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PM Benchmark Kit Training

We offer in-school training to help you make the most of your PM Benchmark and PM Literacy Assessment Kits.

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Meet our PM Benchmark Kit Trainers

Rose and Mary have over sixty years of combined teaching experience and they are our instructors for both PM Benchmark Kit Training options. Take a look at our new videos to find out more about Benchmark Kit Training and get some top tips from these Reading Experts.

What is Benchmark Kit Training?

Top Tips for developing fluency

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We offer in-school training to help you make the most of your PM Benchmark and PM Literacy Assessment Kits. Click on the buttons below to find out more about what the training sessions will cover. Back to the PM Homepage Rose and Mary have over sixty years of combined teaching experience and they are our instructors for both PM Benchmark Kit Training options.

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To support the development of Phonological Awareness, please use the Phonological Awareness screen to assess learners. From this you will have information on the areas which children need to develop. We have links to classroom based activities for each of the areas of the Phonological Awareness continuum.

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HAST 2
Single Word spelling test
GL group spelling test
Active literacy spelling assessments through progression

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Free Eye Test, Visual Processing Speed - MemoryHealthCheck

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Test for visual processing disorders with this free eye test: Free Eye Test & Visual Processing Test for spatial and visual processing capacity, based on a popular neuroscience lab project. Remember the sequence of objects that appear in the grid below, and then duplicate this sequence. Most people…

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Dyslexia Screener is an initial screener for teachers concerned about a pupil's literacy progress. Standardised to ensure accurate benchmarks, the assessment can be used to screen year groups or for individual pupils whose performance in literacy is causing concern. It distinguishes between general literacy difficulties and those associated with dyslexia. Comprising six digital tests, it identifies whether a pupil would benefit from further diagnostic assessments.
The Dyslexia Guidance Handbook provides invaluable advice for teachers and SENCOs supporting dyslexic pupils, from pre-school through to university. With activities based on real classroom experiences (including photocopiable materials), it covers each education stage, from common early dyslexia signs such as difficulty with letters, to recommended study techniques and how to make access arrangements for examinations.

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Dyslexia Screener is an initial screener for teachers concerned about a pupil's literacy progress. Standardised to ensure accurate benchmarks, the assessment can be used to screen year groups or for individual pupils whose performance in literacy is causing concern. It distinguishes between general literacy difficulties and those associated with dyslexia.

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To support the development of Phonological Awareness, please use the Phonological Awareness screen to assess learners. From this you will have information on the areas which children need to develop. We have links to classroom based activities for each of the areas of the Phonological Awareness continuum.

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This assessment focuses on the learner's ability to hear the individual sounds in words and manipulate them. You will need a set of lower case alphabet letters (preferably wooden) and a print out of this document.

Alphabet Awareness (Glasgow Dyslexia Support Service)

This assessment focuses on the learner's knowledge of the alphabet, including sequencing and names and sounds of letters. You will need a set of lower case alphabet letters (preferably wooden) and a print out of this document.

This assessment focuses on early stages of phonological awareness before letters and words are introduced. However, it can be used with any learner to highlight gaps in their phonological development. This assessment is purely . oral

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Aberdeen City DOS - Phonological Awareness

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This assessment focuses on the learner's ability to hear the individual sounds in words and manipulate them. You will need a set of lower case alphabet letters (preferably wooden) and a print out of this document. This assessment focuses on the learner's knowledge of the alphabet, including sequencing and names and sounds of letters.

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The Helen Arkell Spelling Test is a single word spelling test developed for teachers,specialist teachers, and educational psychologists to use with individuals.

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This comprehensive battery of tests accurately identifies children who have significant phonological difficulties and need additional help to process sounds in spoken language.
The Phonological Assessment Battery (PhAB) provides six standardised tests for 6-14-year-olds, each designed to sample different aspects of a child's phonological processing. The diagnostic nature of the results means that they can be used to inform your teaching and help you target intervention programmes to a child's specific needs and improve their underlying literacy skills.

The later edition of the assessment, the Phonological Assessment Battery 2 (PhAB2) Primary, provides revised versions of the six standardised tests in the original assessment, as well as four new tests, in line with the latest research in phonological awareness. Featuring targeted testing ranges for 5-6 and 7-11-year-olds, it provides more sensitive assessments to give you a greater understanding of a child's phonological strengths and weaknesses.

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Phonological Assessment Battery | GL Assessment

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An essential toolkit to identify pupils with phonological difficulties.

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2.1 Children – Speech and Language Therapy

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Reading Fluency and Comprehension Checklist

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York Assessment of Reading for Comprehension (YARC)

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A detailed analysis of reading skills for every phase of learning.

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New PiRA - Progress in Reading Assessments For KS1 & KS2

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Termly tests that help you to reliably benchmark performance and track progress against national averages in reading. Take a look and see how PiRA can help you.

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Quickly gain a snapshot of a pupil's reading ability with sentences of graded ability.

Assess pupil understanding with optional comprehension questions.

Monitor progress over time with three parallel forms - perfect for termly testing and tracking the impact of interventions.

Recommended by CatchUp®

This one-to-one oral reading test prvoides standardised scores for reading accuracy, reading comprehension and reading age.
Please be advised that orders of New Salford Sentence Reading Test are restricted to schools/institutions only. Please supply an institutional address when you place your order as we are unable to fulfil orders with a private address.

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Quickly gain a snapshot of a pupil's reading ability with sentences of graded ability. Assess pupil understanding with optional comprehension questions. Monitor progress over time with three parallel forms - perfect for termly testing and tracking the impact of interventions. Recommended by CatchUp® This one-to-one oral reading test prvoides standardised scores for reading accuracy, reading comprehension and reading age.

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Helpful Information:

On the blog:

Support for schools: Information on how schools can assess, address and progress now and in the future

Gain valuable insight into your students' reading ability with ART; a wide-ranging, standardised and flexible assessment for students aged between 7 and 20.

Use as a screening test to baseline students at the beginning of Year 7, transitioning from primary to secondary education, or as a guide to group sets when schools reopen after a period of remote learning.

Confidently assess progress in reading at regular intervals using parallel forms (two sets of forms) designed for repeat testing.

Easily identify specific areas that may be limiting a student's overall success and plan relevant and targeted intervention strategies to boost or stretch skills.

Gain valid and reliable data to help build a picture of a student's normal way of working and provide as evidence in Part 1, Form A on the JCQ Form for requesting access arrangements.

​Analyse performance and quickly spot gaps in learning via free reporting tool MARK (My Access and Reporting Kit).

​Whether you're using as a screening test to better understand where each learner in a cohort sits against a national average, or to identify children with Special Educational Needs, ART is available in paper and online, auto-marked, interactive format, and comes with free online reporting for both, so you can analyse results in an easy and digestible format.

IMPORTANT: Due to the latest operating system updates impacting iPads with iOS 13/14, we temporarily recommend taking ART and AMT interactive tests on desktops or laptops only. For guidance on how to find the software version on your iPad, click here. If you would like to speak to someone, your local assessment consultant's details can be found here. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Recommended use:

Primary Schools: Form A (first test) and Form B (second test)

Secondary Schools: Form C (first test) and Form D (second test).
For screening new cohorts, we recommend using Form A to baseline at the start of Year 7 and Form B at the end of Y7. We advise using Age-SS for this purpose, as SS is only available up to Year 6 for Forms A and B.

For more advice on testing, contact your local assessment consultant.

MARK (My Assessment & Reporting Tool)

Trusted by over 6,000 schools for valid, easy-to-use reporting:

Quickly analyse gaps in learning to inform targeted teaching.

Enter paper test scores into online marksheets or, if you're using the auto-marked, online, interactive ART tests, all results will feed through automatically for instant reporting.

Effortlessly generate reports for individuals, classes, schools and tailored groups to view and compare progress and attainment.

Easily download visual reports that can be shared as PDFs with teachers, senior leaders, MAT leaders, governors, parents and Ofsted

A guide to standardised assessments:

On the blog:
Please be advised that orders of Access Reading Tests are restricted to schools/institutions only. Please supply an institutional address when you place your order as we are unable to fulfil orders with a private address.
Also available:

A standardised maths test available in print or online, interactive format.

Customisable GCSE-style questions and tests designed to give learners the opportunity to practice the skills they need meet the GCSE assessment objectives.

If you've identified gaps in reading skills at KS3 and GCSE, Question Bank will help your learners to improve their comprehension and vocabulary skills needed to meet the requirements of AO1.

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Access Reading Tests & Assessments - Updated for 2018

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On the blog: Support for schools: Information on how schools can assess, address and progress now and in the future Use as a screening test to baseline students at the beginning of Year 7, transitioning from primary to secondary education, or as a guide to group sets when schools reopen after a period of remote learning.

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Working Memory Rating Scale (WMRS) helps identify children with poor working memory skills

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Working memory covers a cluster of skills that are important to consider when planning for learning and teaching. The following resources have been developed to support practitioners in developing a working memory friendly classroom. CLICK HERE - Working Memory Poster CLICK HERE - Working Memory Overload Observations CLICK HERE - Working Memory and Reading Poster...

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Quickly identify children who require classroom intervention strategies to help support cognitive difficulties related to memory to help them learn effectively with this easy-to-use, digital assessment, that requires minimal supervision to administer.

Lucid Recall is made up of three sub-tests that assess the fundamental functions of working memory: Phonological loop - a word recall test, Visuo-Spatial Sketchpad - a pattern recall test, and Central Executive Function - a counting recall test.

Immediate results mean you can instantly evaluate how each student's working memory compares with expected levels for their age, based on nationally standardised norms. The teacher manual contains practical advice and strategies that show you how to identify and support children with various types of working memory difficulty.

Maths teachers may find this assessment particularly useful, as working memory is important for mathematical fluency.

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Quickly identify children who require classroom intervention strategies to help support cognitive difficulties related to memory to help them learn effectively with this easy-to-use, digital assessment, that requires minimal supervision to administer.

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Dyslexia Screener is an initial screener for teachers concerned about a pupil's literacy progress. Standardised to ensure accurate benchmarks, the assessment can be used to screen year groups or for individual pupils whose performance in literacy is causing concern. It distinguishes between general literacy difficulties and those associated with dyslexia. Comprising six digital tests, it identifies whether a pupil would benefit from further diagnostic assessments.
The Dyslexia Guidance Handbook provides invaluable advice for teachers and SENCOs supporting dyslexic pupils, from pre-school through to university. With activities based on real classroom experiences (including photocopiable materials), it covers each education stage, from common early dyslexia signs such as difficulty with letters, to recommended study techniques and how to make access arrangements for examinations.

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Dyslexia Screener is an initial screener for teachers concerned about a pupil's literacy progress. Standardised to ensure accurate benchmarks, the assessment can be used to screen year groups or for individual pupils whose performance in literacy is causing concern. It distinguishes between general literacy difficulties and those associated with dyslexia.

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Free Writing Checklist Assistive Technology

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organisational checklists
writing observations
Record observations of daily routines

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Observations
writing samples and assessments (see writing)
Highland Literacy pre-writing developmental continuum
Gross/fine motor skills checklist
Scissor skills test

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Ros Wilson - Scottish criterion scale
10 minute writing samples & observations
Aberdeen City writing toolkit

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Analysis tool for YARC saves so much time.

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Analysis tool for YARC saves so much time.

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YARC York Assessment of Reading for Comprehension

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YARC York Assessment of Reading for Comprehension

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York Assessment of Reading for Comprehension (YARC)

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A detailed analysis of reading skills for every phase of learning.

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Unit & term assessments
Access Maths
BIG Maths CLIC / Learn its
GL progress tests
GL dyscalculia screener
SNSA data