LITERACY

Assessment of Handwriting Speed
Year 7 to year 11
Patoss website
Free to download

British Picture Vocabulary Scale (BPVS)
3 yrs to 15.8
NFER-Nelson
£109.75 (+ VAT + £2.95 p&p)

British Spelling Tests (BSTs);
Level 4 (12.6 - 17.5) and Level 5 (15.6 - 24+)
NFER-Nelson
Each Level has its own Set
Specimen Set - £9.35 (+ £2.95 p&p)
Starter Set - £25.35 (+ VAT + £2.95 p&p)

The Speed Reading Book
1997
Author: Tony Buzan
ISBN: 0563383127

Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT)
7.6 - 15.9
NFER Nelson
Specimen Set - £28.95 (+ £2.95 p&p)

Edinburgh Reading Tests
Stage 4
12 - 16
Hodder & Stoughton

Matrix Analogies Test - Short Form
5 - 17
The Psychological Corporation

Manual Dexterity Tests (Morrisby)
14 - 49
The Morrisby Organisation

Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT)
5 - 17+
The Psychological Corporation

Phonological Assessment Battery (PhAB)
6 - 14.11
NFER Nelson
£79.50 (+ VAT + £2.95 p&p)

Progressive Matrices and Mill Hill Vocabulary Scale (Ravens)
5 - Adult
NFER Nelson
Specimen Set - £108 (+ £2.95 p&p)

Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration (VMI)
3 - 17.11
NFER Nelson

Wordchains
7 - Adult
NFER Nelson
Starter Set - £30.50 (£2.95 p&p)

Vernon Spelling Test
5 - 17.6
Hodder & Stoughton

Wechsler Individual Achievement Test - Second UK Edition for Teachers (WIAT-IIUK-T)
UK norms up to 16 years 11 months
US norms for adults 17 to 85 years
ISBN 978 0 749128 04 3

Wide Range Achievement Test 3 (WRAT 3)
5 - 75
The Psychological Corporation
£130.66 (+ p&p)
Dyslexia Institute
£100 (+ £6 recorded delivery)

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Test Publishers/Distibutors

Some tests available to Patoss members at reduced prices
Tel: 01386 712650

Dyslexia Action
@ Staines
01784 463 851

Hodder & Stoughton
0171 873 60000

The Morrisby Organisation
01442 268 645

NFER-Nelson
01753 827 249

The Psychological Corporation
Tel: 0181 308 5750

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QCA Publications

GCSE and GCE A/AS code of practice
1999
QCA

Improving writing at Key Stages 3 and 4
QCA

GNVQ Code of Practice (1998/9)
QCA

QCA Publications
PO Box 99
Sudbury
Suffolk CO10 6SN
Tel: 01787 884 444

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Alston, J (1994) Written Output and Writing Speeds
Dyslexia Review. Vol. 6, No. 2, Autumn '94
Dennien, R. (1998) Northease Manor School
Special Arrangements for Examinations. Criteria for each type of arrangement.
Personal communication

Hedderly, R. (1996) Assessing Pupils with Specific Learning Difficulties for Examination Special Arrangements at GCSE, A Level and Degree Level
Educational Psychology in Practice Vol. 12, No. 1, April 1996