Quick guide:

Age range 7 – 16

Suitable for Teachers, Literacy Co-ordinators, Assessment Co-ordinators

Test duration 30 minutes

Test format Digital

New Group Reading TestA closer lookThe New Group Reading Test (NGRT) is used with groups to assess and monitor reading and comprehension skills – and if necessary, phonemic awareness. This can help identify, for instance, competent decoders (based on the sentence completion test) with weak comprehension skills. The Standard Age Score (SAS) derived from NGRT provides a reliable measure of current reading age and a secure basis for tracking progress, which make it a really valuable assessment to support raising attainment.

Fully adaptive materialThe digital assessment is adaptive; placing students at a starting point aligned to their age. Based on responses to the initial questions, the test automatically adjusts to match a student’s reading ability as they progress through the test.

The tests are in two parts: sentence completion, which measures decoding with some element of comprehension; and passage comprehension, which measures a range of comprehension skills of increasing difficulty.

The sentence completion test adjusts continually and final performance on this section is used to select the first reading comprehension passage. As a result, students are not exposed to a test at an inappropriate level.

Students with weak reading will see the phonics test; this would include secondary age students with delayed reading.

Pre and post intervention testingParallel forms allow use pre and post intervention. This helps to monitor progress and identify any students who may be in need of additional diagnostic assessment or support for specific literacy difficulties.

NGRT is often used on transition to school to identify current levels of attainment and re-administered in March/April to identify students who are not making expected progress. As a result, the assessment enablesyou to evaluate the effectiveness of intervention strategies and teaching methods with ease.

NGRT at a glanceKey features Benefits

Takes approximately 30-45 minutes to assess reading and comprehension.

A time-efficient and accurate test that enables the assessment of reading and comprehension in a single sitting.

Comprised of two equivalent parallel forms, A and B.

The test can be used twice yearly to show ongoing progression and achievement.

Assess phonemic awareness where appropriate, instead of sentence comprehension.

Offers an appropriate way of establishing students’ phonological understanding – including that of students with delayed reading.

Fully standardis�ed on over 13,000 students between the ages of 6 and 16.

The Standard Age Score (SAS) provides you with an International benchmark, allowing you to compare students’ performance with other children of the same age, and track progress year-on-year.

NGRT Digital is an adaptive, online assessment that automatically adjusts test difficulty to a student’s reading ability.

Students are not exposed to items at an inappropriate level as the test material reflects ability, based on the previous questions, rather than age.

Reports are available for both paper and digital, at Group and Individual level.

The diagnostic information provided together with NGRT’s ability to measure impact pre and post intervention makes it a popular choice.

Quick guide:

Age range 7 – 16

Suitable for Teachers, Literacy Co-ordinators, Assessment Co-ordinators

Test duration 30 minutes

Test format Digital

New Group Reading TestA closer lookThe New Group Reading Test (NGRT) is used with groups to assess and monitor reading and comprehension skills – and if necessary, phonemic awareness. This can help identify, for instance, competent decoders (based on the sentence completion test) with weak comprehension skills. The Standard Age Score (SAS) derived from NGRT provides a reliable measure of current reading age and a secure basis for tracking progress, which make it a really valuable assessment to support raising attainment.

Fully adaptive materialThe digital assessment is adaptive; placing students at a starting point aligned to their age. Based on responses to the initial questions, the test automatically adjusts to match a student’s reading ability as they progress through the test.

The tests are in two parts: sentence completion, which measures decoding with some element of comprehension; and passage comprehension, which measures a range of comprehension skills of increasing difficulty.

The sentence completion test adjusts continually and final performance on this section is used to select the first reading comprehension passage. As a result, students are not exposed to a test at an inappropriate level.

Students with weak reading will see the phonics test; this would include secondary age students with delayed reading.

Pre and post intervention testingParallel forms allow use pre and post intervention. This helps to monitor progress and identify any students who may be in need of additional diagnostic assessment or support for specific literacy difficulties.

NGRT is often used on transition to school to identify current levels of attainment and re-administered in March/April to identify students who are not making expected progress. As a result, the assessment enablesyou to evaluate the effectiveness of intervention strategies and teaching methods with ease.

NGRT at a glanceKey features Benefits

Takes approximately 30-45 minutes to assess reading and comprehension.

A time-efficient and accurate test that enables the assessment of reading and comprehension in a single sitting.

Comprised of two equivalent parallel forms, A and B.

The test can be used twice yearly to show ongoing progression and achievement.

Assess phonemic awareness where appropriate, instead of sentence comprehension.

Offers an appropriate way of establishing students’ phonological understanding – including that of students with delayed reading.

Fully standardis�ed on over 13,000 students between the ages of 6 and 16.

The Standard Age Score (SAS) provides you with an International benchmark, allowing you to compare students’ performance with other children of the same age, and track progress year-on-year.

NGRT Digital is an adaptive, online assessment that automatically adjusts test difficulty to a student’s reading ability.

Students are not exposed to items at an inappropriate level as the test material reflects ability, based on the previous questions, rather than age.

Reports are available for both paper and digital, at Group and Individual level.

The diagnostic information provided together with NGRT’s ability to measure impact pre and post intervention makes it a popular choice.

Quick guide:

Age range 7 – 16

Suitable for Teachers, Literacy Co-ordinators, Assessment Co-ordinators

Test duration 30 minutes

Test format Digital

New Group Reading TestA closer lookThe New Group Reading Test (NGRT) is used with groups to assess and monitor reading and comprehension skills – and if necessary, phonemic awareness. This can help identify, for instance, competent decoders (based on the sentence completion test) with weak comprehension skills. The Standard Age Score (SAS) derived from NGRT provides a reliable measure of current reading age and a secure basis for tracking progress, which make it a really valuable assessment to support raising attainment.

Fully adaptive materialThe digital assessment is adaptive; placing students at a starting point aligned to their age. Based on responses to the initial questions, the test automatically adjusts to match a student’s reading ability as they progress through the test.

The tests are in two parts: sentence completion, which measures decoding with some element of comprehension; and passage comprehension, which measures a range of comprehension skills of increasing difficulty.

The sentence completion test adjusts continually and final performance on this section is used to select the first reading comprehension passage. As a result, students are not exposed to a test at an inappropriate level.

Students with weak reading will see the phonics test; this would include secondary age students with delayed reading.

Pre and post intervention testingParallel forms allow use pre and post intervention. This helps to monitor progress and identify any students who may be in need of additional diagnostic assessment or support for specific literacy difficulties.

NGRT is often used on transition to school to identify current levels of attainment and re-administered in March/April to identify students who are not making expected progress. As a result, the assessment enablesyou to evaluate the effectiveness of intervention strategies and teaching methods with ease.

NGRT at a glanceKey features Benefits

Takes approximately 30-45 minutes to assess reading and comprehension.

A time-efficient and accurate test that enables the assessment of reading and comprehension in a single sitting.

Comprised of two equivalent parallel forms, A and B.

The test can be used twice yearly to show ongoing progression and achievement.

Assess phonemic awareness where appropriate, instead of sentence comprehension.

Offers an appropriate way of establishing students’ phonological understanding – including that of students with delayed reading.

Fully standardis�ed on over 13,000 students between the ages of 6 and 16.

The Standard Age Score (SAS) provides you with an International benchmark, allowing you to compare students’ performance with other children of the same age, and track progress year-on-year.

NGRT Digital is an adaptive, online assessment that automatically adjusts test difficulty to a student’s reading ability.

Students are not exposed to items at an inappropriate level as the test material reflects ability, based on the previous questions, rather than age.

Reports are available for both paper and digital, at Group and Individual level.

The diagnostic information provided together with NGRT’s ability to measure impact pre and post intervention makes it a popular choice.

“NGRT data has really helped us evaluate progress – and we’re really pleased with the improvements we’ve seen.”

Becky Cadman, Vice Principal,Barry Island Primary School

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The reportsNGRT has a range of instant reports with clear narrative and comprehensive graphs that allow you to build a full picture of each student’s reading and comprehension skills. These include:

� The Group report for teachers

� The Group progress report for teachers

� The Individual report

Digital users will benefit from instant reporting.

What can I do with the results?The ability to compare sentence completion scores alongside passage comprehension scores allows teachers

comprehension skills.

With an overview of strengths and weaknesses in reading and comprehension, target setting and intervention strategies can be personali�sed and monitored. Evidence of progress can then be provided to inspection bodies and parents using the instant, easy-to-follow reports provided.

How does NGRT fit in with our whole-student approach?Poor reading and comprehension are major barriers to students accessing the curriculum across both primary and secondary schools.

NGRT is a key resource in our range of assessments of attainment that shows not only current performance in both decoding and comprehension but also how each student is progressing.

NGRT has been linked through a series of case studies to the York Assessment of Reading for Comprehension (YARC)This one-to-one, diagnostic assessment, developed by leading experts at the University of York, is an ideal follow-on assessment for students who appear to have particular reading. difficulties or for whom more detailed analysis, particularly of comprehension, is essential.

New Group Reading Test – Information sheet

In the Group report, scores for sentence completion (SC) and passage comprehension (PC) are shown, highlighted in blue where there are 3 stanine differences. If no value appears in the PC column, the PC section is omitted and the Phonics section administered in its place. From this particular report, a teacher can see at a glance which students would benefit from follow-up assessment (A) and also where a student’s sentence completion scores are not in line with their passage comprehension scores (B).

The new Group progress report is ideal to evaluate intervention strategies and teaching methods. It also enables teachers and administrators to identify students with differences between their sentence completion and passage comprehension skills, even where progress has been average or above average, adding an important diagnostic aspect to the progress checking exercise.

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The seven students have below average or low SAS stanine and NPR and the same NC level.

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