At a glance
Progress in English 5-14 test series (PIE 5-14) is a comprehensive standardised writing and reading assessment that assesses reading and writing skills in an accessible and realistic way.
Progress in English 7-11 Second Edition is a newly standardised series of tests to help you identify pupils' specific strengths and needs in english.
Progress in English 7-11 Digital is a brand new digital version of GL Assessment’s premier suite of reading assessments.
Authors: Catherine Kirkup, Anastassia Triga, Tessa Reardon and Marian Sainsbury, NFER
Suitable For: Teachers and SENCOs
Introduction
Progress in English is a series of writing and reading assessments for 5 to 14 year olds that measure reading and writing in an accessible way, enabling teachers to produce individual or group profiles of their pupils’ strengths and needs. With a test per year, this standardised series provides rich diagnostic information about pupils’ ability in literacy.
A new edition of Progress in English 7-11 was published in January 2006, offering users a seamless transition from the first edition. The new tests consist of both an easily manageable short test and a longer form that assesses a wider range of literacy attainments. This series is also available in digital format (Progress in English 7-11 Digital).
Progress in English 7-11 Digital gives pupils and teachers all the benefits of the paper test, plus data can be exported so that pupils’ results can be analysed. Instant scoring and reporting means hours of marking time are saved!
From September 2008 it will also include the innovative Lexile Framework™ for Reading, providing enriched actionable information to support the development and monitoring of each pupils literacy, without the need for any additional testing. Find out more about Lexiles.
The full colour on-screen tests and interactive delivery make taking writing and reading assessments simple and fun. Instantly generated reports sent to the teacher’s desktop identify how an individual or class is performing against the national average, and provide a clear, objective review of progress.
Benefits
Benefits of Progress in English
- Provides progress scores enabling you to chart a pupil’s year-on-year progress
- Helps identify pupils in need of extra help and those who appear particularly able
- Linked closely to the National Curriculum for England and Wales, the Scottish 5-14 Guidelines and the Northern Ireland Curriculum
- Aids target setting
- Allows you to monitor progress at individual, class or school level
- Provides a Standard Age Score, a current National Curriculum Level and indicated National Test Levels for each pupil
- Full scoring and analysis service available
Benefits of Progress in English 7-11 Second Edition
- Completely new and up-to-date with a national standardisation in 2005
- Covers all the most up-to-date UK National Curricula and National Literacy Strategy content
- Uses narrative and non-narrative text types
- Offers seamless transition from the original Progress in English 7-11 test series, with full equating and score conversion information
- Provides great practice for National Tests, as well as an indication of future performance
Benefits of Progress in English 7-11 Digital
- Provides instant scoring and reporting and provides teachers with pupils’ results by Standard Age Score and National Curriculum levels
- Gives teachers a comparison of group and national scores and generates results by process category, and on a question-by-question basis (against national scores)
- Estimated reading and writing National Curriculum levels
- Provides, from September 2008, a Lexile measure (www.Lexile.co.uk) to help teachers and parents to create bespoke reading lists that match each child’s unique abilities, interests and learning goals
- Questions are listed by school-national difference
- Full compatability with schools’ management information systems (such as SIMS) so you can export data for record keeping and analysis
- Online testing offers a more motivating and less stressful assessment experience for pupils
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