Reading assessments
These pages detail commonly used reading assessments which can provide useful analyses of a child’s reading development. They are designed to enable the identification of areas of strength and weakness, and the setting of appropriate goals. We have included assessment of phonological processing.
Concepts of Print
Age range? 4-6 years
Who can use it? Teachers
York Assessment of Reading Comprehension (YARC)
Age range? Primary version: 4-11 years
Secondary version: 11-16 years
Who can use it? Teachers
New Progress in Reading Assessment (PiRA)
Age range? Key Stage 1 and 2 (England)
Who can use it? Teachers using English curriculum but is also be used by teachers in Wales and Northern Ireland
New Progress in Reading Assessment (PiRA) for Scotland
Age range? P1-P7 (Scotland)
Who can use it? Teachers using Scottish Curriculum for Excellence
New Group Reading Tests (NGRT)
Age range? 5-16 years
Who can use it? Teachers
Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT 5)
Age range? 5-adult
Who can use it? Teachers with a post-graduate qualification in Special Educational Needs
Access Reading Tests (ART)
Age range? 7-20 years
Who can use it? Teachers
New Salford Sentence Reading Test
Age range? 6-13/14 years
Who can use it? Teachers
Wechsler Individual Achievement Test – Third UK Edition (WIAT-III UK)
Age range? 4-25 years, 11 months
Who can use it? Psychologists
Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing (CTOPP-2)
Age range? 4-24 year, 11 months
Who can use it? Teachers