Press Release Listing
Our recent press releases are available below:
December 2011
GL Assessment unveils the British Ability Scales: Third Edition
GL Assessment has today published the third edition of the internationally renowned British Ability Scales (BAS), an established standardised battery of tests designed to assess a child's cognitive ability and educational achievement. Originally published in the 1970s, the assessment has a long tradition of use in both practice and research by educational and clinical psychologists, providing a comprehensive and flexible means of assessing different aspects of a child’s current intellectual functioning across the age range of three years to 17 years 11 months.
14 December 2011
GL Assessment has today published the Sandwell Early Numeracy Test – Revised (SENT-R), an assessment that enables practitioners to assess children’s ability with numbers. Designed for use with children from ages 4 years – 7 years 11 months, SENT-R explores five strands of basic numeracy skills: identification, oral counting, value, object counting and language, and provides a baseline of a pupil’s number skills. It is particularly useful in helping to identify targets for pupils with Special Educational Needs and it can also be used with Key Stage 2 pupils with numeracy difficulties.
5 December 2011
June 2011
Dr Sue Stothard, from the Centre for Reading and Language at the University of York, will today unveil findings of a study into reading comprehension. Speaking at the Westminster Education Forum Keynote Seminar: "The review of the Primary National Curriculum and proposals to reform the Early Years Foundation Stage", Dr Stothard will discuss the variance in reading ability across the school system and will argue that the findings show that there are problems with the current process of identifying pupils with reading difficulties within primary and secondary schools in England.
28 June 2011
GL Assessment publishes new resources to support children and parents through the 11+
GL Assessment, the company that develops and produces the actual 11+ test papers that the majority of candidates will sit, has published three new books as part of its Official 11+ Series of support materials.
27 June 2011
GL Assessment's response to the Review of Key Stage 2 testing, assessment and accountability
GL Assessment welcomes Lord Bew’s final report on Key Stage 2 testing, assessment and accountability, particularly in light of the greater focus on pupils’ progress within the accountability system and the stated importance of effective benchmarking.
23 June 2011
GL Assessment announces affinity partnership with NAHT
Independent test publisher, GL Assessment, has today announced that it has entered into an affinity partnership with the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT). The partnership will enable all NAHT members to benefit from three exclusive assessment packages that have been designed for use across Primary and Secondary.
6 June 2011
May 2011
GL Assessment launches online version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
GL Assessment has today published an online version of the widely-used Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) – a self-administered questionnaire that measures depression and generalised anxiety in and outside hospital and community settings.
20 May 2011
April 2011
GL Assessment publishes new edition of the Reynell Developmental Language Scales
GL Assessment has published a new, fourth edition of a widely-used assessment for identifying speech and language delay and impairment in very young children. Designed for administration by speech and language therapists, the New Reynell Developmental Language Scales (NRDLS) has been revised, improved and newly standardised on more than 1,200 children aged 2 years to 7 years 5 months in the UK.
15 April 2011
February 2011
Official 11+ expands with new range of Practice Papers
Eight new Official 11+ Practice Papers packs will be available from today, offering parents and children the most authentic practice materials for the 11+ test.
8 February 2011
December 2010
Call for more adequate SEN training at GL Assessment's Education Question Hour debate
Many issues relating to special educational needs (SEN) provision were debated at GL Assessment’s Education Question Hour at the recent Specialist Schools and Academies Trust National Conference. Entitled “The right support for the right child: reviewing SEN provision”, the debate saw panellists discuss a range of issues - from meeting the needs of pupils with SEN, teacher training and assessment to Government policy and funding.
8 December 2010
November 2010
GL
Assessment's response to 'Green Paper: Children and Young People with
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities'
GL Assessment recently submitted evidence to the Government's Green
Paper on SEN. To be published in late 2010, the Green Paper aims to
improve radically the entire SEN system.
16 November 2010
GL
Assessment welcomes the Government's External Review of Testing
GL Assessment shares the goals that underpin the External Review -
raising standards and narrowing attainment gaps.
11 November 2010
Behaviour
and Discipline in Schools
GL Assessment responds to the Education Select Committee's inquiry
into behaviour and discipline in schools.
10 November 2010
September 2010
GL
Assessment launches The New Group Reading Test: an assessment of reading
and comprehension in a single test
GL Assessment has today published the New Group Reading Test (NGRT)
- the third edition of the widely used Group Reading Test. Developed
by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER), the NGRT
is a comprehensive screening / monitoring test for groups of children.
13 September 2010
Mary
Macleod MP visits GL Assessment, the UK's leading educational assessment
publisher based in Chiswick
On Friday 3 September, Mary Macleod, MP for Brentford and Isleworth,
visited GL Assessment, the UK's leading independent provider of assessment
solutions for children's education, mental health and wellbeing.
13 September 2010
July 2010
GL
Assessment Launches Single Measure For Identifying Clinically Significant
Emotional Distress in Children
A staggering 1 in 10 children and young people aged 5 to 16 suffers
from a diagnosable mental health disorder - that is around three in
every classroom. It is widely accepted that most adult mental illness
originates in childhood so it is essential that issues are detected
and treated early to prevent them from escalating into more serious
problems in later life.
8 July 2010
New
Tool to Tackle 17% of 'Functionally Illiterate' Secondary School Students
A new study from Sheffield University has found that a shocking 17%
of teenagers are leaving school functionally illiterate and unable
to cope with the challenges of everyday life. To help address this,
GL Assessment is launching the York Assessment of Reading Comprehension
(YARC) Secondary, which will be available from September 2010.
1 July 2010
June 2010
Granada
Learning Acquires W3 Insights to Help Schools Measure Pupils' Attitudes
to Learning
On 21 June 2010, The Granada Learning Group announced that it has
acquired W3 Insights, the market leader in psychometric attitude measurements
for schools. The acquisition will enhance the company's existing assessment
and school self-evaluation offerings and give teachers additional
tools to unlock their pupil's learning potential.
21 June 2010
April 2010
Granada
Learning Acquires Kirkland Rowell to Enhance its Evaluation Services
for Schools
Granada Learning Group announces today that it has acquired the trade
and assets of Kirkland Rowell, the market leader in providing tailored
parent, pupil and staff surveys for schools.
13 April 2010
March 2010
GL
Assessment event helps teachers get it right for every pupil
Teachers from across the UK gathered to hear Dr John Rack, head of
research and professional development at Dyslexia Action, speak about
children with learning difficulties and the best methods of teaching
them at an event hosted by GL Assessment.
31 March 2010
Dyslexia
Portfolio Shortlisted in Education Resources Awards 2010
GL Assessment's Dyslexia Portfolio was shortlisted as a finalist in
the 'Best Special Educational Needs Resource - including ICT' category
of the Education Resources Awards (ERA) 2010.
26 March 2010
New
Toolkit to Tackle Speech and Language Issues in the Under Sixes
GL Assessment has launched WellComm, a speech and language screening
tool and intervention programme designed specifically for use in the
Early Years.
26 March 2010
GL
Assessment's place in the changing SEN landscape.
The Law, and education is transforming to refllect the changes in
the SEN landscape. Recent statistics indicate that as many as one
in five children in thew UK have a special educational need (SEN);
a number that has increased steadily in the past four years.
19 March 2010
GL
Assessment's Measures of children's mental health and psychological
wellbeing leading the way.
'They provide a remarkably comprehensive picture of children's mental
health.' - Mental Health Today Feb 2010
19 March 2010
February 2010
GL
Assessment helps create a better understanding of children's feelings.
'Enjoying and achieving' is one of the five Every Child Matters outcomes.
But while achievement has easily measurable outcomes, enjoyment is
a much trickier concept.
19 February 2010
GL
Assessment helps streamline referral process and improves access times
for Speech and Language Therapy Services.
Sandwell PCT speak about the benefits of using WellComm: A Speech
and Language Toolkit for the Early Years.
5 February 2010
November 2009
GL
Assessment revises UK's leading vocabulary assessment
GL Assessment has published the third edition of the British Picture
Vocabulary Scale, the UK's leading vocabulary assessment for standard
English.
30 November 2009
October 2009
GL
Assessment enhances e-assessment portfolio with Verbal Reasoning and
Non-Verbal Reasoning Digital
GL Assessment has today expanded its e-assessment portfolio with the
launch of online versions of its well-established Verbal Reasoning
and Non-Verbal Reasoning test series. The digital versions will run
on GL Assessment's powerful online testing system, Testwise, which
has now delivered over one million online tests to schools in the
UK and over 70 countries worldwide. Verbal Reasoning Digital and Non-Verbal
Reasoning Digital mirror their popular paper-based equivalents, but
offer added flexibility for teachers, instant scoring and reporting,
and a more motivating experience for pupils.
5 October 2009
September 2009
GL
Assessment helps schools identify mental health needs of pupils
One in 10 children between the ages of five and 16 has a clinically
recognisable mental disorder that could affect their achievement in
school and beyond. As schools now have an obligation to help identify
the mental heath needs of their pupils, GL Assessment has today published
Measures of Children's Mental Health and Psychological Wellbeing:
A Portfolio for Education and Health Professionals.
30 September 2009
June 2009
GL
Assessment responds to Sir Jim Rose's Review into Dyslexia
GL Assessment welcomes Sir Jim Rose's review into dyslexia and the
Government's commitment to £10 million to fund specialist teaching
and support for children with dyslexia and literacy difficulties.
25 June 2009
April 2009
GL
Assessment launches new test series to check spelling is on track
GL Assessment has today published a new edition of its well-established
spelling test series, the British Spelling Test Series 2 (BSTS2) for
6 to 13 year olds. The new edition is designed to play an important
role in checking that spelling attainment is on track, supporting
teachers in their own assessment of their pupils' attainment and highlighting
where additional support is needed for those pupils for whom spelling
is especially difficult.
23 April 2009
March 2009
GL
Assessment personalises literacy with Metametrics' Lexile Framework
for Reading
GL Assessment, in partnership with MetaMetrics®, Inc., is bringing
The Lexile Framework® for Reading to the UK with the launch of
a new version of its Progress in English (PIE) assessment for seven
to 11 year olds. Highly successful in the US for boosting children's
achievement in literacy, the Lexile Framework allows for more detailed
grading of text than a reading age or key stage level indicators that
are widely used by schools and publishers today. The 400,000 UK children
who currently take PIE tests each year will be able to benefit from
the Lexile Framework straight away.
30 March 2009
New
test launched to boost primary reading and comprehension: The York
Assessment of Reading for Comprehension
GL Assessment has unveiled a new suite of standardised, paper-based
reading assessments for use in primary schools. The York Assessment
of Reading for Comprehension (YARC) is designed to support schools
in monitoring children's development of key literacy skills from ages
four to 11. Developed in partnership with experts in reading at the
University of York, the assessments enable teachers to assess young
readers' phonic and alphabetic skills and track the progress of children's
reading and reading comprehension across the primary years.
5 March 2009
January 2009
Let's
Think! Handbook Supports Thinking in Primary Schools
GL Assessment has today unveiled the Let's Think! Handbook - a comprehensive
guide for headteachers, local authority advisors and professional
development providers looking to implement thinking programmes in
primary schools. It is designed to offer an introduction to 'cognitive
acceleration'.
8 January 2009
December 2008
GL
Assessment's Dyslexia Portfolio is a must for teachers and SENCOs
GL Assessment has today unveiled the Dyslexia Portfolio, a series
of short diagnostic and attainment tests that is set to transform
the way children with dyslexia are assessed and then supported in
the classroom.
1 December 2008
September 2008
GL
Assessment Breaks US Market with Major New Partnership
GL Assessment, the UK's leading independent provider of tests and
assessment services for education, has announced that its Progress
in English Digital and Progress in Maths Digital assessments are to
be used in schools across the United States in a major partnership
between themselves, The American Education Corporation (AEC) and MetaMetricsT,
Inc.
29 September 2008
April 2008
GL
Assessment Announces Partnership with Usborne to Boost Children's
Literacy
GL Assessment has announced a partnership with leading children's
publisher Usborne. The agreement will see a wide range of popular
Usborne books published with a new type of classification, called
a Lexile measure, clearly visible on the cover. The Lexile Framework
for ReadingT is set to become a new benchmark for assessing children's
books as it allows for more detailed grading of text difficulty than
the standard reading age or key stage levels that are widely used
by schools and publishers today.
14 April 2008
February 2008
GL
Assessment Strengthens Pupils' Thinking Skills to Improve Literacy
GL Assessment has unveiled Let's Think Through Literacy! on stand
R11 at The Education Show, a programme designed to support nine to
11-year-olds in the development of key thinking skills that will help
boost their achievement in literacy.
28 February 2008
GL
Assessment Simplifies Pupil Testing in Maths and Science
GL Assessment is unveiling Measuring Success, a series of quick and
easy assessments for five to 11-year-olds, on stand R11 at The Education
Show. Launching in maths and science, Measuring Success will make
it simpler for teachers to check their pupils' progress in these key
subjects throughout the year so that lessons can be personalised to
support every child in achieving to the best of their ability.
28 February 2008
January 2008
GL
Assessment Transforms Reading Assessment with The Lexile Framework
for Reading
Today at BETT 2008, GL Assessment announced a partnership with U.S.-based
educational measurement company MetaMetrics™ Inc. to transform
the way schools measure and monitor children's reading abilities.
9 January 2008
A
New Departure For Assessment's Biggest Name - nferNelson Becomes GL_Assessment
nferNelson, the UK's biggest independent provider of educational assessment,
is announcing at BETT 2008 that it has changed its name to GL Assessment.
2 January 2008
December 2007
Cessation
of nferNelson
NFER and Granada Learning today announced that their formal relationship
in respect of nferNelson will end on 31 December 2007.
31 December 2007
April 2007
GL
Assessment Extends e-assessment Portfolio with Popular Spelling Test
for Primary and Secondary
An online version of GL Assessment's popular Single Word Spelling
Test has been unveiled today. Designed for students aged 6 - 14, Single
Word Spelling Test Digital is an untimed, standardised spelling test
that uses sentence completion questions that are relevant for all
UK curricula.
11 April 2007
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