Assessment Tests
Key:
"3, 6" means "3 years and 6 months"
"6,6-16,5" means "aged between 6 years and 6 months and 16 years and 5 months".
Joint Council for Qualifications.
"Access Arrangements and Special Consideration: Regulations and Guidance Relating to Candidates who are Eligible for Adjustments in GCE, VCE, GCSE, GNVQ, Entry Level & Key Skills Examinations." This booklet can be downloaded. It is updated every autumn.JCQ members are the six examination boards in England, Wales and Scotland.
The booklet includes the Table of Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) approved qualifications for teachers who may assess for access arrangements. It does not include a list of appropriate tests.
Dyslexia? Assessing and Reporting. The PATOSS guide. Gill Backhouse & Kath Morris. £15
This book includes details of the available types of assessment at each stage.
Dyslexia Action (formerly the Dyslexia Institute). Tel: 01784 222 300 Fax: 01784 222 393 Email. Web.
Harcourt Assessments (The Psychological Corporation). Tel: 01865 888181 Fax: 01865 314348
Email: info@harcourt_uk.com Web: http://www.harcourt-uk.com
Hoddertests. Tel: 01235 827 720 Fax: 01235 400 454
Email: schools@hodder.co.uk Web: www.hoddertests.co.uk
nfer-Nelson. Tel: 020 8996 8444 Fax: 0845 6015356 Email: information@nfer-nelson.co.uk Web: www.nfer-nelson.co.uk
Pico Education Systems Ltd Tel: 020 8674 7786 Fax: 020 8769 1150 Email: renows@aol.com Web: www.studyscan.com
PATOSS Tel: 01386 712 650 Fax: 01386 712 716 Email: patoss@evesham.ac.uk Web: www.patoss-dyslexia.org
SEN (Marketing) Tel: 01924 871697 Fax: 01924 871697 Email:info@senbooks.co.uk Web: www.senbooks.co.uk.