At a glance
Group Reading Test 6-14 is a short screening and monitoring test that allows you to measure exactly how pupils are performing compared to their peer groups throughout the UK.
Authors: The Macmillan
Test Unit with Neil Hagues and Juliet Burley (NFER)
Suitable For: Teachers and other school-based professionals
Group Reading Test Introduction
The Group Reading Test 6-14 (GRT 6-14) is a popular pupils’ reading test for screening and monitoring.
It measures how pupils are performing compared to their peer group throughout the UK. It also helps check pupils’ overall literacy development in terms of National Literacy Strategy. GRT 6-14 has been developed for use as a short screening/monitoring test for groups of children.
GRT 6-14 incorporates three sets of multiple-choice tests:
Sentence Completion Forms A and B
Two 48-item alternate form test, consisting of an introductory set of picture recognition questions, followed by sentence completion exercises. These tests are also appropriate for screening low ability pupils aged over nine years.
Sentence Completion Forms C and D
Two 45-item alternate form tests of sentence completion skills (age range 9-14 years).
Context Comprehension Forms X and Y
Two 40-item alternate form tests of context comprehension where missing words are supplied for a series of four continuous prose passages (age range 9-14 years).
The table below shows which level of the Group Reading Test applies to different year groups:
| Level | Age Group | England and Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A or B | 6:00-7:11 | Year 2 | Primary 3 | Year 3 (P3) |
| A or B | 7:00-8:11 | Year 3 | Primary 4 | Year 4 (P4) |
| A or B | 8:00-9:11 | Year 4 | Primary 5 | Year 5 (P5) |
| C, D, X or Y | 9:00-10:11 | Year 5 | Primary 6 | Year 6 (P6) |
| C, D, X or Y | 10:00-11.11 | Year 6 | Primary 7 | Year 7 (P7) |
| C, D, X or Y | 11:00-12.11 | Year 7 | Primary 8 | Year 8 (F1) |
| C, D, X or Y | 12:00-13:11 | Year 8 | Primary 9 | Year 9 (F2) |
| C, D, X or Y | 13:00-14.11 | Year 9 | Primary 10 | Year 10 (F3) |
Benefits
- Enables you to estimate National Curriculum reading levels
- Provides a national standardised score
- Standard age scores given can be used to indicate expected outcome for English at the end of Key Stages 1, 2 and 3
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