Description: Range: 6-16 Years Administration: Individual Time: 5-10 Minutes Purpose: To provide a measure of a child's word reading skills and to contribute to an assessment of reading achievement, as well as informing teaching and learning strategies. This quick and effective assessment of reading contains six graded sets of ten words of increasing difficulty. Parallel forms allow repeat testing and vast amount of diagnostic information can be obtained in the form of sight vocabulary analysis and error analysis. It is ideal as a quick screening test for checking progress at regular intervals and as part of the qualifying criteria for Access Arrangements. The SWRT is: An ideal assessment for year-on-year monitoring of a pupil's word reading skills Fully standardised - the test provides Standard Age Scores and reading ages Suitable as an assessment for access arrangements Able to be re-tested: Parallel forms allow repeat testing Diagnostic -gives diagnostic information in the form of sight vocabulary analysis and error analysis Helpful in informing teaching and learning strategies to meet the needs of individual pupil's and their differing abilities Completely photocopiable The SWRT includes a Teacher's Guide, which includes a photocopiable master of the Record Form and Word Cards.

Publisher: Granada Learning

Qualifications: tchrs/ senco

Grade: age6-16