At a glance
Suffolk Reading Scale is a standardised reading assessment that enables you to monitor the progress and ability of individuals and groups in the important years of reading development.
Suffolk Reading Scale: Digital Edition is a new on-screen version of this popular reading assessment.
Author: Fred Hagley
Suitable For: Teachers and other school-based professionals
Introduction
Suffolk Reading Scale (SRS) is a standardised group reading assessment that consists of multiple-choice sentence completion questions. SRS enables you to monitor the progress and ability of individuals and groups. It has been designed to be relevant and engaging to pupils and can be administered easily in the classroom.
The scale has three comparable levels covering the age range of 6 to 14 years 11 months. Each level has two parallel forms for easy testing arrangements or for re-testing whilst minimising practice effects.
Suffolk Reading Scale Digital
The Suffolk Reading Scale is also now available in digital format.
SRS Digital is an online version of this popular reading assessment – run via Granada Learning’s Testwise Assessment Centre. It offers the same rigour and quality as the paper test, and has the added benefit of instant results and analysis. Reducing administration requirements, motivating and stimulating for pupils, SRS Digital is a key reading assessment for any classroom.
There are three levels of the SRS test and the table below shows which levels apply to each year group:
| Level | Age Group | England and Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6:00-7:11 | Year 2 | Primary 3 | Year 3 (P3) |
| 1 | 7:00-8:11 | Year 3 | Primary 4 | Year 4 (P4) |
| 2 | 8:00-9:11 | Year 4 | Primary 5 | Year 5 (P5) |
| 2 | 9:00-10:11 | Year 5 | Primary 6 | Year 6 (P6) |
| 2 or 3 | 10:00-11.11 | Year 6 | Primary 7 | Year 7 (P7) |
| 3 | 11:00-12.11 | Year 7 | Secondary 1 | Year 8 (F1) |
| 3 | 12:00-13:11 | Year 8 | Secondary 2 | Year 9 (F2) |
| 3 | 13:00-14.11 | Year 9 | Secondary 3 | Year 10 (F3) |
Benefits
- Quick to administer and score
- Has items with good coverage across a wide ability range
- Monitors progress over time and thereby facilitates evaluation of effectiveness of teaching methods
- Helps individuals through the identification of difficulties
- Encourages children to move ahead by assisting the matching of reading skills to suitable reading materials
- Monitors ability and reading standards on school transfer
- Gives standard age scores, reading ages and National Curriculum Levels
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