Reach for the right tools when you tackle the new reading framework
Our literacy assessment specialist at GL Assessment Georgina Cook explains why NGRT and myON are essential when it comes to a whole-school reading strategy.
Blogs
Read articles by authors ranging from teaching staff and senior leaders to educational advisers. Always topical, our blog posts have a strong ‘how to’ focus, feature pupil stories and examples, and regularly cover issues at the top of school agendas.
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How CAT4 helps put all your learners firmly on the map
What exactly is CAT4 and how can it can be used effectively to improve learners’ outcomes? Our Assessment Insights Education Adviser Finn McClelland explains.
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Mind the Gap – The trouble with reading
Beccie Hawes, Head of Service at Cadmus Inclusive, discusses how YARC is used to uncover gaps in comprehension skills and support students.
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Effecting positive change in the community through volunteering
GL Assessment offers employees five volunteer days a year. Norman Hayes shares his experience volunteering at his former primary school.
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Why the best data comes with a dash of SAS
What exactly is the New Group Reading Test and how can it help teachers support their pupils? Georgina Cook unpacks GL Assessment's popular reading test.
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Supporting specialists to build a clear pattern of pupils’ strengths and difficulties with GL Assessment
Find out how Chadsgrove School Support Services use YARC, BPVS3 and PhAB2 to build a clear profile of pupils' strengths, as well as informing interventions.
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Demonstrating value-added to parents, guardians and the ISI with GL Assessment
Longacre School share the way that GL Assessment has helped to reassure parents, provide evidence for the ISI and adapt teaching and learning.
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Effectively identifying gaps in children’s learning with the Progress Test Series
Discover how Crosshall Junior School used data from the PT Series to identify gaps in their pupils' learning.
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Three questions to ask of your KS2 SATs data
Duncan Baldwin from Endeavour Learning Trust suggests questions to ask of KS2 SATS data to ensure a better view of an individual pupils' performance.
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Looking behind the mask with CAT4
Finn McClelland, Assessment Insights Education Adviser, reflects on how sitting CAT4 as a child could have helped his teachers support his learning.
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FFT – Aspire Pupil Tracking
Sean Green from FFT Education explains how GL Assessment's standardised assessments can be used alongside FFT's Aspire Pupil Tracking to analyse performance.
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Using GL Assessment’s diagnostic tools to support pupils with reading and phonological difficulties
Janet Goring, Manager at Wandsworth Literacy and Numeracy Support Service, explains how YARC and PhAB2 can provide useful diagnostic information.