Area Consultant for details of special assessment<br />
packages. See pages 2–3 for details.<br />
SRS Scoring & Analysis Service<br />
Level 1 & 2<br />
Hand Scoring 978 14060 71085/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £2.50 per test*<br />
Standard Service 978 14060 25576/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £1.30 per test*<br />
School Results Data 978 14060 52091/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £70.00*<br />
LA Results Data 978 14060 52107/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £170.00*<br />
Level 3<br />
Standard Service 978 14060 25576/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £1.30 per test*<br />
Online Marking Tool 978 14060 75137/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £75.00*<br />
Comparison of Group and National Standard Age Scores Report<br />
Go online to view case studies, sample reports and a digital<br />
demo – www.gl-assessment.co.uk/srsdigital<br />
A complete approach – SRS in our portfolio<br />
Suffolk Reading Scale Digital can be linked to Access<br />
Arrangements. Access Arrangements exist to ensure that all<br />
young people have an equal chance to demonstrate their<br />
attainment and that none should be disadvantaged by the<br />
methods used to examine them. Whilst SRS Digital does not<br />
entirely fulfil the criteria for Access Arrangements, like the<br />
New Group Reading Test (pages 26–27), it is useful as a group<br />
screening test to identify those pupils who need to be assessed<br />
individually by a specialist.<br />
Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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NEW! Diagnostic Test of Word Reading Processes<br />
Available Early 2012!<br />
Forum for Research into Language and Literacy, Institute of Education, University of London<br />
Age Range:<br />
5–12 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Class Teachers, Specialist<br />
Teachers and SENCOs<br />
Timings:<br />
Untimed, 30 minutes approx<br />
With the introduction in 2012 of a mandatory phonics screening test for<br />
all Y1 children in England, the government is rightly emphasising the<br />
importance of phonic knowledge as the foundation of word reading<br />
skills. The Diagnostic Test of Word Reading Processes (DTWRP)<br />
goes beyond this, by giving teachers the opportunity to assess<br />
pupils ability to read words using both phonological and lexicalsemantic<br />
processes, thus providing diagnostic information to<br />
guide intervention. Because the test is fully standardised<br />
teachers will be able to assess their pupils in the context of<br />
national performance of children between the ages of 5 and 12.<br />
The DTWRP is short and individually administered and contains<br />
items that assess the two sets of word reading processes<br />
shown by research to underlie skilled reading: phonological<br />
recoding (through non-words and regular words); and lexicalsemantic<br />
(exception words and regular words).<br />
Did you know?<br />
The Diagnostic Test of Word<br />
Reading Processes is the only test<br />
in the UK that assesses regular and<br />
irregular words and non-words and<br />
provides normative data necessary<br />
to identify the three different<br />
patterns of difficulty<br />
outlined opposite<br />
The test contains 30 of each type of word (90 in total), matched<br />
on variables known to influence word reading performance, such as<br />
length and frequency.<br />
A complete approach – DTWRP in our portfolio<br />
Our Phonological <strong>Assessment</strong> Battery (PhAB) (page 31) is an<br />
ideal follow-on assessment for some children tested with the<br />
DTWRP. The DTWRP is designed to benchmark and test pupils<br />
foundation skills in word reading and can be used to track progress<br />
as part of a school’s assessment regime. If persistent problems<br />
are detected then the specialist teacher/SENCO could administer<br />
PhAB.<br />
Why use the DTWRP?<br />
Readers need to develop two sets of processes:<br />
• Phonological recoding – the automatic conversion of spelling patterns<br />
to sound which is key to reading unfamiliar words and non-words<br />
• Lexical-semantic processing – direct access to the meaning and<br />
pronunciation of familiar words which is key to accurate reading of<br />
irregular words<br />
In combination these two processes enable any word in the language to<br />
be read and understood, regardless of whether it has been seen before.<br />
The DTWRP compares children’s performance on matched sets of regular<br />
and irregular words and non-words.<br />
• The non-words provide a pure measure of phonological recoding<br />
processes<br />
• Irregular words do not conform to the spelling-sound rules of English<br />
and so provide a pure measure of lexical-semantic processes<br />
• Regular words can be read by either process<br />
Therefore, including this test as part of a school’s assessment regime with<br />
children from age 5 to 12, teachers can identify the source of a child’s<br />
reading difficulty whether this is poor phonological recoding, poor lexicalsemantic<br />
processing or a combination of both.<br />
Prices<br />
*+VAT<br />
Complete Set 978 07087 20721/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £100.00*<br />
Record Forms (Pack of 50) 978 07087 20738/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £35.00*<br />
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Phonological <strong>Assessment</strong> Battery<br />
Norah Frederickson, Uta Frith and Rea Reason<br />
NEW! Gaelic Phonological<br />
Screening Test<br />
Fiona Lyon<br />
Age Range:<br />
5–8 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Teachers<br />
It contains eight sub-tests:<br />
• Rhyme recognition<br />
• Rhyme production<br />
• Blending phonemes<br />
• Blending syllables<br />
primary<br />
only<br />
• Phoneme deletion (initial phoneme)<br />
• Phoneme deletion (final phoneme)<br />
• Polysyllabic repetition<br />
• Letter or sound recognition<br />
The test is easy to use and interpret and may be administered by<br />
class teachers to Gaelic-medium pupils both learners and native<br />
speakers in Primary 2 and 3.<br />
Why use the Gaelic<br />
Phonological Screening<br />
Test?<br />
• To assess young children’s<br />
Gaelic phonics skills with a<br />
dedicated test with normative<br />
data (expressed as quartiles)<br />
• To provide schools with a test<br />
in Gaelic for use in Englishmedium<br />
schools where similar<br />
<strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong> products are<br />
part of the assessment regime<br />
• Because it has been developed<br />
by a very experienced<br />
practitioner and dyslexia<br />
specialist<br />
Available Early 2012!<br />
New to our portfolio in 2012 is the<br />
Gaelic Phonological Screening<br />
Test, designed for use by<br />
teachers to assess the<br />
phonological skills of young gaelic<br />
speakers and learners.<br />
“Public and institutional<br />
provision for Gaelic, most<br />
notably in the fields of<br />
education and broadcasting,<br />
have grown substantially in<br />
recent years, and Gaelic has<br />
increasingly been perceived as<br />
an essential aspect of Scottish<br />
cultural distinctiveness … This<br />
new recognition of Gaelic was<br />
enshrined in legislation, the<br />
Gaelic Language Act (Scotland)<br />
2005, which grants official<br />
status to the language for the<br />
first time.”<br />
Wilson McLeod, Gaelic in<br />
contemporary Scotland:<br />
contradictions, challenges and<br />
strategies<br />
Age Range:<br />
6–14 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
SENCOs, Specialist Literacy<br />
Teachers and Educational<br />
Psychologists<br />
Timed:<br />
30–40 minutes<br />
The Phonological <strong>Assessment</strong><br />
Battery (PhAB) is designed to<br />
assess phonological processing<br />
in individual children. It identifies<br />
children with significant<br />
phonological difficulties who need<br />
special help with processing<br />
sounds in spoken language.<br />
PhAB comprises six tests of phonological processing:<br />
– The Alliteration Test – The Naming Speed Test<br />
– The Rhyme Test – The Spoonerisms Test<br />
– The Fluency Test – The Non-Word Reading Test<br />
A complete approach – PhAB in our portfolio<br />
PhAB is an ideal follow-on assessment for some children tested<br />
with the Diagnostic Test for Word Reading Processes (page<br />
30). The test is designed to benchmark children’s skills and track<br />
their progress as part of a school’s assessment regime. If persistent<br />
problems are detected with a child’s phonological decoding, then<br />
the specialist teacher/SENCO could administer PhAB.<br />
Why use PhAB?<br />
• PhAB is a diagnostic assessment that can be used to<br />
establish a pupil’s all-round metalinguistic ability<br />
• It provides evidence and support for those pupils requiring extra<br />
time allowance in exams<br />
• The assessment is suitable for use with pupils who have English as<br />
an Additional Language (EAL)<br />
• Informs programme and intervention<br />
planning to help with a child’s<br />
specific phonological difficulties<br />
Complete Set<br />
Contains: Manual<br />
and 10 Records<br />
Forms<br />
please visit<br />
www.gl-assessment.co.uk/<br />
gpst<br />
to request further information<br />
when it becomes available<br />
Suitable for use in implementing<br />
the Curriculum for Excellence<br />
Prices<br />
*+VAT<br />
Complete Set 978 07087 07081/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £119.99*<br />
Record Forms (Pack of 10) 978 07087 07098/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £17.99*<br />
Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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York <strong>Assessment</strong> of Reading for Comprehension:<br />
Early Reading and Passage Reading Primary<br />
coming<br />
soon<br />
Australian edition<br />
of YARC: Early<br />
Reading and Passage Reading<br />
Primary available 2012!<br />
Charles Hulme, Susan E Stothard, Paula Clarke, Claudine Bowyer-Crane, Angela Harrington, Emma Truelove, Margaret J Snowling and Kate Nation,<br />
University of York, Centre for Reading and Language<br />
Age Range:<br />
4–11 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Literacy Co-ordinators,<br />
Learning Support Teachers,<br />
SENCOs and Educational<br />
Psychologists<br />
Timed:<br />
Approx 20 minutes for<br />
each test<br />
primary<br />
only<br />
Suitable for use in implementing<br />
the Curriculum for Excellence<br />
The York <strong>Assessment</strong> of Reading for Comprehension: Early Reading and Passage Reading Primary (YARC<br />
Primary) enables teachers, SENCOs and learning support teachers to assess their pupils’ reading from the<br />
foundations of phonics to continuous prose reading achieved at the end of primary. It is ideal for following up<br />
at an individual level after group testing and, although the two tests take only about 20 minutes, a remarkable<br />
amount of invaluable diagnostic information can be gathered, covering a wide range of reading skills.<br />
The assessment is split into two tests; early reading and passage reading, which can be purchased individually<br />
or as part of the Complete Set.<br />
Early Reading<br />
The Early Reading suite comprises four short tests specifically designed<br />
for 4 to 7 year-olds or older children with reading difficulties. The tests<br />
include:<br />
• Letter Sound Knowledge<br />
• Early Word Recognition<br />
• Sound Deletion<br />
• Sound Isolation<br />
These tests assess a child’s phonological skills, alphabetic knowledge<br />
and word reading in a time-efficient and flexible way. They are among<br />
the most sensitive type of assessments for beginner readers and may<br />
be administered as a set or in different combinations up to three times<br />
during a school year, or at key points during a period of learning or<br />
intervention.<br />
Passage Reading<br />
Comprising both fiction and non-fiction texts, the passage reading test<br />
has been developed to assess the accuracy, rate and comprehension of<br />
oral reading skills in children between 5 to 11 years 11 months. A<br />
version of <strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong>’s Single Word Reading Test (SWRT) is also<br />
included and can be administered in just a couple of minutes to<br />
determine which passages to give to an individual pupil.<br />
The test assesses a pupil’s decoding and sight reading ability, their<br />
reading fluency and how well they understand what they have read. The<br />
questions that are linked to each passage demand the use of deduction<br />
and inference (cohesive device, knowledge-based and elaborative) to<br />
arrive at the answers, giving teachers essential information about their<br />
pupils’ skills beyond that of straightforward retrieval of information.<br />
YARC Primary<br />
Complete Set contains:<br />
Early Reading test material,<br />
Early Reading manual, Early<br />
Reading Record Forms (10).<br />
Passage Reading test material,<br />
Passage Reading manual<br />
and Passage Reading<br />
Record Forms (10)<br />
also<br />
available<br />
Part of NAHT member<br />
package. See page 72<br />
New Group Reading<br />
Test See pages<br />
26–27 British<br />
Picture Vocabulary<br />
Scale: Third Edition<br />
See page 24 and<br />
Dyslexia Portfolio<br />
See page 50<br />
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Why use YARC Primary?<br />
• YARC Primary: Complete Set offers a continuous and<br />
seamless assessment of reading from age 4 to 11, providing a<br />
remarkable amount of diagnostic information<br />
• It has been developed by the Centre for Reading and Language at the<br />
University of York, one of the UK’s leading centres for research into the<br />
nature and causes of reading and language difficulties<br />
• It is ideal as a follow-up assessment at individual level, for those pupils<br />
who are identified as requiring further intervention after group testing<br />
• The tests in the Early Reading suite are especially useful for identifying<br />
underlying difficulties in phonological awareness and the acquisition of<br />
letter sounds that could hamper progress in reading<br />
• It provides standard age scores, age equivalent scores and percentile<br />
ranks for pupils aged 4 to 11 years 11 months, to help you benchmark<br />
your pupils’ reading and measure progress<br />
YARC Score Conversion Tool<br />
YARC Primary comes with a free online Score Conversion Tool that allows<br />
teachers and practitioners to input pupil details and raw scores and<br />
instantly receive a single page report with standard scores and percentile<br />
ranks for each part of YARC Primary that has been administered. Visit<br />
www.yarcsupport.co.uk for more details.<br />
Example passages, Pupil Record Form, Picture Book and SWRT from YARC Primary<br />
There is a dedicated website – www.yarcsupport.co.uk –<br />
where you can find supplementary technical information,<br />
frequently asked questions, an online conversion tool and<br />
further case studies<br />
A complete approach – YARC Primary in our<br />
portfolio<br />
YARC Primary is an ideal follow-up assessment to the New<br />
Group Reading Test (NGRT) (pages 26–27). Whilst NGRT<br />
screens and monitors the reading ability of pupils on a group level<br />
to identify those with potential difficulties, YARC Primary will<br />
enable you to carry out and in-depth, individual assessment of a<br />
pupil’s decoding and comprehension skills. A wealth of invaluable<br />
diagnostic information on a pupil’s reading skills can be used to<br />
inform timely and appropriate intervention strategies.<br />
YARC Primary is particularly useful in identifying a pupil’s eligibility<br />
for additional time for Access Arrangements at Key Stage 2,<br />
Prices<br />
*+VAT<br />
YARC Early Reading<br />
Early Reading Set 978 07087 19053/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £105.00*<br />
Early Reading Record Forms<br />
(Pack of 10) 978 07087 19060/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £10.99*<br />
Passage Reading and Early Reading materials are included in the YARC Complete Set<br />
Primary<br />
YARC Complete Set Primary 978 07087 19046/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £199.00*<br />
YARC <strong>Assessment</strong> Overview <strong>GL</strong>A122 F.O.C.<br />
YARC Passage Reading Primary<br />
Passage Reading Primary Set 978 07087 19077/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £115.00*<br />
Passage Reading Primary Record Forms<br />
(Pack of 10) 978 07087 19084/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £21.00*<br />
Combining YARC Primary with the British Picture Vocabulary<br />
Scale: 3rd Edition (page 24), provides a quick and easy<br />
assessment of vocabulary, an element essential to success in<br />
reading.<br />
YARC Primary is also particularly useful when combined with our<br />
Dyslexia Portfolio (page 50), to identify pupils who are<br />
displaying the signs of dyslexia, so that measures can be put in<br />
place quickly to support their achievement in literacy.<br />
Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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York <strong>Assessment</strong> of Reading for Comprehension:<br />
Passage Reading Secondary<br />
Susan E Stothard, Margaret J Snowling, Paula Clarke, Claudine Bowyer-Crane, Angela Harrington,<br />
Patrick Barmby and Charles Hulme, University of York, Centre for Reading and Language<br />
Age Range:<br />
11–16 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Learning Support Teachers,<br />
SENCOs, Heads of English<br />
and Educational Psychologists<br />
Timed:<br />
20–30 minutes<br />
coming<br />
soon<br />
Australian Edition<br />
of YARC: Passage<br />
Reading Secondary available<br />
2012!<br />
YARC Secondary<br />
Complete Set contains:<br />
Passage Reading test material,<br />
Passage Reading manual and<br />
Passage Reading<br />
Record Forms (15)<br />
Secondary<br />
only<br />
Suitable for use in implementing<br />
the Curriculum for Excellence<br />
The York <strong>Assessment</strong> of Reading for<br />
Comprehension: Passage Reading Secondary<br />
(YARC Secondary) provides assessments of<br />
the essential components of reading for<br />
students aged 11 to 16. The test can be used<br />
to assess accuracy, fluency and<br />
comprehension and offers qualitative<br />
information about students’ inferencing skills.<br />
YARC Secondary comprises a series of prose<br />
passages – both fiction and non-fiction and<br />
can be used to assess and monitor student<br />
progress, which in turn allows the identification<br />
of reading problems. It may also be used as<br />
part of a comprehensive diagnostic<br />
assessment for education planning, for<br />
benchmarking your pupils’ reading and has a<br />
role to play in assessing the eligibility for<br />
Access Arrangements for national<br />
examinations such as GCSEs.<br />
A version of <strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong> Single Word Reading Test (SWRT) is also<br />
part of the assessment. This can be administered in just a couple of<br />
minutes to determine which passage to give to an individual student,<br />
ensuring the assessment remains targeted and time-efficient. The test<br />
also includes two supplementary passages that are at an easier level for<br />
students who are still experiencing decoding difficulties.<br />
The test takes only 20-30 minutes to administer and from this a<br />
remarkable amount of valuable information can be gathered, including<br />
standard scores, age equivalent scores and percentile ranks for<br />
comprehension, rate and fluency.<br />
YARC Score Conversion Tool<br />
YARC Secondary comes with a free online Score Conversion Tool that<br />
allows teachers to input student details and raw scores and instantly<br />
receive a single page report with standard scores, age equivalent scores<br />
and percentile ranks for each part of YARC Secondary that has be<br />
administered. Visit www.yarcsupport.co.uk for more details.<br />
also<br />
available<br />
Part of NAHT member<br />
package. See page 72<br />
New Group Reading<br />
Test See pages<br />
26–27 and<br />
Dyslexia Portfolio<br />
See page 50<br />
There is a dedicated<br />
website –<br />
www.yarcsupport.co.uk –<br />
where you can find<br />
supplementary technical<br />
information, frequently<br />
asked questions, an online<br />
conversion tool and<br />
further case studies<br />
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Why use YARC Secondary?<br />
• YARC Secondary assesses the essential components of reading,<br />
providing valuable diagnostic insight into a student’s ability<br />
• It has been developed by the Centre for Reading and Language at the<br />
University of York, one of the UK’s leading centres for research into the<br />
nature and causes of reading and language difficulties<br />
• It is an appropriate assessment post- and pre- intervention offering an<br />
independent, objective assessment of effectiveness<br />
• YARC Secondary is an ideal tool for assessing reading (decoding) and<br />
comprehension skills in students with English as an Additional<br />
Language (EAL)<br />
• Separate scores are provided for summarisation and comprehension<br />
enabling you to examine profiles of strengths and weaknesses<br />
• It is ideal for Access Arrangements for GCSE and other national<br />
examinations<br />
A complete approach – YARC Secondary in our<br />
portfolio<br />
YARC Secondary is an ideal follow-up assessment to the New<br />
Group Reading Test (NGRT) (pages 26–27). Whilst NGRT<br />
screens and monitors the reading ability of students on a group<br />
level to identify those with potential difficulties, YARC Secondary<br />
will enable you to carry out an in-depth, individual assessment of<br />
a student’s reading accuracy, fluency and comprehension skills<br />
across the secondary phase. The wealth of valuable diagnostic<br />
information provided by YARC Secondary can be used to inform<br />
timely and appropriate intervention strategies.<br />
Access Arrangements refer to the accommodations made by<br />
examination boards for students with special educational<br />
needs (SEN) and disabilities. Specific arrangements depend<br />
upon the nature and severity of the student’s difficulties.<br />
YARC Secondary is an ideal tool for assessing Access<br />
Arrangements for GCSE examinations at Key Stage 4. It provides a<br />
number of measures for this purpose: reading accuracy (Single<br />
Word Reading Test), reading rate (Passage Reading) and reading<br />
fluency (Reading Fluency).<br />
Like YARC Primary, YARC Secondary sits particularly well with our<br />
Dyslexia Portfolio (page 50) to identify pupils who are showing<br />
signs of dyslexia.<br />
Example passages,<br />
summarisation sheet and<br />
SWRT from YARC Secondary<br />
Prices<br />
*+VAT<br />
YARC Passage Reading Secondary<br />
Complete Set 978 07087 20288/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £180.00*<br />
YARC Passage Reading Forms<br />
Secondary (Pack of 10) 978 07087 19626/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £21.00*<br />
YARC Secondary Overview <strong>GL</strong>A206 F.O.C<br />
Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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Neale Analysis of Reading Ability<br />
Marie D Neale AM OBE<br />
Second Revised British Edition: Standardisation by Chris Whetton,<br />
Louise Caspell and Kay McCulloch<br />
Age Range:<br />
6–12 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Teachers, SENCOs,<br />
Educational Psychologists<br />
and Private Tutors<br />
Timed:<br />
Approx 20 minutes<br />
Complete<br />
Set contains:<br />
Manual, Reader, Record Forms<br />
Level 1 & 2 (10 copies of each),<br />
Diagnostic Tutor Forms<br />
(10 copies) and<br />
audio CD<br />
The Neale Analysis of Reading Ability (NARA) measures the accuracy,<br />
comprehension and rate of reading in children from the age of 6 to 12<br />
years. It provides a comprehensive gauge of a child’s interest in reading.<br />
Reading Now<br />
Joanne Morris and Anastassia Triga,<br />
National Foundation for Educational<br />
Research<br />
Age Range:<br />
5 – 7 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Teachers and SENCOs<br />
primary<br />
only<br />
Timings:<br />
Untimed – approx 30 minutes<br />
also<br />
available<br />
Suffolk Reading<br />
Scale<br />
See pages 28–29<br />
Teacher<br />
Guide Pack contains:<br />
Teacher’s Guide and<br />
At-a-Glance<br />
Guide<br />
The individually administered assessment consists of parallel forms for<br />
testing and extension passages for use with more able or older pupils.<br />
Two alternate standardised tests enable the monitoring of a child’s<br />
performance without them becoming too familiar with the passages, in<br />
addition to one diagnostic test.<br />
Why use NARA?<br />
• Results obtained from using NARA will enable you to select reading<br />
materials suited to the ability of individual pupils<br />
• Along with important diagnostic information NARA<br />
provides Standard Age Scores and reading ages<br />
• It will enable you to monitor the adoption of<br />
specific reading skills and help<br />
with the planning of intervention<br />
strategies<br />
Quick and easy to administer, Reading Now is an assessment of the<br />
reading capability of very young learners. It has been designed to be<br />
administered to small groups of children and, although untimed, should<br />
take no longer than 30 minutes for the complete test. The standardised<br />
assessment tests knowledge at word-level, sentence level and passage<br />
level.<br />
Online Marking Tool<br />
Our brand new Online Marking Tool (OMT) is available for Reading Now,<br />
offering a higher level of accuracy than scoring by hand and reducing<br />
marking time significantly. Please call 0845 602 1937 for further details.<br />
Why use Reading Now?<br />
• Reading Now addresses a wide range of phonic and word<br />
recognition skills in pupils with varying attainment levels, particularly<br />
as questions vary in difficulty<br />
• Fully standardised – Reading Now produces Standard Age Scores<br />
and reading ages, whilst linking in with the UK National Curricula<br />
• Provides comprehensive information that will assist with planning,<br />
monitoring progress and evaluating reading standards<br />
Prices<br />
*+VAT<br />
Complete Set 978 07087 07739/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £105.00*<br />
Manual 978 07087 07814/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £47.50<br />
Reader 978 07087 07753/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £42.50<br />
Record Form 1 (Pack of 10) 978 07087 07760/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £14.50*<br />
Record Form 2 (Pack of 10) 978 07087 07777/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £14.50*<br />
Diagnostic Tutor Form (Pack of 10) 978 07087 07784/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £15.50*<br />
A complete approach – Reading Now<br />
in our portfolio<br />
Reading Now results are comparable with those of the Suffolk<br />
Reading Scale (SRS) (pages 28–29) – an assessment of reading<br />
at sentence level. Using the tests in conjunction with one and other<br />
provides continuity of assessment from age 5 to 16. An online<br />
spreadsheet is available to enable you to monitor progress through<br />
Reading Now and SRS. Please call 0845 602 1937 for further<br />
details.<br />
Prices<br />
*+VAT<br />
Teacher Guide Pack 978 07087 17530/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £19.99<br />
Test Booklets (Pack of 10) 978 07087 11514/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £11.50*<br />
Online Marking Tool 978 14060 75120/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £75.00<br />
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Teaching Talking<br />
Ann Locke and Maggie Beech<br />
Wordchains<br />
Louise Miller Guron<br />
Age Range:<br />
1–8 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Early Years Specialists,<br />
Teachers and SENCOs<br />
Timings:<br />
Untimed<br />
also<br />
available<br />
WellComm Toolkit<br />
See pages 54–55<br />
primary<br />
only<br />
Teacher<br />
Guide Pack contains:<br />
Activities Handbook, At-a-Glance<br />
Guide, Sample of Profile Forms:<br />
Early Years Profile 1, Early<br />
Years Profile 2, Early Years<br />
Profile 3, Primary Profile 1<br />
and Primary<br />
Profile 2<br />
Age Range:<br />
7 years – adult<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Teachers, Researchers,<br />
Educational Psychologists<br />
and SENCOs<br />
Timed:<br />
6 minutes<br />
Wordchains is a group reading test, designed to act as a possible<br />
indicator for pupils with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia. It<br />
can give an indication of whole-class performance as well as a measure<br />
of individual pupils’ progress over time.<br />
The test consists of two parts – Letterchains and Wordchains.<br />
Letterchains is an initial screener for visual-motor dysfunction, whilst<br />
Wordchains provides clear evidence of word reading skills at all ages.<br />
The test will provide you with a word recognition age for each pupil.<br />
Why use Wordchains?<br />
Teaching Talking is a classroom-based assessment for screening<br />
children with a delay in their spoken language. It focuses on children in<br />
Early Years settings and primary schools whose linguistic development<br />
appears to be delayed, or who are experiencing difficulties with listening<br />
or speaking.<br />
Designed to screen, profile and record the major aspects of child<br />
development, Teaching Talking is an ideal programme to support<br />
children of all abilities in the development of spoken language.<br />
Dependent on the outcomes a range of intervention strategies, activities<br />
and guidance notes are provided.<br />
Why use Teaching Talking?<br />
• Teaching Talking provides a process of screening, profiling and<br />
recording the major aspects of a child’s development<br />
• An ideal assessment to support those children who are experiencing<br />
difficulties with spoken language<br />
• Wordchains is an ideal test for young pupils, from the age of 7 to<br />
monitor the rate of development of their word reading skills<br />
• The assessment is useful for testing pupils whose reading progress<br />
may be behind that of the year group<br />
• For older pupils or adults returning to education, Wordchains can<br />
provide a good basis for identifying individual difficulties in word<br />
recognition<br />
also<br />
available<br />
Prices<br />
Dyslexia Screener Digital see page 49 and<br />
Dyslexia Portfolio see page 50<br />
*+VAT<br />
Teacher Guide 978 07087 17547/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £29.99<br />
Pupil Booklets (Pack of 10) 978 07087 09313/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £22.50*<br />
• The assessment offers guidance along with a range of activities and<br />
interventions to help you in supporting children at a level best suited<br />
to their individual needs<br />
Prices<br />
*+VAT<br />
Teacher Guide Pack 978 07087 14829/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £87.50<br />
Resources Handbook 978 07087 14843/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £54.99<br />
Profile Forms (Packs of 5)<br />
Early Years Profile 1 (0 – 1 years) 978 07087 14850/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £6.99*<br />
Early Years Profile 2 (1 – 2 years) 978 07087 14867/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £6.99*<br />
Early Years Profile 3 (2 – 5 years) 978 07087 14874/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £6.99*<br />
Primary Profile 1 (4 – 5/6 years) 978 07087 14881/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £8.99*<br />
Primary Profile 2 (5/6 – 7 years) 978 07087 14898/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £8.99*<br />
Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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Literacy<br />
Single Word Spelling Test<br />
Lesley Sacre and Jackie Masterson<br />
Age Range:<br />
6–14 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Teachers and SENCOs<br />
Timed:<br />
Approx 30 minutes<br />
Available in both paper<br />
and digital formats<br />
also<br />
available<br />
British Spelling<br />
Test Series: 2nd<br />
Edition See page<br />
25<br />
Available in both paper and digital formats Single Word Spelling Test<br />
(SWST) comprises a series of nine standardised tests designed to<br />
assess spelling attainment. Relevant for all the UK’s curricula, each test<br />
covers everyday vocabulary and contains between 30 and 50 words<br />
(depending on level), including high frequency, literacy hour and spelling<br />
bank words.<br />
Fully photocopiable, SWST presents each word in a sentence context<br />
making the test more relevant for pupils. Along with a handy reference<br />
guide for you to use with each pupil SWST includes structured spelling<br />
test lists, supplementary assessments and a structured analysis of<br />
spelling errors.<br />
Single Word Spelling Test Digital (SWST Digital) is available under either<br />
a Primary School Annual Licence or a Secondary<br />
School Annual licence with the benefits of the paper<br />
test but the advantages of instant scoring and<br />
reporting.<br />
Group and individual results are available and<br />
are illustrated in the diagnostic group report<br />
that features:<br />
Complete Set<br />
contains: Manual<br />
containing all levels of<br />
the test, photocopiable<br />
Answer Sheets and<br />
Group Record Sheet<br />
A complete approach<br />
– SWST<br />
in our portfolio<br />
For teachers who want to go<br />
beyond the straightforward<br />
single word format of the<br />
SWST, the British Spelling<br />
Test Series: Second<br />
Edition (page 25) offers<br />
choice to teachers that want<br />
to test spelling as part of a<br />
comprehensive literacy<br />
assessment. The widely used<br />
spelling test series goes<br />
beyond that of the SWST to<br />
assess spelling at word,<br />
sentence and continuous<br />
writing level and provides<br />
teachers with an engaging<br />
and rigorous way of<br />
monitoring their pupils’<br />
progress, whilst highlighting<br />
those for whom spelling is<br />
especially difficult.<br />
Go online to view sample<br />
reports and a digital demo –<br />
www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
/swstdigital<br />
• Pupils’ results by Standard Age Score<br />
• Spelling ages<br />
• Percentile ranks<br />
• Question by question analysis against<br />
national scores<br />
• Analysis by word level against national<br />
scores<br />
Why use SWST?<br />
• You will obtain a measure of<br />
your pupils’ spelling attainment<br />
with the flexibility of choosing a<br />
test appropriate to their<br />
individual ability<br />
• You will be able to compare your<br />
pupils’ results with the national<br />
average through the<br />
identification of Standard Age<br />
Scores<br />
• The test provides useful<br />
teaching strategies for improving<br />
spelling and suggestions for<br />
follow-up activities<br />
• Spelling ages, percentile ranks<br />
and progress scores are<br />
provided to provide a<br />
comprehensive profile of a<br />
pupils spelling ability<br />
. . . and SWST Digital?<br />
• Digital testing removes the<br />
burden of test administration,<br />
as all practice, instructions and<br />
timings are computeradministered<br />
• Instant scoring gives you results<br />
at the touch of a button, saving<br />
you hours of marking time<br />
• Instant diagnostic reports are<br />
delivered straight to your<br />
desktop, enabling you to<br />
analyse results with ease and<br />
integrate them with other<br />
school data sets<br />
• Group and individual results are<br />
available, including pupil<br />
responses to each question of<br />
which are excellent for the<br />
analysis of errors<br />
Practice Question from Single Word Spelling Test Digital 7<br />
Online Marking Tool<br />
Our brand new Online Marking<br />
Tool (OMT) is available for SWST,<br />
offering a higher level of accuracy<br />
than scoring by hand and<br />
reducing marking time<br />
significantly. Call 0845 602 1937<br />
for further information.<br />
Prices<br />
*+VAT<br />
SWST Paper<br />
Complete Set<br />
978 07087 09061/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £84.99*<br />
SWST Digital<br />
Primary Annual Licence<br />
978 07087 17714/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £295.00*<br />
Secondary Annual Licence<br />
978 07087 17721/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £395.00*<br />
Online Marking Tool<br />
978 14060 75106/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £75.00*<br />
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Middle Infant Screening Test and Forward<br />
Together<br />
Sybil Hannavy<br />
Age Range:<br />
5–6 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Literacy Co-ordinators<br />
Timings:<br />
Untimed<br />
primary<br />
only<br />
Complete set contains:<br />
Parent Questionnaire (x2),<br />
Class Teacher Observation<br />
Sheet (x2), Forward Together<br />
Activity Book (x2), Class<br />
Record Sheet (x2), Pupil<br />
Booklet (x20) and<br />
Teacher Guide<br />
The Middle Infant Screening Test (MIST) and Forward Together<br />
Programme focus on reading, writing and listening skills and together<br />
provide a comprehensive screening, diagnostic and recovery package<br />
for younger children.<br />
Single Word Reading Test 6-16<br />
Helen Foster, National Foundation for Educational Research<br />
Age Range:<br />
6–16 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Teachers and SENCOs<br />
Timings:<br />
Untimed<br />
also<br />
available<br />
Complete<br />
set contains:<br />
Teacher’s Guide, which<br />
includes photocopy<br />
master of the record<br />
form and Word<br />
Cards<br />
New Group Reading<br />
Test See pages<br />
26–27<br />
The Single Word Reading Test 6-16 (SWRT) provides a measure of a<br />
pupil’s word reading skill and will contribute to an assessment of reading<br />
achievement, as well as informing teaching and learning strategies.<br />
Individually administered SWRT contains six graded sets of ten words of<br />
increased difficulty. Parallel forms allow repeat testing and vast amount<br />
of diagnostic information can be obtained in the form of sight vocabulary<br />
analysis and error analysis. It is ideal as a quick screening test for<br />
checking progress at regular intervals and as part of the qualifying<br />
criteria for Access Arrangements.<br />
MIST identifies early literacy difficulties and Forward Together provides a<br />
recovery programme that actively involves parents, for use with up to<br />
eight pupils. Lasting from eight to 12 weeks, the programme can bring<br />
pupils’ skill levels in reading and writing up to that of their classmates,<br />
raising confidence and self-esteem. Each pupil works through the<br />
Forward Together Activity Book at home with the help of a parent, or in<br />
school with Learning Support staff.<br />
Results from MIST give an overall picture of a pupils’ performance and<br />
their learning strategies in functions which are related significantly to<br />
early reading and writing.<br />
Why use MIST and Forward Together?<br />
• MIST identifies the lowest-achieving 20-25% of pupils in any one<br />
class or year group<br />
• MIST is group administered, so time is spent efficiently and those<br />
needing extra support, who may have been previously overlooked,<br />
can be screened into the Forward Together Programme<br />
• Whilst Forward Together can be used in school it also encourages<br />
parental involvement and early home-school links that can influence<br />
attitudes to helping children throughout their school career<br />
• Pupils work at their own pace, completing the programme in eight to<br />
12 weeks<br />
Example pages of words from SWRT<br />
Why use SWRT?<br />
• SWRT is an ideal assessment for<br />
year-on-year monitoring of a pupil’s word reading skills<br />
• Fully standardised - the test provides Standard Age Scores and<br />
reading ages and is suitable for Access Arrangements<br />
• It will help inform teaching and learning strategies to meet the needs<br />
of individual pupil’s and their differing abilities<br />
Prices<br />
*+VAT<br />
Complete Set 978 07087 12351/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £72.50*<br />
Teacher Guide Pack 978 07087 12368/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £42.50<br />
MIST Booklets (Pack of 10) 978 07087 12375/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.50*<br />
Forward Together Activity Book 978 07087 12382/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.50<br />
Price<br />
*+VAT<br />
Complete Set 978 07087 17707/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £84.99*<br />
Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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Numeracy<br />
Progress in Maths<br />
Tandi Clausen-May, Hannah Vappula, Graham Ruddock, National Foundation for Educational Research<br />
Age Range:<br />
Paper: 4–14 years<br />
Digital: 6–14 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Teachers, Maths<br />
Co-ordinators and SENCOs<br />
Timed:<br />
30–50 minutes<br />
Available in both paper<br />
and digital formats<br />
Progress in Maths (PiM) tests a pupil’s mathematical skills and concepts, and has become established as the<br />
standardised maths assessment of choice in many schools. The group test highlights pupils’ strengths and<br />
weaknesses helping teachers and SENCOs to address areas of concern and build upon what pupils already<br />
know in order to increase their understanding.<br />
The structure and content of the test allow for pupils to be tested annually, often used summatively at the end<br />
of the year. Each test has been developed to be age-appropriate in both presentation and content. Those for<br />
the youngest pupils are administered in small groups (and may be given individually) and require very young<br />
learners to demonstrate their understanding of number and shape.<br />
Tests for 6 to 11-year-olds cover number, shape and data handling with algebra being introduced into the<br />
series in PiM 10. In the tests for 6 to 8-year-olds, all questions are given orally and throughout the series the<br />
amount of reading has been kept to a minimum.<br />
Progress In Maths Digital mirrors the well established paper test with the added benefit of automatic scoring,<br />
supported by instant diagnostic reporting. These reports illustrate: pupils’ results by Standard Age Score,<br />
comparison of group and national scores (by gender and whole group), analysis of results by process category<br />
(against national scores) and questions listed by school-national difference.<br />
Suitable for use in implementing<br />
the Curriculum for Excellence<br />
Why use PiM?<br />
• PiM is available for pupils from age 4 right through to 14 years, providing<br />
a continual assessment across the primary and secondary phases<br />
• You will obtain an overview of a pupil’s mathematical strengths and<br />
weaknesses to inform appropriate target setting<br />
• PiM is an ideal assessment for year-on-year monitoring of progress over<br />
time and identifying the effectiveness of intervention strategies<br />
• For younger pupil’s, PiM 6–8 is administered orally so that reading is not<br />
a factor that may hamper a pupil’s scores<br />
• PiM 11 is ideal for use in Y7 to benchmark pupils on entry to secondary<br />
school<br />
. . . and PiM Digital?<br />
• Digital testing allows the automatic delivery of results as soon as tests<br />
are complete, saving hours of marking time and waiting for scores<br />
• Instant diagnostic reports allow you to act immediately on results, and<br />
data can be integrated with other school information<br />
• Pupils are able to manipulate onscreen elements of selected questions<br />
and give their answers in a range of ways that are engaging and<br />
stimulating<br />
Items from Progress in Maths 9 Digital<br />
• Computer-based assessment often feels more relevant and less<br />
daunting for pupils, and audio support is included for the youngest<br />
pupils (6, 7 and 8)<br />
The Getting the Best from Progress in Maths Handbook and CD-ROM<br />
is still available. Go online www.gl-assessment.co.uk/pimhandbook<br />
for further details.<br />
40
Teacher Guide<br />
Pack contain: Teacher’s<br />
Guide and At-a-Glance<br />
Guide. Sample Pupil<br />
Booklets are available to<br />
download from www.glassessment.co.uk/<br />
pimsamples<br />
Progress in Maths Scoring & Analysis Service<br />
Marking, managing and interpreting your data is made easy with our<br />
Progress in Maths Scoring & Reporting Service. Our comprehensive<br />
service takes the work out of using PiM to deliver fast and accurate results<br />
in a range of reports tailored to your needs.<br />
Designed to ensure that you gain full value from the data PiM provides, our<br />
recently launched Testwise Reporting System (TRS) has transformed the<br />
traditional service administered by post to a fully functional online service.<br />
The service guarantees a much higher level of accuracy in the marking,<br />
interpretation and calculation of scores, a reduction in the turnaround time<br />
for reports and the option to order additional reports easily.<br />
Data files in Excel and CSV format and even PDF reports can be imported<br />
directly into your School Information System, providing immediate and<br />
easy access to detailed pupil portfolios in addition to test scores.<br />
In order to subscribe to the Progress in Maths Scoring & Reporting<br />
Service, you must pre-register, call 0845 602 1937.<br />
For schools that choose to mark their own papers, our brand new<br />
Online Marking Tool (OMT) can be purchased. Please call 0845 602<br />
1937 for further information.<br />
Sample Report<br />
showing analysis by<br />
process area<br />
A complete approach – PiM in our portfolio<br />
Progress in Maths identifies a pupil’s attainment in mathematics.<br />
Combined with data from the Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT)<br />
(pages 12–17), which provides a comprehensive overview of a<br />
pupil’s reasoning ability, PiM will help you compare ability with<br />
attainment to identify anomalies and provide additional insights<br />
into a child’s learning.<br />
Go online to view case studies, sample reports and a digital<br />
demo www.gl-assessment.co.uk/pimdigital<br />
Also available – The Welsh version of Progress in Maths.<br />
Please call 0845 602 1937 to order<br />
Prices<br />
*+VAT<br />
PiM Paper<br />
Teacher Guide Packs<br />
Progress in Maths 4 978 07087 16588/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £22.50<br />
Progress in Maths 5 978 07087 16595/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £22.50<br />
Progress in Maths 6 978 07087 16601/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £22.50<br />
Progress in Maths 7 978 07087 16618/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £22.50<br />
Progress in Maths 8 978 07087 16625/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £22.50<br />
Progress in Maths 9 978 07087 16632/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £22.50<br />
Progress in Maths 10 978 07087 16649/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £22.50<br />
Progress in Maths 11 978 07087 16656/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £22.50<br />
Progress in Maths 12 978 07087 16663/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £22.50<br />
Progress in Maths 13 978 07087 16670/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £22.50<br />
Progress in Maths 14 978 07087 16687/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £22.50<br />
Pupil Booklets (Packs of 10)<br />
Progress in Maths 4 978 14060 47257/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.99*<br />
Progress in Maths 5 978 14060 47271/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.99*<br />
Progress in Maths 6 978 14060 47295/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.99*<br />
Progress in Maths 7 978 14060 47325/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.99*<br />
Progress in Maths 8 978 14060 47349/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.99*<br />
Progress in Maths 9 978 14060 47363/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.99*<br />
Progress in Maths 10 978 14060 47387/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.99*<br />
Progress in Maths 11 978 14060 47400/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.99*<br />
Progress in Maths 12 978 14060 47424/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.99*<br />
Progress in Maths 13 978 14060 47448/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.99*<br />
Progress in Maths 14 978 14060 47462/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.99*<br />
Getting the Best from PiM Handbook<br />
& CD-ROM 978 07087 19367/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £34.99<br />
PiM Digital<br />
Individual Administration<br />
Level 6 978 07087 15857/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £5.00*<br />
Level 7 978 07087 15789/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £5.00*<br />
Level 8 978 07087 15796/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £5.00*<br />
Level 9 978 07087 15819/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £5.00*<br />
Level 10 978 07087 15826/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £5.00*<br />
Level 11 978 07087 15833/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £5.00*<br />
Level 12 978 07087 16465/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £5.00*<br />
Level 13 978 07087 16489/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £5.00*<br />
Level 14 978 07087 16502/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £5.00*<br />
Minimum order of 10 administrations required<br />
Please contact your Area Consultant for details of special assessment<br />
packages. See pages 2–3 for details.<br />
PiM Scoring and Analysis Service<br />
Hand Scoring 978 14060 46588/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £2.50 per test*<br />
Standard Service 978 14060 46618/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £1.30 per test*<br />
Individual Pupil Reports 978 14060 46632/<strong>GL</strong>A300 75p per test*<br />
School Results Data 978 14060 52091/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £65.00*<br />
LA Results Data 978 14060 52107/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £170.00*<br />
Online Marking Tool 978 14060 75045/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £75.00*<br />
Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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Numeracy<br />
NEW! Sandwell Early Numeracy Test – Revised<br />
Chris Arnold, Phil Bowen, Moira Tallents and Bob Walden<br />
Sandwell Inclusion Support Service<br />
Age Range:<br />
4–8 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Teachers and SENCOs<br />
Timed:<br />
Approx 10–30 minutes<br />
primary<br />
only<br />
New to our portfolio in 2011, is the Sandwell Early Numeracy Test- Revised (SENT-R).The test enables<br />
practitioners to assess children’s ability with numbers, through exploring five strands of basic number skills:<br />
identification; oral counting; value; object counting and language.<br />
SENT-R provides a baseline of a pupil’s number skills and can be particularly useful in helping identify targets<br />
for pupils with Special Educational Needs. The test is appropriate for pupils between 4 - 8 years and can also<br />
be used with older pupils whose performance is well below average for their age group. It covers attainments<br />
from National Curriculum Level P6 to 2A.<br />
Designed to be administered on a one-to-one basis, SENT-R comprises a total of 68 questions across nine<br />
different National Curriculum levels. There are 2 versions of the test - Form A and Form B - with one version to<br />
be done at re-test stage. The test can be used at any time during the school year to assess individuals or<br />
groups of pupils.<br />
Online Marking Tool<br />
SENT-R is accompanied by an Online Marketing Tool (OMT).<br />
Practitioners enter the score obtained by the pupil for each of the<br />
five strands of the test and the tool then generates the following<br />
five reports:<br />
• Student Listing – this report lists the results for each pupil’s<br />
(including Raw Score, Standard Age Score (SAS), stanine,<br />
national percentile rank, group rank and estimated National<br />
Curriculum Maths level)<br />
• Group Demographic Comparison – this table shows raw score<br />
and SAS means and standard deviations for each group of<br />
students<br />
• Comparison of group and national stanine distributions – the bar<br />
chart shows the percentage of students that fall within certain<br />
ranges of scores<br />
• Analysis by Strands – the bar chart shows which percentage of<br />
pupils fall within different National Curriculum Maths levels for<br />
each strand<br />
Why use SENT-R?<br />
• SENT-R has been designed to<br />
identify a pupil’s specific number<br />
skills, to help inform targeted<br />
teaching strategies<br />
• It can be used to monitor the<br />
impact of teaching interventions<br />
on rate of progress<br />
• The test will enable you to group<br />
children with similar levels of<br />
attainment to facilitate teaching<br />
• Levelling between National<br />
Curriculum levels P6 through to<br />
2A is enabled<br />
• The images in the test book and<br />
other stimulus materials are<br />
engaging and relate the tasks to<br />
recognisable everyday activities<br />
• Analysis by Age Equivalent Band – this table shows the<br />
percentage of pupils by age equivalent bands<br />
Prices<br />
*+VAT<br />
Complete Set 978 07087 20677/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £99.00*<br />
Complete Set and 1-year licence<br />
for the Online Marking Tool 978 07087 20691/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £149.00*<br />
1-year licence for the Online<br />
Marking Tool 978 07087 20684/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £75.00*<br />
Pupil Booklets (Packs of 10)<br />
Pupil Booklet Form A 978 07087 20707/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £18.50*<br />
Pupil Booklet Form B 978 07087 20714/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £18.50*<br />
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Mental Mathematics 6–11<br />
National Foundation for Educational Research<br />
Age Range:<br />
6–11+ years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Teachers and SENCOs<br />
Timed:<br />
Approx 20 minutes<br />
primary<br />
only<br />
Mental Mathematics is a series of standardised tests that can be<br />
administered individually or in a group setting to pupils between 6 to<br />
11+ years. Based on a broad coverage of mathematics, the series will<br />
help you to assess an individual or group’s mental agility skills in maths<br />
year-on-year and build up your pupils’ confidence and skills in mental<br />
maths.<br />
Teacher Guide<br />
Pack contains:<br />
Teacher’s Guide and<br />
At-a-Glance Guide. Sample<br />
Pupil Booklets are available to<br />
download from<br />
www.gl-assessment.co.uk/<br />
mmsamples<br />
Delivered orally by CD-ROM, the questions address the key areas of the<br />
maths curriculum (number and algebra, shape, space and measure,<br />
handling data) and cover aspects of the curriculum that can be<br />
assessed through a mental test.<br />
Why use Mental Mathematics?<br />
• It builds a pupils’ confidence and skills in mental maths across the<br />
primary phase<br />
• The series provides Standard Age Score for comparing pupils’<br />
performance accurately with others in the same age group<br />
• Encourages pupils to solve maths problems in their head without the<br />
use of written instructions<br />
• The series can be used to provide an assessment of overall attainment<br />
in mental maths<br />
Prices<br />
*+VAT<br />
Teacher Guide Packs<br />
Mental Mathematics 6 978 07087 17271/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £21.99<br />
Mental Mathematics 7 978 07087 17288/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £21.99<br />
Mental Mathematics 8 978 07087 17295/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £21.99<br />
Mental Mathematics 9 978 07087 17301/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £21.99<br />
Mental Mathematics 10 978 07087 17318/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £21.99<br />
Mental Mathematics 11 978 07087 17325/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £21.99<br />
Pupil Booklets (Packs of 10)<br />
Mental Mathematics 6 978 07087 09917/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.50*<br />
Mental Mathematics 7 978 07087 09924/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.50*<br />
Mental Mathematics 8 978 07087 09931/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.50*<br />
Mental Mathematics 9 978 07087 09948/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.50*<br />
Mental Mathematics 10 978 07087 09955/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.50*<br />
Mental Mathematics 11 978 07087 09962/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £13.50*<br />
Sample Questions from<br />
Mental Mathematics 6 and 10<br />
Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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Numeracy<br />
Measuring Success in Maths<br />
Mental and Written Tests for Years 1 to 6<br />
Alan Edmiston and Jenny Lawson<br />
Age Range:<br />
5–11 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Teachers and Private Tutors<br />
Timed:<br />
Mental tests: 5-10 minutes,<br />
Written tests: 20 minutes,<br />
Tasks (KS1 only): 20 minutes<br />
primary<br />
only<br />
Measuring Success in Maths is a<br />
series of photocopiable maths<br />
tests that can be used regularly<br />
throughout the school year.<br />
Informed by past national test<br />
questions, it offers a flexible mix<br />
of both Mental and Written tests<br />
that can be used across Key<br />
Stages 1 and 2.<br />
Initial tests for pupils in Year 1 are task based. As pupils progress through the year, Mental and Written tests<br />
are introduced that reflect their increasing capability and these continue into Year 2. For Years 3 to 6 there are<br />
three Mental and Written tests for each block of the Framework. This comprehensive approach enables<br />
teachers to monitor progress at different points in the school year and at the end of Key Stages 1 and 2.<br />
Why use Measuring Success in Maths?<br />
• The easy-to-use tests will help you assess the growing understanding of<br />
your pupils quickly and effectively, as they complete mathematical topics<br />
• Results will help teachers and private tutors target their teaching to the<br />
needs of both individuals and groups<br />
• Teachers can enter pupils scores into a free online Level Converter to<br />
calculate their National Curriculum levels<br />
• Due to its photocopiable format, the test’s are very cost-effective<br />
Example online screenshot for the online Level Converter<br />
Each book<br />
contains photocopiable<br />
tests with teacher’s<br />
notes, answers, class<br />
record sheet, plus access<br />
to an online Level<br />
Converter<br />
Prices<br />
Book<br />
“The mental maths test are proving useful for<br />
SATs revision – some different ways of wording<br />
questions is a bonus, as children can rely too<br />
much on the usual verbal cues.”<br />
Primary Maths Co-ordinator, Tyne and Wear<br />
*+VAT<br />
Years 1&2 978 07087 17844/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £59.99<br />
Year 3 978 07087 17851/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £49.99<br />
Year 4 978 07087 17868/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £49.99<br />
Year 5 978 07087 17875/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £49.99<br />
Year 6 978 07087 17882/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £49.99<br />
Complete Set of Maths Books 978 07087 18117/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £189.99<br />
Books (Maths and Science)<br />
Years 1&2 978 07087 18063/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £99.99<br />
Year 3 978 07087 18070/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £77.50<br />
Year 4 978 07087 18087/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £77.50<br />
Year 5 978 07087 18094/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £77.50<br />
Year 6 978 07087 18100/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £77.50<br />
Sample Written test questions (Year 4)<br />
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Science<br />
Measuring Success in Science<br />
Unit Tests for Years 1 to 6<br />
John Stringer<br />
Age Range:<br />
5–11 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Teachers and Private Tutors<br />
Timed:<br />
30 minutes per test<br />
primary<br />
only<br />
“The increasing difficulty of<br />
the questions is useful as<br />
it immediately informs you<br />
of the children in need of<br />
support and of those<br />
working at a higher level.<br />
An impressive set of<br />
materials – great for<br />
enquiring minds.”<br />
Primary Science Co-ordinator,<br />
Warwickshire<br />
Measuring Success in Science is a series of photocopiable science<br />
tests that can be used regularly throughout the school year. The test<br />
topics are thematic and designed to measure a pupil’s understanding<br />
and ability across the subject of science.<br />
Each test includes questions aimed at the experimental and<br />
investigative work in Scientific Enquiry, and all questions vary in style<br />
and increase in difficulty across each test. Designed for use at the end<br />
of units of work, Measuring Success in Science enables teachers and<br />
private tutors to monitor progress at the end of Key Stages 1 and 2.<br />
Free end-of-year tests are also included as part of Measuring Success<br />
in Science. These comprise paper tests for Years 1 and 2, and digital<br />
tests for Years 3 to 6 (with two tests for each year, at different levels).<br />
The easy to administer digital tests offer instant scoring, data analysis<br />
and reporting. The reports produced profile both pupil and group<br />
performance.<br />
Why use Measuring<br />
Success in Science?<br />
• Measuring Success in Science<br />
tests a pupil’s understanding of<br />
topics and enables teachers to<br />
gauge ongoing progress<br />
throughout the year<br />
• Results will help teachers and<br />
private tutors target their<br />
teaching to the needs of both<br />
individuals and groups<br />
• Teachers can enter pupils<br />
scores into a free online Level<br />
Converter to calculate their<br />
National Curriculum levels<br />
• The test highlights common<br />
misconceptions and suggests<br />
ideas for ongoing development<br />
• Due to its photocopiable format,<br />
the tests are very cost-effective<br />
Each book contains<br />
photocopiable tests with<br />
teacher’s notes, answers,<br />
class record sheet,<br />
access to an online Level<br />
Converter, plus digital<br />
end-of-year tests for<br />
Years 3 to 6<br />
Sample question from digital<br />
end-of-year test (Year 3)<br />
Sample unit test questions<br />
(Year 3)<br />
Prices<br />
*+VAT<br />
Book<br />
Years 1 & 2 978 07087 17899/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £59.99<br />
Year 3 978 07087 17905/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £49.99<br />
Year 4 978 07087 17912/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £49.99<br />
Year 5 978 07087 18414/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £49.99<br />
Year 6 978 07087 17929/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £49.99<br />
Complete Set of Science Books 978 07087 18056/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £189.99<br />
Books (Science and Maths)<br />
Years 1 & 2 978 07087 18063/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £99.99<br />
Year 3 978 07087 18070/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £77.50<br />
Year 4 978 07087 18087/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £77.50<br />
Year 5 978 07087 18094/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £77.50<br />
Year 6 978 07087 18100/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £77.50<br />
Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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Pupil Attitudes<br />
NEW! Pupil Attitudes to Self and School (PASS)<br />
Dr Glen Williams and Bob Whittome<br />
Age Range:<br />
4–18+ years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Head Teachers and Senior<br />
Leadership Teams, Teachers,<br />
SENCOs, Educational<br />
Psychologists, Clinical<br />
Psychologists, Health<br />
Professionals, School<br />
Improvement Officers and<br />
Behavioural Specialists<br />
Timings:<br />
Untimed<br />
also<br />
available<br />
Cognitive Abilities<br />
Test<br />
See pages 12–17<br />
Suitable for use in implementing<br />
the Curriculum for Excellence<br />
Now fully mapped to the four<br />
Capacities of the Curriculum<br />
for Excellence. Call 0845 602<br />
1937 for your free mapping grid.<br />
ASCL Member discounts<br />
available for the PASS Online<br />
Intervention Service. Call<br />
0845 602 1937 for further details<br />
Pupil Attitudes to Self and School (PASS) is an all-age attitudinal survey<br />
that provides a robust, standardised measurement of a pupil’s attitudes<br />
towards themselves as learners and their attitudes towards school, and is<br />
already used by thousands of schools and over 100 Local Authorities in<br />
the UK.<br />
Attitudes are formed by and affect how we feel, what we do and how we<br />
think. In a school setting, a pupil’s attitudes to learning can influence their<br />
whole experience of education and have significant effects on their overall<br />
levels of attainment, engagement and well-being. Through regular<br />
assessment, a complete picture of a pupil’s motivation, strengths,<br />
anxieties, school-based relationships and future learning behaviours can<br />
be built. This can help inform appropriate intervention strategies, increase<br />
rates of progress and provide a sound basis for a more personalised<br />
approach to learning for those most at risk.<br />
PASS is a 20 minute survey comprised of a series of short psychometric<br />
questions which look at factors shown to be significantly linked to key<br />
educational goals, such as feelings about school (‘My teachers tell me<br />
when I have done something well’) or self-regard (‘I am clever’). A low<br />
score in one or more of these areas can offer teachers an insight into any<br />
obstacles in the way of pupils’ making progress, whilst pinpointing<br />
negative barriers to learning that may not otherwise be apparent.<br />
On completion, the survey is submitted by the teacher to <strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong><br />
at the click of a button and within 2-5 working days, a series of<br />
comprehensive reports are delivered. These reports collate results<br />
produced by PASS, to reveal individual, whole class and whole school<br />
attitudinal profiles. The results can be broken down to show how your<br />
school compares nationally by gender, ethnic categories and year groups.<br />
Why are standardised attitudinal measures becoming<br />
increasingly popular?<br />
As a teacher:<br />
• Would you like to be able to predict accurately which pupils in your<br />
class are most likely to stop attending?<br />
• Would it help you to find a solution if you knew why a pupil<br />
misbehaved in class?<br />
• Would you like an insight into any obstacles that are blocking the path<br />
for your pupils to maximise their attainment?<br />
If you answered a resounding ‘yes’ to these questions, you’ll understand<br />
some of the reasons why standardised attitudinal measures have been<br />
gaining popularity in schools up and down the country for some time.<br />
With limited resources at so many schools’ disposal and the<br />
pressure to narrow the attainment gap and raise<br />
standards for all, teachers need robust<br />
evidence to help decide how to<br />
prioritise and target support.<br />
Why use PASS?<br />
• PASS will help inform your<br />
teaching strategies and<br />
intervention programmes to<br />
help raise standards of<br />
attainment and pupil well-being<br />
• It screens for emotionally<br />
vulnerable young people and<br />
those with possible mental<br />
health issues, to ensure those<br />
most at risk do not slip through<br />
the net<br />
• PASS will help you understand<br />
the causes of current and likely<br />
behaviours of pupils, to aid<br />
effective target setting and<br />
highlight areas of development<br />
for every individual<br />
• The attitudinal survey meets the<br />
requirements of the latest<br />
school inspection frameworks<br />
which focus heavily on<br />
behaviour and attendance and<br />
the wider coalition agenda in<br />
maintaining safety and discipline<br />
• PASS informs scalable<br />
development planning at both<br />
school and regional levels,<br />
through comprehensive<br />
reporting and intervention<br />
strategies<br />
• Provides an objective means for<br />
joint collaborative problemsolving<br />
working with parents,<br />
carers and extended families<br />
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Online Intervention Service<br />
Users of PASS can benefit from an accompanying Online<br />
Intervention Service at an additional cost. The system presents over<br />
3000 possible combinations of intervention strategies drawn from<br />
research reviews and best practice at all levels. It can also integrate<br />
pupil attitudinal data with attainment data for targeted support, to<br />
screen and identify at risk groups, including ‘invisible’ groups like<br />
fragile learners. This platform also supports screening pupils for<br />
emotional wellbeing.<br />
The nine standardised measures<br />
The PASS survey measures pupils’ attitudes by focussing on nine<br />
standardised attitudinal measures, significantly linked to key educational<br />
goals:<br />
• Feelings about school. What is sometimes called ‘School<br />
Connectedness’. Explores whether a pupil feels they belong to or are<br />
alienated from their school community<br />
• Perceived Learning Capability. Offers a snapshot of a learner’s<br />
unfolding impressions of self-efficacy and can reveal early warning<br />
signs of demoralisation and disaffection<br />
• Self regard. Equivalent to self-worth but more focussed specifically on<br />
learning and therefore has a greater correlation with achievement<br />
A complete approach – PASS in our portfolio & in<br />
the spotlight<br />
With the Coalition Government highlighting the importance of<br />
raising attainment and enabling all pupils to maximise their<br />
potential within education, it is essential that you understand the<br />
specific motivations, feelings, aspirations and learning barriers of<br />
each pupil. PASS provides highly personalised analysis of a<br />
pupil’s attitudes to learning, enabling teachers to identify, track,<br />
and monitor the type of teaching and intervention each pupil<br />
requires which, in turn, is more likely to raise the attainment of<br />
that pupil.<br />
PASS, combined with our Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT)<br />
(pages 12–17), can deliver a more complete picture of a pupil’s<br />
ability and attitudes. By providing a highly reliable measurement of<br />
nine core attitudinal factors, PASS answers many of the<br />
questions raised when there are discrepancies between<br />
attainment and CAT scores.<br />
In light of the Allen Review, the cognitive-behavioural link<br />
embedded within PASS can also be used to support early<br />
intervention across all ages, including older children and young<br />
adults. Examples of this include its ability to screen for emotionally<br />
vulnerable children and to pinpoint pupils at risk of poor<br />
attendance up to 12 months before they actually stop attending<br />
school.<br />
With behaviour and safety being one of only four key areas in<br />
Ofsted’s new inspection framework, schools also benefit from the<br />
long established usage of PASS to address disaffection, even in<br />
some of the most demanding clinical settings across the UK.<br />
Go online to view case studies and further information<br />
on PASS – www.gl-assessment.co.uk/pass<br />
• Preparedness for learning. Explores whether a pupil feels they have<br />
the tools in place to learn<br />
• Attitudes to teachers. A pupil’s perception of the relationships they<br />
have with school staff<br />
• General work ethic. Highlights pupils’ aspirations and motivation to<br />
succeed in life<br />
• Confidence in learning. Identifies pupils’ ability to persevere when<br />
faced with a challenge<br />
• Attitudes to attendance. Identifies pupils’ attitudes towards attending<br />
school which correlates predictively with their actual attendance<br />
• Response to curriculum demands. A second motivational measure,<br />
focussing more narrowly on school-based motivation to undertake and<br />
complete curriculum based tasks<br />
If you are a cluster of schools interested in using PASS for the<br />
first time, we offer FREE seminars. Please call 0845 602 1937<br />
to arrange a FREE seminar to discuss PASS in more detail<br />
Guide Prices<br />
*+VAT<br />
PASS Online: The most popular and best value solution for high volume whole<br />
school assessment, used by 95% of our customers.<br />
5–7 Years 3 year contract £500.00* (total contract price = £1500*)<br />
8–11 Years (1 and a half form entry) 3 year contract £550.00* (total - £1650.00*)<br />
8–11 Years (2 form entry) 3 year contract £600.00* (total - £1800.00*)<br />
8–11 Years (2 form entry +) 3 year contract £650.00* (total - £1950.00*)<br />
11–16 Years 3 year contract £850.00* (total - £2550.00*)<br />
PASS CD-ROM: Used for interim monitoring and tracking of the most<br />
vulnerable pupils, identified by online screening in a mainstream school or by<br />
specialists e.g. EPs or Pupil Referral Units working with small numbers in a<br />
highly mobile pupil population. License for a single PC installation.<br />
8–11 Years Single User £425.00*<br />
8–11 Years Single User Licence Renewal £75.00*<br />
11–16 Years Single User £475.00*<br />
11–16 Years Single User Licence Renewal £100.00*<br />
8–16 Years Single User Cross Phase £580.00*<br />
8–16 Years Single User Cross Phase Licence Renewal £125.00*<br />
Please call 0845 602 1937 for further information on prices.<br />
Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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Pupil Attitudes<br />
NEW! PASS Interpretation & Analysis Services<br />
<strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong> has developed a series of Interpretation & Analysis<br />
Services for Pupil Attitudes to Self and School (PASS), designed to help<br />
schools realise the full potential of their PASS data. Whilst PASS report<br />
data gives you a complete overview of a pupil’s attitudes towards<br />
themselves as learners and their attitudes towards school, effective<br />
interpretation and analysis empowers teachers and SENCOs to build<br />
effective intervention programmes and target support to those most in<br />
need. This in turn help raise standards of attainment and pupil wellbeing.<br />
Various levels of support are offered, enabling you to choose the<br />
level of support most suitable to your needs. The levels of support are<br />
outlined below.<br />
Local Workshop<br />
Designed for groups of up to 20 delegates. This service is best suited to<br />
a whole school or cluster of schools. The workshop provides a guided<br />
analysis of PASS data, with opportunities to reflect as well as discuss<br />
approaches with colleagues from other schools.<br />
Led by an experienced facilitator with Senior Leadership experience, a<br />
typical workshop will focus on:<br />
• Understanding PASS assessment and interpreting the 9 factors at<br />
strategic and operational levels<br />
• Sharing and using PASS information to inform collaborative problem<br />
solving with students, teachers, multi-agency teams and parents<br />
• Using PASS to set smarter monitoring and tracking targets:<br />
– to improve student well-being, behaviour and attendance<br />
– provide effective personalised learning for students working at all<br />
levels of ability<br />
– to reduce disaffection<br />
• Using PASS to identify successful strategies for your school context<br />
£<br />
£195 +VAT per person (full-day)<br />
Also available for a whole school or cluster of schools - prices available<br />
on application. Look out for details of workshops in your area.<br />
Please call 0845 602<br />
1937 or email pds@glassessment.co.uk<br />
for<br />
further information or to<br />
organise booking one of<br />
our PASS Interpretation &<br />
Analysis Services<br />
Tailored Services<br />
Our Tailored Services are an ideal choice for schools looking for an even<br />
deeper and more strategic level of analysis than is possible through the<br />
group session. As part of the service, schools are partnered with a<br />
skilled and experienced facilitator who helps you get to the heart of your<br />
data, identify the key questions and map out the next steps to address<br />
these.<br />
To enable the depth of analysis required, schools must allow their<br />
facilitator prior access to their PASS data. Schools can choose from the<br />
following options:<br />
1. Enhanced School-specific Commentary<br />
Provides an enhanced commentary and identifies key questions for<br />
further investigation written by your facilitator after thorough analysis of<br />
your PASS data. Provided in both paper and electronic formats.<br />
£<br />
£295 +VAT<br />
2. Follow-Up Consultancy Service<br />
A follow-up consultancy gives schools the opportunity of exploring in<br />
detail the key questions arising from the commentary, highlighting and<br />
prioritising appropriate strategies for improving pupil well-being and<br />
learning. Includes consideration of how PASS integrates with other data<br />
in schools to target hard to reach groups, such as fragile learners.<br />
£<br />
£750 +VAT<br />
3. Combined service<br />
Achieve better value by choosing both services together<br />
• Initial conversation with facilitator<br />
• Identification of key questions and insights from your PASS report,<br />
including implications for pupil well-being and learning<br />
• A school visit by our facilitator to explore and analyse with you the<br />
issues arising, highlight priorities and examine appropriate strategies<br />
• A final written report identifying the key questions and agreed actions<br />
£<br />
£950 +VAT<br />
A word on Quality Assurance<br />
To ensure our services have maximum input, our accredited facilitators<br />
have extensive experience at senior leadership level in schools and are<br />
all experienced in working with schools on the use of data to inform<br />
school improvement and review. In addition, our ISO 27001<br />
accreditation means your data is safe with us.<br />
Utilising the same award-winning methodology as PASS, <strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong> has developed attitudinal surveys for<br />
use by parents/carers 'Parents Attitudes to their Childs Education' (PACE) and teachers ‘Staff and Teachers<br />
Attitude Questionnaire’ (STAQ). The 20 minute surveys can be completed online or via a paper version (upon<br />
request). For further information, prices or to book a free no obligation appointment with one of our area<br />
consultants, please call 0845 602 1937 or visit www.gl-assessment.co.uk/staqandpace<br />
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Special Educational Needs<br />
Dyslexia Screener Digital<br />
Martin Turner and Pauline Smith<br />
Age Range:<br />
5–16+ years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
SENCOs, Teachers and<br />
Educational Psychologists<br />
Timings:<br />
Untimed<br />
also<br />
available<br />
Dyslexia Portfolio<br />
See page 50 and<br />
Dyslexia Guidance<br />
See page 51<br />
Why use Dyslexia<br />
Screener Digital?<br />
• Fully standardised, the Dyslexia<br />
Screener is an important first<br />
stage asset to any SENCO or<br />
learning support teacher who<br />
has concerns about a pupil<br />
• The digital test format removes<br />
the burden of test<br />
administration, as all practice,<br />
instructions and timings are<br />
computer-administered<br />
• Enhanced individual reporting<br />
shows the results of each<br />
subtest and provides<br />
recommendations as to the next<br />
steps, enabling teaching to be<br />
tailored to meet the individual<br />
learning needs of every child<br />
• The assessment offers a<br />
convenient way of assimilating<br />
and storing results for a group of<br />
readers through a diagnostic<br />
group report<br />
• A comprehensive parent/carer<br />
report plus further guidance and<br />
letter templates will help support<br />
your communication with<br />
parents and carers both before<br />
and after screening<br />
The digital version of <strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong>’s well established Dyslexia Screener is an innovative online assessment<br />
that identifies dyslexic tendencies in pupils’ aged 5–16+ years and recommends intervention strategies to help<br />
them achieve their potential. Originally in CD-ROM format (still available), the online version offers teachers a<br />
range of instant scoring, analysis and reporting features including a useful individual report that is specifically<br />
designed for communication with parents.<br />
The 30 minute test is an ideal tool for screening an entire year group, or for screening those pupils showing<br />
some signs of difficulty. It can play an important part in helping both specialist and non-specialist teachers<br />
distinguish between those individuals who are having general difficulties in literacy and those whose difficulties<br />
are associated with dyslexia.<br />
The Dyslexia Screener Digital has been standardised, so you can be assured that results presented are<br />
accurate and reliable, whilst instant scoring and reporting saves hours of marking time. Results are easy to<br />
interpret and information on a pupil’s strengths and weaknesses are detailed across each test. Standard Age<br />
Scores are provided and you will benefit from recommendations made as to the next steps in either further<br />
assessment or intervention. The assessment comprises six tests covering three areas, with two assessments<br />
for each: Ability, Attainment and Diagnostic.<br />
A complete approach – the Dyslexia Screener<br />
Digital in our portfolio<br />
To help identify pupils who may have a specific learning difficulty<br />
such as dyslexia, standardised screening or assessment tools like<br />
the Dyslexia Screener Digital fit the bill perfectly. However, once a<br />
pupil has been identified as having dyslexic tendencies, the<br />
nature of the difficulty will need to be examined in more<br />
detail so that appropriate intervention can be planned.<br />
<strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong>’s Dyslexia Portfolio (page 50) is an idealfollow-up<br />
assessment to the Dyslexia Screener Digital,<br />
providing specialist teachers with valuable diagnostic<br />
information to devise and implement relevant intervention<br />
strategies. To ensure pupils with dyslexia achieve their<br />
potential, ongoing support in the classroom and small<br />
group settings is essential. <strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong>’s Dyslexia<br />
Guidance (page 51) is an invaluable resource for this<br />
purpose, providing specialist teachers with practical advice<br />
and support from pre-school through to university level.<br />
Go online to view case studies, sample reports and a digital<br />
demo – www.gl-assessment.co.uk/dyslexiascreener<br />
Part of NAHT member<br />
package. See page 72<br />
Prices<br />
coming<br />
soon<br />
A NEW version of<br />
the Dyslexia<br />
Screener CD-ROM<br />
will be available<br />
December 2011!<br />
Parent/Carer report<br />
*+VAT<br />
Dyslexia Screener Digital<br />
Annual Licence for Individual<br />
Administrations (Minimum order of £5.00*<br />
10 administrations is required) 978 07087 19473/<strong>GL</strong>A300 per admin<br />
Dyslexia Screener (CD-ROM)<br />
Annual Licence 978 07087 09375/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £225.00*<br />
Licence Renewal 978 14060 47882/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £95.00*<br />
Dyslexia Screener Annual Licence/<br />
Dyslexia Guidance Book 978 07087 18131/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £250.00*<br />
Please contact your Area Consultant for details of special assessment<br />
packages. See pages 2–3 for details.<br />
Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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Special Educational Needs<br />
Dyslexia Portfolio<br />
Martin Turner<br />
Age Range:<br />
6–16 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
SENCOs, Specialist Teachers<br />
and Educational Psychologists<br />
Timed:<br />
(some tests are timed) overall<br />
approx 40 minutes<br />
also<br />
available<br />
Dyslexia Screener<br />
See page 49 and<br />
Dyslexia Guidance<br />
See page 51<br />
Why use the Dyslexia<br />
Portfolio?<br />
The Dyslexia Portfolio is an ideal follow-up assessment to the Dyslexia Screener Digital for those pupils who<br />
may have been screened as having dyslexic tendencies, or whose performance in literacy is causing concern.<br />
The individual diagnostic assessment provides a profile of strengths and weaknesses that can be translated<br />
directly into an individual teaching plan, enabling specialist teachers to devise and implement a relevant and<br />
sensitive, multi-sensory intervention programme.<br />
Comprising nine sub-tests, the Dyslexia Portfolio takes just 40 minutes to administer and the one-to one test<br />
format allows observation of each pupil during the test session. The mix of tasks in these tests will help identify<br />
areas of difficulty in word level literacy, phonics and processing.<br />
The nine sub-tests are as follows (some of which can be used for Access Arrangements):<br />
- Single Word Reading - Naming Speed<br />
- Single Word Spelling - Writing<br />
- Reading Speed - Recall of Digits Forward<br />
- Phoneme Deletion - Recall of Digits Backwards.<br />
- Non-Word Reading<br />
The Portfolio comes with an online Report Generation Tool. Teachers input raw scores and a graphical and<br />
narrative report is produced instantly, complete with Standard Age Scores and recommendations for<br />
appropriate support and intervention. A parent report is also available.<br />
• Fully standardised, the battery<br />
of short diagnostic tests will<br />
help you identify areas of<br />
difficulty in literacy learning<br />
• The Dyslexia Portfolio provides<br />
valuable information on a pupil’s<br />
strengths and weaknesses so<br />
that appropriate support<br />
programmes and intervention<br />
strategies can be planned<br />
• Online reporting automatically<br />
produces statistical, graphical<br />
and narrative reports on each<br />
individual after scores have<br />
been entered<br />
• The tests in the Portfolio can be<br />
used alongside results from<br />
other tests, such as<br />
<strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong>’s Dyslexia<br />
Screener and British Picture<br />
Vocabulary Scale: Third Edition,<br />
to provide a comprehensive<br />
pupil profile<br />
Part of NAHT member<br />
package. See page 72<br />
A complete approach – the Dyslexia Portfolio in<br />
our portfolio<br />
The Dyslexia Portfolio is an ideal-follow-up assessment to the<br />
Dyslexia Screener Digital (page 49). The Dyslexia Screener<br />
Digital will help identify dyslexic tendencies in pupils aged 5-16+<br />
and the Dyslexia Portfolio will examine these difficulties in more<br />
detail so that appropriate intervention can be planned. To ensure<br />
pupils with dyslexia achieve their potential, ongoing support in the<br />
classroom and small group settings is essential. <strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong>’s<br />
Dyslexia Guidance (page 51) is an invaluable resource for this<br />
purpose, providing specialist teachers with practical advice and<br />
support from pre-school through to university level.<br />
Visit www.dyslexiaportfolio.co.uk to view supplementary<br />
technical information, frequently asked questions and<br />
links to other support sites<br />
“Dyslexia Action Psychology<br />
would wish to encourage a<br />
view that the use of<br />
Dyslexia Portfolio certainly<br />
gives very valuable<br />
information towards a<br />
diagnosis of dyslexia.”<br />
Dyslexia Review, July 2011<br />
Prices<br />
*+VAT<br />
Complete Set<br />
978 07087 19039/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £159.99*<br />
Record Forms and Pupil Booklets<br />
(5 of each)<br />
978 07087 19008/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £20.99*<br />
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Dyslexia Guidance<br />
Martin Turner and Philippa Bodien<br />
Age Range:<br />
5–16+ years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
SENCOs, Teachers and<br />
Educational Psychologists<br />
Timings:<br />
Untimed<br />
also<br />
available<br />
Dyslexia Screener<br />
See page 49 and<br />
Dyslexia Portfolio<br />
See page 50<br />
Dyslexia Guidance is an invaluable resource; ideal for use after the<br />
Dyslexia Screener Digital and Dyslexia Portfolio in providing teachers<br />
and SENCOs with practical advice on supporting dyslexic pupils, from<br />
pre-school through to university level.<br />
The handbook features sensible advice and effective activities based on<br />
real classroom experiences and includes useful photocopiable materials<br />
for use in the classroom and small group settings. In turn, the resource<br />
will help you plan effective and targeted intervention programmes to<br />
support pupils with dyslexia.<br />
By concentrating on the ‘life cycle’ of a pupil with dyslexia, Dyslexia<br />
Guidance takes the reader through each stage of a pupil’s school<br />
career. It starts with commonly occurring precursors for dyslexia – such<br />
as dislike of school and difficulty with letters and numbers – through<br />
transfer to secondary school, acquisition of study skills and techniques,<br />
and Access Arrangements for pupils tackling public examinations.<br />
Part of NAHT member<br />
package. See page 72<br />
Example pages from<br />
Dyslexia Guidance<br />
Why use Dyslexia Guidance?<br />
• The comprehensive guide offers practical advice as well as specific<br />
teaching strategies that have proven effective, to help dyslexic pupils<br />
achieve their potential<br />
• It explores the ‘life cycle’ of a pupil, enabling teachers to better<br />
understand the nature of the condition and how best to support pupils<br />
from early years to those in higher education<br />
• The social and behavioural issues that most concern parents and<br />
teachers are explored in detail within the guide<br />
• Numerous activities, with many photocopiable resources will help<br />
teachers structure day-to-day teaching plans<br />
A complete<br />
approach – Dyslexia<br />
Guidance in our<br />
portfolio<br />
The Dyslexia Guidance is<br />
the next step in supporting<br />
children with dyslexia. Prior<br />
to this teachers may wish to<br />
screen pupils who they<br />
suspect have dyslexic<br />
tendencies or those<br />
showing some signs of<br />
difficulty with <strong>GL</strong><br />
<strong>Assessment</strong>’s Dyslexia<br />
Screener Digital (page<br />
49). The Dyslexia Portfolio<br />
(page 50) is an ideal-followup<br />
assessment to the<br />
Dyslexia Screener Digital<br />
and will examine these<br />
difficulties in more detail so<br />
that appropriate intervention<br />
can be planned.<br />
Prices<br />
*+VAT<br />
Dyslexia Guidance Book 978 07087 17691/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £49.99<br />
Dyslexia Screener Annual Licence/<br />
Dyslexia Guidance Book 978 07087 18131/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £250.00*<br />
Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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Special Educational Needs<br />
Dyscalculia Screener Digital<br />
Brian Butterworth<br />
Age Range:<br />
6–14+ years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
SENCOs, Teachers and<br />
Educational Psychologists<br />
Timed:<br />
30–35 minutes<br />
also<br />
available<br />
Dyscalculia<br />
Guidance<br />
See page 53<br />
A complete approach<br />
– the Dyscalculia<br />
Screener Digital in<br />
our portfolio<br />
To help identify pupils who<br />
may have a specific learning<br />
difficulty such as dyscalculia,<br />
standardised screening or<br />
assessment tools like the<br />
Dyscalculia Screener Digital<br />
fit the bill perfectly. However,<br />
once a pupil has been<br />
identified as having<br />
dyscalculic tendencies and<br />
intervention strategies have<br />
been put in place, it is<br />
essential that ongoing<br />
support and monitoring in the<br />
classroom and small groups<br />
settings is carried out.<br />
<strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong>’s<br />
Dyscalculia Guidance<br />
(page 53) is an invaluable<br />
resource for this purpose,<br />
providing specialist teachers<br />
with practical advice and<br />
support from pre-school<br />
through to university level,<br />
ensuring pupils with<br />
dyscalculia achieve their<br />
potential.<br />
The digital version of <strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong>’s well established<br />
Dyscalculia Screener Digital is an innovative online<br />
assessment that identifies dyscalculic tendencies in<br />
pupils’ aged 6–14+ years and recommends intervention<br />
strategies to help them achieve their potential.<br />
Originally in CD-ROM format (still available), the online<br />
version offers teachers a range of instant scoring,<br />
analysis and reporting features including a useful<br />
individual report that is specifically designed for<br />
communication with parents.<br />
The 30 minute test is an ideal tool for screening an entire year group, or<br />
for screening those pupils showing some signs of difficulty. It can play an<br />
important part in helping teachers distinguish between those individuals<br />
who have poor maths attainment and those whose difficulties are<br />
associated with dyscalculia. The screener provides a true measure of a<br />
pupil’s facility with numbers through evaluating their ability to understand<br />
number size, simple addition and simple multiplication. Adaptive testing<br />
ensures that individuals enter the test at an appropriate level and are<br />
taken out of the test if questions become too difficult.<br />
The Dyscalculia Screener Digital has been standardised, so you can be<br />
assured that results presented are accurate and reliable, whilst instant<br />
scoring and reporting saves hours of marking time. Results are easy to<br />
interpret and information on a pupil’s strengths and weaknesses are<br />
detailed across each test. Standard Age Scores are provided and you<br />
will benefit from recommendations made as to the next steps in either<br />
further assessment or intervention.<br />
Go online to view sample reports and a digital demo –<br />
www.gl-assessment.co.uk/dyscalculiascreener<br />
Prices<br />
*+VAT<br />
Dyscalculia Screener Digital<br />
Annual Licence for Individual<br />
Administrations (Minimum order of £5.00*<br />
10 administrations is required) 978 07087 19510/<strong>GL</strong>A300 per admin<br />
Dyscalculia Screener (CD-ROM)<br />
Annual Licence 978 07087 09337/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £225.00*<br />
Licence Renewal 978 14060 47875/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £95.00*<br />
Dyscalculia Screener Annual Licence/<br />
Dyscalculia Guidance Book 978 07087 18148/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £250.00*<br />
Please contact your Area Consultant for details of special assessment packages.<br />
Why use Dyscalculia<br />
Screener Digital?<br />
• Fully standardised, the<br />
Dyscalculia Screener is an<br />
important first stage asset to<br />
any SENCO or learning support<br />
teacher who has concerns<br />
about a pupil’s facility with<br />
numbers<br />
• The digital test format removes<br />
the burden of test<br />
administration, as all practice,<br />
instructions and timings are<br />
computer-administered<br />
• Enhanced individual reporting<br />
shows the results of each<br />
subtest and provides<br />
recommendations as to the next<br />
steps, enabling teaching to be<br />
tailored to meet the individual<br />
learning needs of every child<br />
• The assessment offers a<br />
convenient way of assimilating<br />
and storing results for a group of<br />
readers through a diagnostic<br />
group report<br />
• A comprehensive parent/carer<br />
report plus further guidance and<br />
letter templates will help support<br />
your communication with<br />
parents and carers both before<br />
and after screening<br />
coming<br />
soon<br />
Teacher/Practitioner report<br />
A NEW version of<br />
the Dyscalculia<br />
Screener CD-ROM<br />
will be available<br />
December 2011!<br />
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Dyscalculia Guidance<br />
Brian Butterworth and Dorian Yeo<br />
Age Range:<br />
6–14 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
SENCOs, Teachers and<br />
Educational Psychologists<br />
Timings:<br />
Untimed<br />
also<br />
available<br />
Dyscalculia Screener<br />
Digital See page 49<br />
Dyscalculia Guidance is an invaluable resource; ideal for use after the<br />
Dyscalculia Screener Digital in providing teachers and SENCOs with<br />
practical advice on supporting dyslexic pupils, from pre-school through<br />
to university level.<br />
The handbook features sensible advice and effective<br />
activities based on real classroom experiences and includes<br />
useful photocopiable materials for use in the classroom and<br />
small group settings. In turn, the resource will help you<br />
plan effective and targeted intervention programmes to<br />
support pupils with dyscalculia.<br />
Practical activities and games are included, grouped<br />
with specific areas of mathematics, which build<br />
foundation knowledge vital to the progress of<br />
dyscalculic pupils.<br />
Why use Dyscalculia Guidance?<br />
• The comprehensive guide offers practical advice<br />
as well as specific teaching strategies that have<br />
proven effective, to help dyscalculic pupils<br />
achieve their potential<br />
• It will enable teachers to better understand<br />
the nature of the condition and how best to<br />
support pupils from early years to those in<br />
higher education, with recommendations for further reading<br />
• It provides a definition and description of developmental<br />
dyscalculia to aid your understanding of the condition<br />
Example pages from<br />
Dyscalculia Guidance<br />
• Numerous activities, with many photocopiable resources, will help<br />
teachers structure day-to-day teaching plans<br />
A complete approach – the Dyscalculia Guidance<br />
in our portfolio<br />
<strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong>’s Dyscalculia Guidance is an invaluable resource<br />
for providing ongoing support for those pupils identified as having<br />
dyscalculia. However, prior to this, teachers will need a tried and<br />
tested screening tool to identify those pupils who may have a<br />
specific learning difficulty such as dyscalculia. <strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong>’s<br />
Dyscalculia Screener Digital (page 52) fits the bill perfectly. The<br />
standardised assessment will help teachers identify pupils whose<br />
difficulties are associated with dyscalculia.<br />
Prices<br />
*+VAT<br />
Dyscalculia Guidance Book 978 07087 11521/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £49.99<br />
Dyscalculia Screener Annual Licence/<br />
Dyscalculia Guidance Book 978 07087 18148/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £250.00*<br />
Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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Early Intervention<br />
NEW! WellComm: A Speech and Language Toolkit<br />
for the Early Years<br />
Angela Hurd and Diana McQueen, Sandwell Primary Care Trust<br />
Age Range:<br />
6 months–6 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Specialist and Non-Specialist<br />
Early Years Professionals<br />
Timed:<br />
10–15 minutes<br />
primary<br />
only<br />
Ideal as an initial screening tool, the WellComm Toolkit provides a complete speech and language toolkit that<br />
can be used by all Early Years practitioners.<br />
An individual assessment developed in collaboration with leading practitioners at the Sandwell Primary Care<br />
Trust, the WellComm Toolkit is suitable for children aged 6 months to 6 years. The toolkit deploys a unique<br />
traffic light system that clearly identifies children requiring immediate intervention, as well as those who show<br />
potential language difficulties. The innovative system has the additional benefit of banding children by placing<br />
them into one of three categories, thus enabling the practitioner to proactively respond to any needs identified:<br />
Red = consider referral to a specialist service for further advice/assessment<br />
Amber = extra support and intervention required<br />
Green = no intervention currently required<br />
also<br />
available<br />
Suitable for use in implementing<br />
the Curriculum for Excellence<br />
New Group<br />
Reading Test See<br />
pages 26–27<br />
York <strong>Assessment</strong><br />
of Reading for<br />
Comprehension<br />
See pages 32–35<br />
and Teaching<br />
Talking See page<br />
37<br />
Did you know?<br />
In primary school children,<br />
the most prevalent type of<br />
special need is speech,<br />
language and<br />
communication<br />
DfE Statistical Release,<br />
June 2011<br />
The Big Book of Ideas provides practitioners with over 150 bespoke intervention activities to meet individual<br />
needs as identified through the screening process. The activities are designed to be fun, engaging and<br />
appropriate for use with both individual children and groups across the entire age range. They also provide a<br />
helpful guide for parents to support their child’s development at home. All activities are photocopiable and can<br />
be printed from the Resources CD that is included in the WellComm Toolkit.<br />
The WellComm Toolkit includes a comprehensive Training DVD to help deliver in-house training. It also includes<br />
an online Report Wizard which allows both large and small organisations, including Local Authorities, to<br />
monitor and evaluate the progress made by children using the WellComm Toolkit. The Wizard can report on<br />
children across any number of linked settings and can generate individual, group and Local Authority reports.<br />
The Online Report Wizard is available at an additional cost.<br />
Early Intervention – in the spotlight<br />
On January 19th 2011, Graham Allen MP published his<br />
independent report to Her Majesty's Government: "Early<br />
Intervention: The Next Steps". The report details the economic,<br />
political, social and moral importance of helping future generations<br />
of babies, children and young people before problems may arise.<br />
It also emphasises using the best methodologies and scientific<br />
research to inform intervention strategies and the significance of<br />
tackling the causes of underlying problems rather than the<br />
symptoms. In light of this, the WellComm Toolkit provides the<br />
perfect tool along with our Measures of Children’s Mental<br />
Health & Psychological Wellbeing: A Portfolio for Education<br />
and Health Professionals. Further details of this assessment can<br />
be viewed on pages 58–59.<br />
54
Complete Set contains:<br />
Handbook and Score<br />
Sheets, The Little Book of<br />
Rules, The Big Book of<br />
Ideas, Picture Book,<br />
Resources CD, Training DVD<br />
and Carry Bag<br />
Why use The WellComm Toolkit?<br />
• The WellComm Toolkit is suitable for use by non-specialist early years<br />
professionals in identifying children who need immediate referral and<br />
support<br />
Example score sheets<br />
• The WellComm Toolkit provides tailored intervention activities that can<br />
help improve language skills, whatever the age or ability of the child<br />
• It is ideal for screening children’s communication skills on entrance to<br />
school at 5 years of age<br />
• The assessment monitors the levels of children’s speech and language<br />
as interventions are introduced, allowing the evaluation of their impact<br />
• It ensures each child receives the exact support and intervention<br />
he/she needs<br />
• It helps reduce unnecessary and costly referrals to local speech and<br />
language therapy services<br />
• The WellComm Toolkit has been tested and trialled on over 7,000<br />
children in the Sandwell Local Authority<br />
Sample activity from The Big<br />
Book of Ideas<br />
A complete approach – The WellComm Toolkit in<br />
our portfolio<br />
Difficulties with language can have catastrophic and long-term<br />
effects on the progression of a child’s overall development. It is<br />
vital that language skills are frequently monitored so that any<br />
problems or delays can be identified and addressed as early as<br />
possible. The WellComm Toolkit is an ideal screening tool that can<br />
be used prior to any of <strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong>’s literacy assessments,<br />
such as New Group Reading Test (pages 26–27) and the<br />
York <strong>Assessment</strong> of Reading for Comprehension: Primary<br />
and Secondary (pages 32–35) to identify young children at risk<br />
of developing delayed language skills.<br />
Excerpt from a sample nursery report, giving the nursery management<br />
team a clear overview of every child’s level of speech and language<br />
Go online to view the WellComm Toolkit case studies –<br />
www.gl-assessment.co.uk/casestudies<br />
Prices<br />
*+VAT<br />
Complete Set 978 07087 19718/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £260.00*<br />
The Big Book of Ideas 978 07087 19725/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £62.50*<br />
The WellComm Report Wizard is available to both individual settings and<br />
local authorities. For more details on licensing and pricing structures, please contact<br />
Customer Services on 0845 602 1937.<br />
Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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Early Intervention<br />
Schedule of Growing Skills<br />
Martin Bellman, Sundra Lingam and Anne Aukett<br />
Age Range:<br />
0–5 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Early Years Professionals,<br />
Nursery Workers and<br />
Educational Psychologists<br />
Timings:<br />
Untimed<br />
early<br />
years<br />
only<br />
Available in A4 and<br />
A5 versions the Complete<br />
Sets contain: Stimulus<br />
Materials, User’s Guide,<br />
10 Record Forms and 50<br />
Profile Forms<br />
Schedule of Growing Skills (SGS) is an invaluable tool for professionals<br />
who need to establish the developmental levels of children. The<br />
individual assessment can be used at any time with children from birth<br />
to 5 years, enabling you to assess them as and when appropriate and<br />
convenient.<br />
SGS provides a reliable ‘snapshot’ of a child’s developmental level,<br />
including areas of strength and potential delay. It examines nine key<br />
areas, all of which were developed from Mary Sheridan’s STYCAR<br />
sequences:<br />
- Passive posture - Hearing and language<br />
- Active posture - Speech and language<br />
- Locomotor - Interactive and social<br />
- Manipulative - Self-care social<br />
- Visual<br />
By using colourful and engaging toys like building blocks, a doll, pegs<br />
and shapes, the assessment makes the tasks feel like playtime to the<br />
child, allowing you to observe and assess reactions while the child<br />
‘plays’. Each record form allows for up to four assessments of any one<br />
child, providing a clear indication of progress over time. For those that<br />
require further assessment, subsequent record forms can be utilised.<br />
A simple scoring system highlights developmental areas where children<br />
might potentially have a delay, indicating where referral might be<br />
necessary.<br />
Why use SGS?<br />
• Provides a clear graphical<br />
representation of a child’s<br />
developmental level – an ideal<br />
basis for discussion with other<br />
professionals and parents<br />
• SGS is quick and easy to use.<br />
With clear administration<br />
instructions for all items and<br />
guidelines for scoring and<br />
interpreting results, the user can<br />
provide feedback within 30<br />
minutes<br />
• Using SGS as a universal<br />
screening measure ensures that<br />
all children are assessed in a<br />
consistent way<br />
• A separate cognitive score can<br />
be derived from relevant items<br />
to aid interpretation<br />
. . . and the SGS Training<br />
Course ?<br />
• Ensures competency in child<br />
assessment amongst all users<br />
of SGS, whatever their level of<br />
experience<br />
• Delivered by highly experienced<br />
tutors, the course enables users<br />
to develop a comprehensive<br />
understanding of the<br />
administration and scoring of<br />
SGS<br />
• Delegates will receive a<br />
certification of competence in<br />
administration, along with a<br />
training pack of presentation<br />
handouts<br />
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Schedule of Growing Skills: Training Course<br />
Available in half or full day format, <strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong> offers a comprehensive<br />
training course to help educational staff and healthcare professionals<br />
develop skills in child assessment using the Schedule of Growing Skills.<br />
The professional training programme includes in-depth guidance on how<br />
to administer the items, including video examples of good and bad<br />
practice, along with scoring procedures. Programmes are delivered<br />
around the core age range of 18 months to 42 months and can also be<br />
customised to illustrate the assessment of specific age ranges (e.g. 12 to<br />
18 months). To book your session, please call 0845 602 1937.<br />
Schedule of Growing Skills: Training DVD is still<br />
available!<br />
The flexible 2-disc DVD containing over 3 hours worth of<br />
video materials to enhance the SGS Training Course is<br />
still available to purchase online<br />
www.gl-assessment.co.uk/srstrainingdvd or by using the<br />
code below<br />
Sample SGS Record Form<br />
Prices<br />
*+VAT<br />
Complete Set A4 Version 978 07087 04547/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £190.00*<br />
Complete Set A5 Version 978 07087 04554/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £190.00*<br />
Record Forms (Pack of 50) 978 07087 04684/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £112.50*<br />
Profiles A4 Version (Pad of 50) 978 07087 04691/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £72.50*<br />
Profiles A5 Version (Pad of 50) 978 07087 04707/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £72.50*<br />
Reference Manual 978 07087 04592/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £72.50<br />
User Guide 978 07087 04585/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £47.50<br />
SGS: Training Course<br />
Half-day training (up to 15 delegates) 978 14060 70668/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £595.00*<br />
Full-day training (up to 15 delegates) 978 14060 70651/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £995.00*<br />
SGS: Training DVD 978 07087 18858/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £108.00*<br />
Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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Personal and Social Development<br />
Measures of Children’s Mental Health & Psychological<br />
Wellbeing: A Portfolio for Educational and Health Professionals<br />
Norah Frederickson and Sandra Dunsmuir<br />
Age Range:<br />
2–20 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Teachers, SENCOs,<br />
Educational Psychologists,<br />
School Nurses, Behaviour<br />
Support Teams (BEST) and<br />
Youth Offending Teams (YOT)<br />
Timings:<br />
Varying throughout booklets<br />
also<br />
available<br />
Emotional Literacy<br />
See page 61 and<br />
Pupil Attitudes to<br />
Self and School<br />
See pages 46–48<br />
and Paediatric<br />
Index of Emotional<br />
Distress<br />
See page 60<br />
Measures of Children’s Mental Health & Psychological Wellbeing is a unique portfolio of assessments authored by<br />
highly-respected professionals from across the fields of educational and clinical development, designed to help all<br />
levels of school staff and clinical practitioners diagnose and respond to a child’s mental health needs quickly.<br />
Children experiencing emotional or mental health issues are unlikely to be able to fulfil their potential in the<br />
classroom and schools have a duty to help with the early recognition and identification of these children.<br />
Responding quickly with appropriate interventions and providing specialist help where necessary will provide these<br />
children with the support they need to achieve to the best of their ability.<br />
Measures of Children’s Mental Health & Psychological Wellbeing can be used by a range of staff including<br />
teachers, SENCOs and school nurses. It provides a range of simple, paper-based assessments that can be used<br />
to measure the development of a child’s social and emotional skills, individually or in a group setting. Along with an<br />
informative introduction booklet, the portfolio comprises a further seven booklets containing over 50 valuable<br />
instruments for measuring a child’s mental health and psychological wellbeing. Full guidance is provided on how to<br />
administer, score and interpret each measure, as well as ideas for subsequent intervention.<br />
By using Measures of Children’s Mental Health & Psychological Wellbeing you can assess your pupils emotional<br />
needs over time and ensure that any specialist interventions introduced are helping them progress in school.<br />
Suitable for use in implementing<br />
the Curriculum for Excellence<br />
Suitable for use for Getting it<br />
Right for Every Child Initiative<br />
Complete set<br />
contains: Introduction<br />
and 7 Booklets of<br />
Measures<br />
Did you know?<br />
A staggering 10% of<br />
children aged 5 to 16 have<br />
a clinically recognisable<br />
mental disorder<br />
Examples taken from the<br />
Booklets of Measures<br />
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The booklets in the series cover:<br />
Introduction<br />
Norah Frederickson, Sandra Dunsmuir and Joan Baxter<br />
Addresses the key issues in the identification and promotion of children’s<br />
mental health, including the evaluation of clinical interventions, outcome<br />
measures and interpreting data.<br />
Belonging<br />
Norah Frederickson and Joan Baxter<br />
Support your pupils in developing a healthy engagement in school life and<br />
gain a greater understanding of whether they feel accepted and<br />
respected in their relationships with others and in school.<br />
Distress<br />
Sarah Dunsmuir and Peter Fuggle<br />
Find out if issues such as depression, anxiety and loneliness are affecting<br />
your pupils’ ability to learn and achieve and ensure appropriate support is<br />
provided to those with high levels of distress.<br />
Enjoyment<br />
John Ivens<br />
Assess your pupil’s quality of life and happiness levels and find out more<br />
about what social or emotional triggers can influence their life satisfaction.<br />
Healthy Living<br />
Adrian Furnham and Alice Jones<br />
Highlight any problems your pupils may have in living a healthy lifestyle,<br />
including healthy eating, physical exercise, sleep, leisure activities and<br />
risk-taking behaviours.<br />
Resilience<br />
Eamon McCrory and Sean Cameron<br />
Evaluate how resilient your pupils are in coping with the stresses of daily<br />
life and help them to develop a healthy sense of self worth that will<br />
support them in becoming effective problem solvers.<br />
Responsiveness<br />
Alice Jones and Norah Frederickson<br />
Assess pupils’ ability to self monitor their behaviour and help ensure they<br />
develop a sense of empathy and co-operation when working with others.<br />
Social Behaviour<br />
Roger Booker and Adrian Faupel<br />
Find out how your pupils deal with a range of social situations and<br />
whether emotional and behavioural problems could be having an impact<br />
on their progress in school.<br />
A complete approach – Measures of Children’s<br />
Mental Health & Psychological Wellbeing in our<br />
portfolio<br />
Measures of Children’s Mental Health & Psychological Wellbeing<br />
provides the perfect platform for delving into the individual elements<br />
that make up a child’s emotional health and wellbeing. To help<br />
identify children that may need this type of assessment in the first<br />
place, the Paediatric Index of Emotional Distress (page 60) is<br />
a brief and easy-to-use self-rating scale that screens children and<br />
young people for general emotional and psychological distress,<br />
making it ideal for use prior to Measures of Children’s Mental<br />
Health and Psychological Wellbeing. Combined with Pupil<br />
Attitudes to Self and School (PASS) (pages 46–48), our all-age<br />
attitudinal survey that measures pupils’ attitudes by looking at<br />
factors proven to be linked with key educational goals, an overall<br />
profile of a pupil’s emotional health, wellbeing and attitudes can be<br />
established to help inform appropriate intervention programmes.<br />
Why use Measures of Children’s Mental Health &<br />
Psychological Wellbeing?<br />
• Schools are the ideal place to identify the mental health needs of pupils<br />
early, so that wellbeing can be promoted and specialist help provided<br />
quickly where it is necessary<br />
• The portfolio speeds up the assessment and diagnosis of children’s<br />
mental health requirements to support early intervention<br />
• It provides one source of paper-based assessments for analysing the<br />
development of healthy social and emotional skills<br />
• Clear advice on the next steps following assessment is provided and<br />
simple scoring means that teachers can quickly identify pupils who<br />
need referral and specialist intervention<br />
• Each measure can be photocopied and reused, providing great value<br />
for money<br />
• Results presented can be used as evidence in Ofsted inspections<br />
Visit our dedicated website<br />
www.childrensmentalhealth.co.uk to find supplementary<br />
information about the booklets and the authors,<br />
guidance and articles on children’s metal health and<br />
additional scoring sheets and software.<br />
Prices<br />
*+VAT<br />
Complete Set 978 07087 19107/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £400.00*<br />
Introduction Booklet 978 07087 19114/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £30.00*<br />
Enjoyment Booklet 978 07087 19121/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £75.00*<br />
Belonging Booklet 978 07087 19138/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £75.00*<br />
Resilience Booklet 978 07087 19145/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £75.00*<br />
Distress Booklet 978 07087 19152/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £75.00*<br />
Responsiveness Booklet 978 07087 19169/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £75.00*<br />
Social Behaviour Booklet 978 07087 19176/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £75.00*<br />
Healthy Living Booklet 978 07087 19183/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £75.00*<br />
Portfolio Overview <strong>GL</strong>A147 F.O.C.<br />
Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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Personal and Social Development<br />
The Paediatric Index of Emotional Distress<br />
Suzy O’ Connor, Terri Carney, Emma House, Eamonn Ferguson and Rory O’ Connor<br />
Complete set<br />
contains: Manual and<br />
Record Forms (100)<br />
Age Range:<br />
8–16 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
School Nurses, SENCOs,<br />
Clinical and Educational<br />
Psychologists, Primary Mental<br />
Health Workers, GPs,<br />
Paediatricians, Social<br />
Workers, Counsellors, Youth<br />
Workers and Researchers<br />
Timed:<br />
5–10 minutes<br />
also<br />
available<br />
Pupil Attitudes to<br />
Self and School<br />
See pages 46–48<br />
and Measures of<br />
Children’s Mental<br />
Health and<br />
Psychological<br />
Wellbeing See<br />
pages 58–59<br />
Did you know?<br />
It is estimated that 10%<br />
of children suffer from<br />
mental health problems<br />
Example of the PI-ED<br />
rating scale<br />
Based on the popular Hospital Anxiety & Depression Scale (HADS) the<br />
Paediatric Index of Emotional Distress (PI-ED) is a valid and reliable selfrating<br />
scale that screens children and young people for emotional<br />
distress.<br />
The PI-ED assesses psychological distress using one brief<br />
questionnaire, comprising 14 items that are presented on one page. It<br />
asks children and young people about their symptoms of anxiety and<br />
depression. A concrete cut-off score then clearly identifies individuals<br />
most in need of further clinical assessment and intervention.<br />
The individual assessment is suitable for administration by a range of<br />
clinical and educational professionals along with researchers assessing<br />
emotional disorders in children as an index of clinical change.<br />
The PI-ED is the only measure of its kind designed for use with both<br />
children that have physical health problems (i.e. those in paediatric<br />
clinics and hospitals) and children in a normal population.<br />
Standardised on over 1100 children in the UK within educational and<br />
clinical settings, the PI-ED uses language and concepts that are both<br />
appropriate for the understanding of children and young people and<br />
that minimise stress while completing the questionnaire. It is also<br />
suitable for children with reading difficulties or English as an Additional<br />
Language (EAL), as the items can be either read or translated for them.<br />
A complete approach – PI-ED in our portfolio<br />
After screening children and young people with the PI-ED for the<br />
initial signs of emotional and psychological distress, practitioners<br />
may require a more diagnostic assessment to diagnose these<br />
mental health problems further to support early intervention.<br />
Measures of Children’s Mental Health and Psychological<br />
Wellbeing (pages 58–59) provides the perfect platform for delving<br />
into the individual elements that make up a child’s emotional health<br />
and wellbeing. Combined with Pupil Attitudes to Self and<br />
School (PASS) (pages 46–48), our all-age attitudinal survey that<br />
measures pupils’ attitudes by looking at factors proven to be linked<br />
with key educational goals, an overall profile of a pupil’s emotional<br />
health, wellbeing and attitudes can be established to help inform<br />
appropriate intervention programmes.<br />
Why use PI-ED?<br />
• It is the only UK-standardised<br />
measure of emotional distress<br />
that is psychometrically robust<br />
in a large non-clinical and<br />
clinical sample<br />
• The PI-ED facilitates the early<br />
identification of mental health<br />
problems and aids referral to<br />
appropriate services with clear<br />
cut-off scores to indicate<br />
increased risk of psychological<br />
distress<br />
• It is ideal for use as a screening<br />
measure, an index of clinical<br />
change and as an outcome<br />
measure<br />
• Quick and easy to administer,<br />
the PI-ED is briefer than<br />
comparable measures, easy to<br />
score and simple to interpret<br />
with clear cut off score<br />
• Highly cost effective – as a<br />
single measure of emotional<br />
distress it removes the need for<br />
separate measures of anxiety<br />
and depression or different<br />
measures for different ages<br />
Prices<br />
*+VAT<br />
Complete Set 978 07087 19794/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £85.00*<br />
Manual 978 07087 19800/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £45.00<br />
Record Forms (Pack of 50) 978 07087 19817/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £30.00*<br />
Record Forms (Pack of 100) 978 07087 19824/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £50.00*<br />
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Emotional Literacy: <strong>Assessment</strong> and Intervention<br />
Adrian Faupel, Southampton Psychology Service<br />
Complete Sets<br />
contain: teacher guidance,<br />
pupil/teacher/parent<br />
questionnaire, intervention<br />
activities and<br />
CD-ROM<br />
Age Range:<br />
7–16 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Teachers, SENCOs,<br />
Educational Psychologists,<br />
Learning Mentors and<br />
Counsellors<br />
Timed:<br />
5–10 minutes<br />
also<br />
available<br />
Pupil Attitudes to<br />
Self and School<br />
See pages 46–48,<br />
Measures of<br />
Children’s Mental<br />
Health and<br />
Psychological<br />
Wellbeing See<br />
pages 58–59 and<br />
Paediatric Index of<br />
Emotional Distress<br />
See page 60<br />
Emotional Literacy identifies the status of<br />
pupils’ emotional literacy and provides<br />
follow-up activities for intervention where<br />
necessary. The assessment covers five<br />
key areas of emotional literacy addressed<br />
in the Social and Emotional Aspects of<br />
Learning (SEAL) curriculum including:<br />
– Self-awareness<br />
– Self-regulation<br />
– Motivation<br />
– Empathy<br />
– Social skills<br />
Optional teacher, pupil, and parent questionnaires are included. The<br />
measures help to address the social, emotional and behavioural issues<br />
that are related to a pupil’s emotional literacy.<br />
An interactive CD-ROM, with full audio support and switch accessibility<br />
accompanies this assessment. This means that the checklists can be<br />
accessed by all those who may find paper-based assessments<br />
problematic, as well as supporting those with additional educational<br />
needs. The production of simple, clear printable score profiles will prove<br />
invaluable for the busy teacher. Each worksheet can be photocopied<br />
and reused, providing great value for money.<br />
Emotional Literacy Primary covers ages 7 to 11 years.<br />
Emotional Literacy Secondary covers ages 11 to 16 years.<br />
Why use Emotional<br />
Literacy?<br />
• It provides teachers and<br />
SENOCs with diagnostic tools<br />
to understand and develop a<br />
pupil’s emotional literacy<br />
• Interventions based upon<br />
outcomes of the fully<br />
standardised assessment can<br />
positively enhance a pupil’s<br />
behaviour and learning<br />
• Ready-made, age-appropriate<br />
activities that save time and<br />
effort when planning<br />
intervention are provided<br />
• A facility for re-assessment<br />
allows you to monitor progress<br />
and helps you to gauge the<br />
impact of intervention<br />
• The CD-ROM offers greater<br />
accessibility to all pupils with<br />
user-friendly age-appropriate<br />
instructions onscreen<br />
Sample question from<br />
Primary CD-ROM<br />
Sample Worksheet from Secondary Manual<br />
Prices<br />
*+VAT<br />
Emotional Literacy 7 – 11<br />
Complete Set 978 07087 16267/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £99.99*<br />
Emotional Literacy 11 – 16<br />
Complete Set 978 14060 14495/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £99.99*<br />
Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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Thinking Skills<br />
Let’s Think! Series<br />
Age Range:<br />
4–11 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Teachers<br />
Timings:<br />
Untimed<br />
primary<br />
only<br />
The Let’s Think! series of cognitive acceleration resources is based on research by King’s College which<br />
indicates that a child’s thinking ability can be nurtured and developed with the right tools and environment. It<br />
helps children to make the transition to higher levels of thinking and learning, accelerating their cognitive<br />
development and thus raising attainment. It also offers rich and dynamic opportunities to track pupils’<br />
cognitive processes and developing skills as they occur.<br />
The Let’s Think! series offers an excellent foundation for learning, covering the core primary subjects of<br />
Literacy, Maths and Science. The series also included an Early Years resource and the Let’s Think! Handbook,<br />
designed to provide an introduction to developing thinking in the primary school, plus support for users of the<br />
Let’s Think! series.<br />
Complete<br />
Sets vary but generally<br />
contain: Teacher’s Guides,<br />
Resource Guides and<br />
Activity Materials<br />
and Sheets.<br />
Why use the Let’s Think! series?<br />
• These unique activity-based teaching programmes will prepare your<br />
pupils for a lifetime of learning<br />
• The Lets Think! Series will support you in enabling your pupils to<br />
become better thinkers, better communicators and more able learners<br />
• The series improves pupils’ ability to solve problems, whilst<br />
encouraging them to recognise and develop how they think<br />
• The series contains a range of activities, lesson plans and guidance<br />
designed to help teachers support pupils across the core primary<br />
subjects of Literacy, Maths and Science<br />
• Group interaction builds pupils’ confidence and social skills<br />
Suitable for use in implementing<br />
the Curriculum for Excellence<br />
Now fully mapped to the four<br />
capacities of the Curriculum for<br />
Excellence. Call 0845 602 1937<br />
for your free mapping grid<br />
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The Let’s Think! series<br />
comprises:<br />
Let’s Think! Handbook<br />
(4-11 years)<br />
Philip Adey (Editior)<br />
An invaluable introduction to<br />
developing thinking programmes<br />
in primary schools, as well as<br />
offering support and guidance for<br />
existing users of the Let’s Think!<br />
series. It includes contributions<br />
from a wide range of specialists,<br />
supported by case studies<br />
reflecting practice in the UK and<br />
internationally.<br />
Let’s Think! (5-6 years)<br />
Philip Adey, Anne Robertson and<br />
Grady Venville<br />
Designed for 5 and 6-year-olds,<br />
Let’s Think! contains 30 fun and<br />
motivating activities which<br />
encourage children to recognise<br />
and develop the way in which<br />
they think, improving their ability<br />
to solve problems.<br />
Let’s Think! Early Years<br />
(4-5 years)<br />
Anne Robertson<br />
Offering a learning experience<br />
that is fun and appealing to<br />
younger children between the<br />
ages of 4 and 5, Let’s Think! Early<br />
Years contains 15 motivating<br />
activities designed to help<br />
children improve how they<br />
approach problems.<br />
Let’s Think through Literacy!<br />
(9-11)<br />
Ken Gouge and Carolyn Yates<br />
Comprising 10 lesson plans,<br />
detailed teacher notes and<br />
photocopiable teacher resources,<br />
Let’s Think through Literacy!<br />
Helps teachers develop pupils’<br />
literacy by improving their ability<br />
to think logically, enquire, reason<br />
and process different kinds of<br />
information.<br />
Prices<br />
Let’s Think through Maths!<br />
(5-9 years)<br />
Michael Shayer, Mundher<br />
Adhami, Anne Robertson and<br />
Stuart Twist<br />
The easy-to-use programme<br />
provides teachers with an array of<br />
hands-on mathematical activities<br />
for helping pupils’ develop their<br />
thinking skills. The programme is<br />
split into two age ranges: 5 to 6<br />
and 6 to 9.<br />
Let’s Think through Science!<br />
(7-9 years)<br />
Philip Adey, Natasha Serret, Anne<br />
Robertson, Frances Nagy and<br />
Pam Wadsworth (7&8) Anne<br />
Robertson and Philip Adey (8&9)<br />
These resources comprises a<br />
series of engaging group<br />
activities, designed to develop<br />
cognitive abilities and establish a<br />
clear understanding of scientific<br />
principles. The programme is split<br />
into two age ranges: 7 to 8 and<br />
8 to 9.<br />
*+VAT<br />
Let’s Think! Complete Set 978 07087 12566/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £184.99*<br />
Let’s Think! Teacher’s Guide 978 07087 12573/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £99.99<br />
Let’s Think! Resource Pack 978 07087 12580/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £106.00<br />
Let’s Think! Early Years Complete Set 978 07087 14942/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £114.99*<br />
Let’s Think! Early Years Teacher’s Guide 978 07087 16311/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £63.00<br />
Let’s Think! Handbook 978 07087 17820/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £49.99<br />
Let’s Think through Literacy! 978 07087 17837/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £63.00<br />
Let’s Think through Maths! 5&6<br />
Complete Set 978 07087 03755/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £114.99*<br />
Let’s Think through Maths! 6–9<br />
Complete Set 978 07087 15079/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £119.99*<br />
Let’s Think through Science! 7&8<br />
Complete Set 978 07087 03748/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £99.99*<br />
Let’s Think through Science! 8&9<br />
Complete Set 978 07087 14393/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £69.99<br />
Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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Thinking Skills<br />
Think Ahead! Developing Thinking through the Arts<br />
(Drama, Music and Visual Arts)<br />
Series Editors: Ken Gouge and Carolyn Yates<br />
Age Range:<br />
11–14 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Teachers, SENCOs, Arts Coordinators,<br />
Directors of<br />
Specialist Arts Colleges and<br />
Teacher Trainers<br />
Timings:<br />
Untimed<br />
The Think Ahead! series is a carefully researched programme which<br />
helps students develop their Personal Learning and Thinking Skills<br />
(PLTS) through drama, music and the visual arts. Each book includes<br />
10 motivating lessons, written by specialist teachers which can be used<br />
independently or together to create an effective approach to developing<br />
thinking across the arts curriculum.<br />
The development of PLTS is essential for meeting the three National<br />
Curriculum aims: becoming successful learners, confident individuals<br />
and responsible citizens. Think Ahead! provides the ideal learning<br />
opportunities and contexts for the effective development of these PLTS<br />
skills. As well as developing students' thinking, these extensively trialled<br />
materials provide the opportunity for increased creativity and better<br />
interaction, and for every student to be fully involved.<br />
The series comprises:<br />
Think Ahead! Developing thinking through Drama 11–14<br />
Stephen Alty and Lorna Pout<br />
Think Ahead! Developing thinking through Music 11–14<br />
Jane Petrie, Will Evans and Harry McLoughlin<br />
Think Ahead! Developing thinking through Visual Arts 11–14<br />
Nigel Leighton and Anne-Marie Quinn<br />
Why use Think Ahead!?<br />
• Think Ahead! is an essential<br />
framework to develop Personal<br />
Learning and Thinking Skills<br />
• Effective development of<br />
students Personal Learning and<br />
Thinking skills raises<br />
achievement and makes a<br />
considerable impact on<br />
learners’<br />
• The framework can be easily<br />
incorporated into the school<br />
year, providing teachers with a<br />
range of lessons plans to aid<br />
day-to-day teaching<br />
• Think Ahead! encourages<br />
creativity, whilst motivating and<br />
engaging students<br />
Think Ahead<br />
Pack contains<br />
all 3 programme<br />
booklets<br />
Prices<br />
Think Ahead! Developing Thinking through:<br />
Drama 11–14 978 07087 15048/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £49.99<br />
Music 11–14 978 07087 15062/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £49.99<br />
Visual Arts 11–14 978 07087 15055/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £49.99<br />
Think Ahead! Pack 978 07087 16250/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £119.99<br />
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<strong>Assessment</strong> for Learning<br />
Black Box Series<br />
Edited by Edited by Paul Black, Christine<br />
Harrison, Bethan Marshall and Dylan Wiliam<br />
Age Range:<br />
5–18 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Teachers and Educational<br />
Psychologists<br />
Timings:<br />
Untimed<br />
Why use the Black Box<br />
Series?<br />
• <strong>Assessment</strong> for learning is at<br />
the heart of effective learning<br />
and teaching and has been<br />
recognised as a key factor in<br />
raising pupils’ standards of<br />
achievement<br />
• Based on extensive research by<br />
the King’s College London team<br />
with teachers throughout the<br />
United Kingdom, the unique<br />
booklets offer specific examples<br />
of what ‘assessment for<br />
learning’ can look like across<br />
the relevant subject areas<br />
• The booklets are practical,<br />
concise and easily absorbed in<br />
one sitting by busy teachers<br />
• It offers evidence-based ideas<br />
and advice on the improvement<br />
of classroom assessment<br />
The Black Box Series offers easy-to-read advice for teachers on how to implement the key techniques within<br />
formative assessment – questioning, feedback, and peer/self assessment. Each booklet includes important<br />
research findings and recommendations for supporting and embedding assessment for learning in<br />
classrooms. This is a ‘must-read’ collection for any teaching professional interested in improving pupils’<br />
learning through formative assessment.<br />
The series comprises:<br />
Inside the Black Box<br />
Inside the Black Box offers a concise discussion of the merits and potential benefits of formative assessment and<br />
how schools should consider and debate the introduction of ‘assessment for learning’ in order to raise standards.<br />
Working Inside the Black Box<br />
Working Inside the Black Box takes a more practical slant, offering practical ideas and advice for the<br />
improvement of classroom assessment through the key formative assessment methods.<br />
Inside the Primary Black Box<br />
This booklet offers practical information and examples drawn from a variety of subjects and age ranges on<br />
how to implement formative assessment in primary school and early years settings. A range of questioning<br />
techniques are highlighted to identify children’s understanding and present a range of strategies to promote<br />
collaboration and dialogue in the classroom.<br />
Black Box Subject Series<br />
A collection of subject-specific booklets that outline the principles of formative assessment and how they can<br />
be applied in the classroom. They offer advice to teachers on how to interact more effectively with pupils so as<br />
to promote their learning and attainment in specific subject areas. Subject areas offered include Maths,<br />
Science, English, Geography, Modern Foreign Languages, ICT and Design and Technology.<br />
Suitable for use in implementing<br />
the Curriculum for Excellence<br />
Prices<br />
Inside the Black Box 978 07087 13815/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £5.50<br />
Working Inside the Black Box 978 07087 13792/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £5.50<br />
Inside the Primary Black Box 978 07087 17684/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £5.50<br />
English Inside the Black Box 978 07087 16861/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £5.50<br />
Mathematics Inside the Black Box 978 07087 16878/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £5.50<br />
Science Inside the Black Box 978 07087 14447/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £5.50<br />
Geography Inside the Black Box 978 07087 17554/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £5.50<br />
ICT Inside the Black Box 978 07087 17639/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £5.50<br />
Modern Foreign Languages<br />
Inside the Black Box 978 07087 17653/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £5.50<br />
Design & Technology<br />
Inside the Black Box 978 07087 17646/<strong>GL</strong>A300 £5.50<br />
Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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Self-Evaluation & School Improvement<br />
<strong>GL</strong> Performance – An Introduction<br />
Alongside <strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong>, <strong>GL</strong> Performance is a division of the<br />
Granada Learning Group Ltd.<br />
<strong>GL</strong> Performance is a leading provider of management tools and<br />
resources that are designed to maximise the impact of selfevaluation,<br />
school development planning and school<br />
improvement in primary, secondary, independent and special<br />
schools as well as schools with academy status.<br />
Our portfolio is shaped by the changing needs of schools and is made<br />
up of four specialist management tools and resources:<br />
Kirkland Rowell Surveys<br />
The UK’s leading parental, pupil and staff perception surveys enable<br />
schools to monitor the changing perceptions of key stakeholders to all<br />
aspects of school life.<br />
Schoolcentre<br />
A powerful online self-evaluation and school improvement tool that has<br />
helped thousands of schools through their inspections and monitor their<br />
school improvement plans.<br />
Using data to its full potential<br />
<strong>GL</strong> Performance delivers a complete, joined-up approach to school<br />
improvement, providing invaluable data and the tools, systems, advice<br />
and back-up support necessary to ensure the data is used to its full<br />
potential. Together, our resources and services help schools to:<br />
• Monitor the changing perceptions of stakeholders<br />
• Manage self-evaluation effectively<br />
• Ensure findings are fully embedded into ongoing teaching and<br />
learning processes<br />
• Maximise staff potential as leaders and managers<br />
• Continually drive school improvement<br />
We have also ensured that a high degree of flexibility is built into each<br />
and every one of our resources and services, enabling schools to tailor<br />
an all encompassing solution that works for them, from implementation<br />
through to data interpretation and analysis.<br />
Professional Development Services<br />
Our team of accredited facilitators deliver a range of training and<br />
consultancy services designed to help schools meet their improvement<br />
goals.<br />
GO 4 Schools<br />
An online data management tool designed to help school leadership<br />
teams maximise School Improvement through the collation of all<br />
classroom and assessment data in one place.<br />
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Schoolcentre<br />
Age Range:<br />
4–18 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Teachers, School Leadership<br />
Teams and Governors<br />
Timings:<br />
Untimed<br />
Why not book a free no<br />
obligation appointment with<br />
one of our <strong>GL</strong> Performance<br />
Consultants to discuss<br />
Schoolcentre in more detail.<br />
Call 0845 602 1937 or email<br />
info@gl-performance.co.uk<br />
now!<br />
Schoolcentre is a powerful online tool that brings together selfevaluation,<br />
school improvement and performance management in a<br />
single, seamless environment. Designed around an entirely nonprescriptive<br />
approach, its customisable features enable you to tackle<br />
your self-evaluation the way you want to.<br />
Accessible from any PC with an Internet browser, Schoolcentre ensures<br />
vital documents are continually updated, and helps school remains<br />
ready for inspection. It also enables staff, partners and other<br />
stakeholders to share actions, gather evidence and collaborate on<br />
teaching and learning goals, helping to build a stronger community and<br />
giving real meaning to the ‘single conversion’.<br />
Even though schools are no longer bound by the demands of the<br />
Self-Evaluation Form (SEF) the need for effective self-evaluation remains<br />
as important as ever. In light of this, Schoolcentre now offers a bespoke<br />
solution to self-evaluation. The complementary function offers:<br />
• The ability to create your own self-evaluation template following the<br />
four new key inspection areas<br />
• A choice of pre-designed self-evaluation templates<br />
• The opportunity to add your unique sections and questions relevant<br />
to your school<br />
• The opportunity for clusters and other groups of schools to create<br />
and manage their own group template.<br />
The existing features and benefits of Schoolcentre will only be enhanced<br />
by this new functionality.<br />
Why use Schoolcentre?<br />
• Schoolcentre provides peace of<br />
mind that all vital documents are<br />
up-to-date and readily at hand<br />
for school inspections<br />
• Increased transparency, allows<br />
staff to see how their efforts are<br />
contributing towards wider<br />
goals and school governors to<br />
monitor progress remotely<br />
• The online tool, allows the<br />
effective assignment of new<br />
actions and gives a complete<br />
overview of the status of any<br />
action<br />
• It facilitates the direct linking of<br />
departmental self-evaluations<br />
with whole-school evaluations<br />
• Schoolcentre is regularly<br />
updated and requires no reinstallation,<br />
ensuring it remains<br />
relevant and valid through<br />
government change<br />
“Having an online system for<br />
managing school improvement<br />
has put department heads in the<br />
driving seat within their<br />
individual subject areas and<br />
allows them to see where the<br />
work they are doing to boost<br />
pupils’ achievement fits into the<br />
whole school vision.”<br />
Maria Gash, Assistant Headteacher,<br />
Fuslton Manor Secondary School,<br />
Kent<br />
Schoolcentre: In the Spotlight<br />
The slimming down of the Ofsted school inspection process and<br />
the scrapping of the Self-Evaluation form (SEF) in its current format<br />
has been broadly welcomed by headteachers' unions.<br />
In January 2012, Ofsted is expected to finalise a new set of<br />
guidelines for school self-evaluation covering the four key areas in<br />
which schools will be judged during an inspection. There is no<br />
longer a set form from Ofsted to complete and schools will be free<br />
to decide how they continue their self-evaluation process.<br />
Although the SEF was largely regarded as lengthy and overly<br />
prescriptive, many school leaders recognise the important focus it<br />
provided in the drive towards whole-school improvement.<br />
In response to this, <strong>GL</strong> Performance has developed a powerful<br />
enhancement as part of its online school improvement system,<br />
Schoolcentre, which gives schools a bespoke solution to selfevaluation<br />
specifically designed to meet their needs. The<br />
enhancement, which has been successfully trialled in schools, now<br />
enables schools across the UK to create and modify a template for<br />
self-evaluation and define their own content, including measures<br />
that can be used to demonstrate the value they are adding to<br />
children’s learning during an inspection.<br />
Go online to view case studies and further information –<br />
www.schoolcentre.net<br />
An annual subscription to<br />
Schoolcentre includes:<br />
unlimited telephone &<br />
email support, additional<br />
new features, customisable<br />
Evaluation Template,<br />
customisable school<br />
development plan , remote<br />
assistance to offer best<br />
practice advice.<br />
Our prices start from:<br />
Primary School - Annual Subscription<br />
£600.00<br />
Secondary School - Annual Subscription<br />
£1275.00<br />
Please note: there will be an additional<br />
one-off charge for 1 day onsite set-up<br />
with training for SMT.<br />
Please call 0845 602 1937 for an<br />
estimate or further information on<br />
prices.<br />
Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-performance.co.uk<br />
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Self-Evaluation & School Improvement<br />
Kirkland Rowell Surveys<br />
Age Range:<br />
4–18+years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Teachers, School Leadership<br />
Teams and Governors<br />
Timings:<br />
Untimed<br />
Available in both paper<br />
and digital formats<br />
Why not book a free no<br />
obligation appointment with<br />
one of our <strong>GL</strong> Performance<br />
Consultants to discuss<br />
Kirkland Rowell Surveys in<br />
more detail. Call 0191 270<br />
8270 or email info@kirklandrowell.com<br />
now!<br />
ASCL Member discounts<br />
available for the Kirkland Rowell<br />
Surveys. Call 0191 270 8270 for<br />
further details<br />
“The results of our school’s first<br />
survey have more than lived up to<br />
our expectations. I recognise the<br />
school’s characteristics in the<br />
reported results but I am<br />
particularly please to find a<br />
number of measurable<br />
observations and insights which I<br />
know will further accelerate our<br />
school improvement and<br />
development. Your product offers<br />
extremely good value for money.<br />
We will certainly be using it in<br />
the future as the benchmark for<br />
our parent consultation process.”<br />
Andrew Wright, Headteacher<br />
Lincoln Christ’s Hospital School,<br />
Lincoln<br />
Used by over 2,500 schools throughout the UK, our parental, pupil and<br />
staff surveys generate management data on all of your school’s activities<br />
with the minimum of fuss, providing you with a solid baseline for an<br />
effective self-evaluation of your school, in preparation for the inspection<br />
process.<br />
Recommended by both NAHT and ASCL, Kirkland Rowell Surveys help<br />
school leadership teams get the most from their self-evaluation process.<br />
After completion of your choice of either online or paper-based<br />
questionnaires, the data is analysed to produce statistically reliable<br />
reports which monitor the changing perceptions of parents, pupils and<br />
staff. Findings are represented in a series of easy-to-understand graphs<br />
and tables, and contain a full evidence summary for every school’s self<br />
evaluation including:<br />
• a complete Ofsted evidence summary for English schools<br />
• a complete Estyn evidence summary for Welsh schools<br />
• a point-by-point evidence summary against each of the HMI quality<br />
indicators in Scotland<br />
• a complete ETI evidence summary for schools in Northern Ireland<br />
With dedicated primary and secondary versions reflecting the changing<br />
needs and priorities as the child gets older, the surveys provide you with<br />
a truly affordable system of self-evaluation that delivers swift results on<br />
all aspects of your school’s performance – in a way that empowers your<br />
school, rather than searching for its failings. Surveys can also be tailored<br />
to each school.<br />
Kirkland Rowell Surveys: In the spotlight<br />
Many of the changes currently sweeping through education are<br />
transforming the relationship schools have with parents, whose<br />
thoughts and views have never been more important in shaping<br />
the way schools are run and defining the support children receive<br />
in their learning.<br />
The recently published SEN green paper emphasised the need for<br />
more parental choice in where and how their children are educated,<br />
whether this is in mainstream or special schools. And the Bew<br />
Review of Key Stage 2 assessment called for a wider range of<br />
information to be made available to parents so that they have a<br />
deeper understanding of how their child is progressing in school.<br />
In addition to this, as part of the new Ofsted inspection framework,<br />
parents could be given the power to trigger a school inspection by<br />
voicing their concerns about their child’s school through the<br />
inspectorate’s website.<br />
In light of this, Kirkland Rowell Surveys are an invaluable tool in<br />
providing an accurate snapshot of how a school is viewed by its<br />
stakeholders today and the results provide a wealth of information<br />
that will help ensure the right decisions are made tomorrow.<br />
Go online to view sample surveys, case studies and further<br />
information – www.kirkland-rowell.com/surveys<br />
Why use KRS?<br />
• Kirkland Rowell Surveys are the<br />
only surveys to weight your<br />
results against what<br />
stakeholders usually say in<br />
similar schools, giving your<br />
findings true meaning and<br />
relevance<br />
• The surveys enable you to<br />
establish a baseline of what<br />
stakeholders think of your<br />
school, enabling you to monitor<br />
progress year-on-year – a<br />
particularly valuable exercise for<br />
new academies and school<br />
leadership teams<br />
• Unique additional analysis<br />
allows you to monitor the<br />
satisfaction of pupils’ parents<br />
from specific groups – for<br />
instance, those in receipt of<br />
Free School Meals (FSM)<br />
• Independent management<br />
information is delivered that<br />
identifies problem areas and<br />
pre-empts the findings of<br />
school inspections<br />
• Kirkland Rowell Surveys create<br />
a channel for true parental<br />
involvement, enabling you to<br />
monitor and respond to<br />
changing wants and needs of<br />
pupils’ parents<br />
Please call 0191 270 8270, for an<br />
estimate or further information on<br />
prices.<br />
Our prices start from:<br />
Parental Survey - Secondary School<br />
£475.00<br />
Parental Survey - Primary School<br />
£295.00<br />
Pupil Survey - Secondary School<br />
£420.00<br />
Pupil Survey - Primary School £295.00<br />
Staff Survey (including optional<br />
Governor Analysis) £270.00<br />
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NEW! Kirkland Rowell Surveys<br />
Interpretation & Analysis Services<br />
<strong>GL</strong> Performance has developed a series of Interpretation & Analysis<br />
Services for Kirkland Rowell Surveys, designed to help school<br />
leadership teams realise the full potential of their Kirkland Rowell Survey<br />
data. Whilst Kirkland Rowell Survey report data gives you a complete<br />
holistic overview of what is important to your stakeholders and their<br />
priorities for school improvement, effective interpretation and analysis<br />
empowers your school’s leadership team to effectively target resources<br />
to the areas that really matter. Various levels of support are offered,<br />
enabling you to choose the level of support most suitable to your needs.<br />
These levels of support are outlined below.<br />
Local Workshop<br />
Designed for groups of up to 15 delegates, this service is best suited to<br />
a whole school or cluster of schools. The workshop provides a guided<br />
analysis of sample Kirkland Rowell Survey data, with opportunities to<br />
reflect on your own school’s data.<br />
Lead by an experienced facilitator with Senior Leadership experience, a<br />
typical workshop will focus on:<br />
• Identification of a school’s perceived strengths and weaknesses from<br />
chosen criteria<br />
• How the data can be used for self-evaluation<br />
• Linking the views of different stakeholders together<br />
• Identifying the key priorities for improvement.<br />
£<br />
£195 +VAT per person (full-day)<br />
Also available for a whole school or cluster of schools - prices available<br />
on application. Look out for details of workshops in your area.<br />
Tailored Services<br />
Our Tailored Services are the ideal choice for those schools looking for<br />
an even deeper and more strategic level of analysis of their own data.<br />
This enhanced level of service partners you with an experienced<br />
facilitator empowering you and your senior leadership team to identify<br />
the key questions from the interpretation of the data and to help<br />
formulate your action plan.<br />
To enable this level of analysis, schools must allow their facilitator<br />
access to their Kirkland Rowell Survey data. Schools can choose from<br />
the following options:<br />
1. Enhanced School-specific Commentary<br />
A report-only option, providing a strategic commentary (in paper and<br />
electronic format) through thorough analysis of your Kirkland Rowell<br />
Survey data, identifying key questions for further investigation.<br />
£ £295 +VAT (1 report)<br />
£ £495 +VAT (combining 2 reports)<br />
(3rd report combined free)<br />
2. Follow-Up Consultancy Service<br />
One of our senior facilitators will visit your school, to discuss in detail the<br />
key questions arising from your survey data. They will help you prioritise<br />
appropriate strategies and improvement plans.<br />
£ £750 +VAT (full-day)<br />
3. Combined Service<br />
• Initial conversation with facilitator<br />
• Identification of your school’s perceived strengths and weaknesses<br />
from chosen criteria<br />
• How the data can be used for self-evaluation<br />
• Linking the views of your different stakeholders together<br />
• Identification of key questions and insights from your own Kirkland<br />
Rowell Survey data<br />
• A half day meeting in your school, with senior leaders, to discuss and<br />
prioritise appropriate strategies and actions<br />
• A final enhanced school-specific summary identifying your key<br />
questions and plans for improvement for each survey report.<br />
£ £995 +VAT for 1 report<br />
£ £1195 + VAT combining 2 reports<br />
(3rd report combined free)<br />
Please call 0845 602 1937 or email pds@gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
for further information or to organise booking one of our<br />
Kirkland Rowell Surveys Interpretation & Analysis Services.<br />
“I feel the group and the amount of knowledgable support was very<br />
valuable indeed. Also thankyou for your flexibility in managing the<br />
lack of school survey.”<br />
Delegate from Local Workshop<br />
A word on Quality Assurance<br />
To ensure our services have maximum input, our accredited facilitators<br />
have extensive experience at senior leadership level in schools and are<br />
all experienced in working with schools on the use of data to inform<br />
school improvement and review. In addition, our ISO 27001<br />
accreditation means your data is safe with us.<br />
Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-performance.co.uk<br />
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Self-Evaluation & School Improvement<br />
Professional Development Services<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Teachers, School Leadership<br />
Teams and Governors<br />
Why not book a free no<br />
obligation appointment with<br />
one of our <strong>GL</strong> Performance<br />
Consultants to discuss any<br />
of our Professional<br />
Development Services in<br />
more detail. Call 0845 602<br />
1937 or email info@glperformance.co.uk<br />
now!<br />
At <strong>GL</strong> Performance, we supply schools with much more than a list of<br />
resources that enhance school improvement. In fact, we are unique in<br />
reinforcing our resources with a range of Professional Development<br />
Services that ensure all aspects of school improvement can be<br />
addressed and resources used to their full potential.<br />
To ensure our services have maximum impact, all services are delivered<br />
by a team of accredited facilitators who have extensive experience:<br />
• At senior leadership level<br />
• Working in schools<br />
• Working with schools on the use of data to inform school<br />
improvement and review<br />
In addition, our ISO 27001 accreditation means your data is safe with<br />
us.<br />
Our Professional Development Services offer a wide range of high<br />
quality training opportunities for education professionals, helping ensure<br />
Continual Professional Development (CPD) measures stay in line with<br />
the long term vision for your school’s future. Alongside this, we have<br />
developed a series of bespoke Interpretation & Analysis Services for the<br />
Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT) (page 16), Kirkland Rowell Surveys (page<br />
68) and Pupil’s Attitudes to Self and School (PASS) (pages 46–48)<br />
designed to help schools realise the full potential of their data. Please<br />
see relevant pages for full details of these invaluable services.<br />
Examples of our popular independent courses include:<br />
• ViewPoints on Style<br />
• Coaching and Mentoring Skills Development<br />
• Advanced Coaching Skills Development<br />
• Coaching for Senior Leaders<br />
• Partners in Leadership (an accredited middle leadership development<br />
programme)<br />
Our consultancy services include:<br />
• Self-Evaluation Review and pre-inspection support services<br />
• CAT Interpretation & Analysis Services (see page 16)<br />
• Kirkland Rowell Interpretation & Analysis Services (see page 68)<br />
• PASS Interpretation & Analysis Services (see page 48)<br />
Why use PDS?<br />
• Professional Development<br />
Services offer a wide range of<br />
high quality training<br />
opportunities for education<br />
professionals, helping ensure<br />
Continual Professional<br />
Development<br />
• All services are delivered by<br />
accredited facilitators, who have<br />
previously worked within the<br />
education sector<br />
• Our recently launched<br />
Interpretation & Analysis<br />
Services ensure you maximise<br />
the impact of your CAT, PASS<br />
and Kirkland Rowell Surveys<br />
data<br />
• PS is also ISO 9001 accredited<br />
to ensure quality delivery<br />
• Our Self-Evaluation Reviews<br />
provide and in-depth,<br />
independent and experienced<br />
analysis of your self-evaluation<br />
• With ISO 27001 accreditation<br />
you can be assured that your<br />
data is safe with us<br />
Please call 0845 602 1937 for further<br />
information on prices for our<br />
portfolio of Professional<br />
Development Services.<br />
Please visit www.gl-performance.co.uk/pds for full course details<br />
and an up-to-date listing of all the courses on offer through our<br />
Professional Development Services, along with full details<br />
of our consultancy services.<br />
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GO 4 Schools<br />
Age Range:<br />
4–18 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Teachers, School Leadership<br />
Teams and Governors<br />
Timings:<br />
Untimed<br />
also<br />
available<br />
Cognitive Abilities<br />
Test (CAT) See<br />
pages 12 – 17<br />
Why not book a free no<br />
obligation appointment with<br />
one of our <strong>GL</strong> Performance<br />
Consultants to discuss<br />
GO 4 Schools in more detail.<br />
Call 0845 602 1937 or email<br />
info@gl-performance.co.uk<br />
now!<br />
GO 4 Schools in an online data management tool designed to help<br />
School Leadership Teams maximise School Improvement through the<br />
collation of all classroom and assessment data in one place.<br />
Developed by Senior Leaders data managers, GO 4 Schools can unlock<br />
your school’s hugely valuable data recourses by bringing together the<br />
most up-to-date information from your management information<br />
system, and analysing it simply and securely online. This data may<br />
include progress reporting, intervention planning, pupil/parent<br />
engagement and pupil’s attainment, attendance and behaviour.<br />
The web software provides school staff with instant access to real time<br />
assessment data at the touch of a button, providing a shared view of<br />
pupil progress. This is particularly useful in clamping down on poor<br />
behaviour where apparent, raising pupils’ attainment and driving<br />
progress towards school improvement goals.<br />
Pupils and parents can also log on and see up-to-date information<br />
about how they/their children are progressing in school on a daily basis.<br />
This can help boost parental engagement, encouraging them to provide<br />
the right support from home to help reduce challenging behaviour and<br />
get more involved in their child’s education, ultimately raising attainment.<br />
Go online to view case studies and further information<br />
– www.go4schools.com<br />
GO 4 Schools links neatly in with our Cognitive Abilities Test<br />
(CAT) (page 12), since data from CAT can be fed into GO 4 Schools<br />
and analysed against all other assessment and target data.<br />
Why use GO 4 Schools?<br />
• GO 4 Schools provides instant<br />
access to consistent, timely and<br />
detailed assessment data so you<br />
can have a clear, up-to-theminute,<br />
shared view of pupil<br />
progress<br />
• GO 4 Schools enables school<br />
staff to quickly identify groups of<br />
pupils needing additional<br />
support, so that fast and specific<br />
interventions can be put in place<br />
• The online tool helps parents<br />
provide the right level of support<br />
at home, through access to upto-date<br />
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YORK<br />
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READING FOR<br />
COMPREHENSION:<br />
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SECONDARY<br />
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Page<br />
26<br />
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Index<br />
Area Consultants...............................................................2<br />
<strong>Assessment</strong> Solutions .......................................................8<br />
Black Box Series .............................................................65<br />
British Picture Vocabulary Scale: 3rd Edition ......................24<br />
British Spelling Test Series: 2nd Edition ............................25<br />
CAT Digital ......................................................................14<br />
CAT Interpretation & Analysis Services ..............................16<br />
CAT Scoring & Reporting Service.......................................15<br />
Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT).............................................12<br />
Diagnostic Test of Word Reading Processes.......................30<br />
Dyscalculia Guidance.......................................................53<br />
Dyscalculia Screener Digital .............................................52<br />
Dyslexia Guidance ...........................................................51<br />
Dyslexia Portfolio.............................................................50<br />
Dyslexia Screener Digital..................................................49<br />
Emotional Literacy: <strong>Assessment</strong> and Intervention ..............61<br />
Gaelic Phonological Screening Test ...................................31<br />
<strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong> .................................................................4<br />
<strong>GL</strong> Performance...............................................................66<br />
GO 4 Schools..................................................................71<br />
Group Reading Test .........................................................27<br />
Kirkland Rowell Surveys ...................................................68<br />
Kirkland Rowell Surveys Interpretation & Analysis Services....69<br />
Let’s Think! Series ...........................................................62<br />
Measures of Children’s Mental Health & Psychological<br />
Wellbeing ........................................................................58<br />
Measuring Success in Maths............................................44<br />
Measuring Success in Science .........................................45<br />
Mental Mathematics 6–11 ...............................................43<br />
Middle Infant Screening Test and<br />
Forward Together .............................................................39<br />
NAHT <strong>Assessment</strong> Packages ............................................72<br />
Neale Analysis of Reading Ability ......................................36<br />
New Group Reading Test ..................................................26<br />
New Group Reading Test Scoring & Reporting Service.........27<br />
Non-Verbal Reasoning ......................................................20<br />
Non-Verbal Reasoning Digital ............................................21<br />
Official 11+ Practice Papers, The ......................................71<br />
Paediatric Index of Emotional Distress, The .......................60<br />
PASS Interpretation & Analysis Services............................48<br />
Phonological <strong>Assessment</strong> Battery .....................................31<br />
Professional Development Services ..................................70<br />
Progress in English ..........................................................22<br />
Progress in English Digital................................................22<br />
Progress in English Scoring & Reporting Service ................23<br />
Progress in Maths ...........................................................40<br />
Progress in Maths Digital .................................................40<br />
Progress in Maths Scoring & Reporting Service..................41<br />
Pupil Attitudes to Self and School (PASS) ..........................46<br />
Reading Now...................................................................36<br />
Schedule of Growing Skills ...............................................56<br />
Schedule of Growing Skills: Training Courses .....................57<br />
Schedule of Growing Skills: Training DVD...........................57<br />
Schoolcentre...................................................................67<br />
Single Word Reading Test 6–16 ........................................39<br />
Single Word Spelling Test .................................................38<br />
Single Word Spelling Test Digital .......................................38<br />
Spatial Reasoning ...........................................................21<br />
Suffolk Reading Scale......................................................28<br />
Suffolk Reading Scale Digital............................................28<br />
Suffolk Reading Scale Scoring & Reporting Service ............29<br />
Teaching Talking ..............................................................37<br />
Think Ahead! Developing Thinking through the Arts.............64<br />
Verbal Reasoning.............................................................18<br />
Verbal Reasoning Digital ..................................................18<br />
WellComm Toolkit ............................................................54<br />
Wordchains .....................................................................37<br />
York <strong>Assessment</strong> of Reading for Comprehension:<br />
Early Reading and Passage Reading Primary......................32<br />
York <strong>Assessment</strong> of Reading for Comprehension:<br />
Passage Reading Secondary ............................................34<br />
Find your Area Consultant on pages 2–3 Tel: 0845 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk<br />
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Look out for our key assessments . . .<br />
Progress in English<br />
(PiE)<br />
identify pupils’<br />
specific strengths<br />
and needs in<br />
English<br />
Page<br />
22<br />
New Group Reading<br />
Test (NGRT)<br />
screen and monitor<br />
the reading ability<br />
of a whole class<br />
Page<br />
26<br />
Cognitive Abilities Test<br />
(CAT)<br />
predict pupils’<br />
potential<br />
Page<br />
12<br />
Progress in Maths<br />
(PiM)<br />
use diagnostically<br />
to identify pupils’<br />
needs in relation to<br />
number and shape<br />
Page<br />
40<br />
Suffolk Reading<br />
Scale (SRS)<br />
assess reading at<br />
sentence level<br />
Page<br />
28<br />
Pupil Attitudes to Self<br />
and School (PASS)<br />
understand pupils’<br />
behaviour<br />
Page<br />
46<br />
<strong>GL</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong><br />
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