June 2022

SpLD Test Evaluation Committee

Pre-16 List of
Suitable Tests for the Assessment of
Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLDs)
(Revised June 2022)

NB: The term “assessors” is used throughout this list to refer to both practitioner
psychologists and specialist teacher assessors unless otherwise specified.

Important Note
The Department for Education’s evidence requirements for applications for Disabled
Student Allowances (DSA) no longer places a lower age limit on a student’s
diagnostic assessment report. A diagnostic assessment that meets SASC
guidelines, produced by a specialist teacher assessor with an APC or a practitioner
psychologist registered with the HCPC, can be submitted as evidence for DSA
whatever the age of the individual when the assessment was administered.

It should, therefore, be borne in mind that current diagnostic assessments of pre-16s

may be submitted as evidence for DSA at some point in the future. The tests within
this list meet STEC’s criteria for use in pre-16 diagnostic assessments of SpLDs.
The list should be used by practitioners (psychologists and assessors with APCs)
undertaking pre-16 diagnostic SpLDs assessments from June 2020 onwards.

The content and format of the Post-16 List of Suitable Tests for the Assessment of
Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD) reflects the latest SASC Report Format, and is
intended to be used in conjunction with that Report Format.

STEC produces Guidance on newly reviewed tests to highlight some of the strengths
of the tests and things to consider when using those tests. To ensure assessors are
fully informed on the materials they are using it is expected that assessors will:

 read the available SASC/STEC Guidance on the tests (which is based on

STEC’s rigorous reviews);

 fully familiarise themselves with the test manuals; and

 read the FAQs section of this Pre-16 List.

Notification of any available Guidance will be found in the Comments/Guidance

column on the Post-16 List. The Guidance is published on the SASC website
(www.sasc.org.uk in the Downloads tab).

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is STEC?

The SpLD Test Evaluation Committee is a sub-committee of the SpLD Assessment

Standards Committee (SASC). It consists of specialist teacher assessors and
psychologists (educational, clinical, occupational), who have combined experience of
assessing for SpLDs across a wide range of ages and settings.

The Committee reviews and pilots tests, produces Guidance on the advantages and
disadvantages of those tests, and consults with publishers, academics and
practitioners:

 to ensure that use and selection of tests is evidence based and follows best
practice;

 to promote quality and consistency in assessment across all age groups;

 to ensure that tests used provide valid reliable evidence in support of

diagnostic decisions.

The committee meets three times a year to discuss the outcomes of reviews and
consultations and to update the Pre-16 List and Post-16 List of Tests Suitable for
Assessment of Specific Learning Difficulties. Extensive reviews and piloting of tests
that have not been included previously are conducted throughout the year by at least
two committee members. New editions of tests are also reviewed by at least one
committee member.

2. How does STEC select tests?

STEC has a rigorous review procedure which covers a range of criteria including:

 Age: Is the content appropriate for the relevant age range?

 Educational level: Is the content of the test appropriate for the educational
level?
 Identifying SpLDs: Does the test provide qualitative and/or quantitative data
that is relevant to identifying a SpLD?
 Standardisation: What is the sample size and spread? Is sufficient data
provided to ensure the validity and reliability of the test design and norms?
 Clarity: How transparent and accessible are the administration instructions?
 Availability or otherwise of other suitable tests that measure the same
skills or abilities: When selecting tests for inclusion on the Pre-16 List it is
sometimes necessary to include ones which may not be ideal but which fill, or
partially fill, a gap in the range of available tests.
In general, STEC does not review materials that are designed for screening.
However, screening materials may be reviewed where:
a) standardised tests are unavailable/limited in a particular area;

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b) the screening test meets standardisation criteria, and/or provides

qualitative information which may not be otherwise available.

3. What age and educational range does the list cover?

SASC produces two test lists – the Pre-16 List and the Post-16 List. Inclusion of a
test on one list does not necessarily mean that it will also be included on the other.
Assessors should, therefore, check the appropriate list for the age being assessed.
This list is for children under the age of 16 years.

4. Can I use older versions of tests?

It is considered good practice to use the most recent edition of a test or battery.
However, older editions of tests can be used for 2 calendar years after the year of
publication of the most recent edition of the test. There will be a note in the
comments column of the list stating the date after which the previous edition will no
longer be able to be used in a diagnostic assessment of SpLDs.

5. Can I adapt the test if it contains Americanisms?

Where there are Americanisms, these should only be changed if in receipt of written
permission to do so from the publisher. If available, such permission will be included
in any STEC guidance. Publishers do not always give permission. Where
publishers do not give permission, assessors need to be aware of the effect of
Americanisms on the individual being assessed, and comment accordingly, in the
relevant section / domain of the diagnostic assessment reports.

6. Which tests do I have to use?

The Pre-16 List is divided into sections:

Cognitive Profile
Ability/Reasoning
Memory
Phonological Processing – Phonological Awareness,
Phonological Memory, Rapid Naming
Processing Speed
Motor Coordination
Sense of Number

Attainment
Reading
Spelling
Writing
Mathematics

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Sense of Number

Supplementary tests that meet standardisation criteria

It is not expected that any given assessment will include tests from every section of
the Pre-16 List or that every test within a battery will be used.

Assessors should refer to the appropriate SASC Report Formats together with SASC
Guidance on individual SpLDs for advice on what to include in an assessment.

7. What qualification level do I need to use these tests?

Required qualification levels vary from test to test. Where the test is accessible only
to psychologists, this has been indicated on the list with the words ‘Psychologists
Only’. With the remaining, more widely accessible tests, it is recommended that
assessors refer to the publisher’s website for information on the qualifications
required to purchase and use the test.

NB: Some suppliers may restrict sales of certain tests, supplying them to schools but
not to independent assessors.

8. Can I use tests which are not on the Pre-16 List of Suitable Tests for the
Assessment of SpLDs?

Under normal circumstances tests should be selected from the Pre-16 List for the
purpose of diagnostic assessments for SpLDs when working with children aged 16
or under.

Assessors may use additional tests to supplement those on the list. In such cases a
brief justification for the use should be provided in the report, using professional
judgement to avoid over-testing and to ensure that the tests used are relevant to the
diagnosis (Also see FAQ Number 6).

In addition, it should be noted that this test list relates only to diagnostic
assessments of SpLDs. It is not intended as a guide to tests that can be used in
planning and monitoring programmes of intervention.

9. How often will this list be updated?

An updated version of the list will be published on the SASC website annually at the
end of May. During the year, a newsflash will be added to the SPLD Assessment
Tools page of the SASC website whenever a new test has been reviewed and added
to the list.

10. Why is there sometimes a delay in tests being added to the Pre-16 List?

STEC test reviews are independent and rigorous and involve a labour intensive
process of:
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 thorough, in-depth reading of the manuals;

 piloting of the tests with multiple students where possible;

 discussion between reviewers;

 ongoing communication with the test publisher/author (as required);

 presentation of findings to the committee;

 several drafts of the review;

 liaison with the SASC committee for final acceptance;

 writing Guidance relating to the test for the SASC website.

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COGNITIVE PROFILE: ABILITY/REASONING

For information on the range and type of tests to include in each section of an
assessment, please see the Pre-16 Report Format updated-May 22 (click here).

TEST AGE PUBLISHER COMMENTS

RANGE

British Ability 3:0 – 17:11 GL Test of ability (verbal,

Scales: Third Assessment nonverbal and spatial) with
Edition (BAS3) 2011 co-normed measures of
Psychologists Only single word reading, spelling,
UK Norms number skills, working
memory (visual, verbal) and
information processing speed.
Intelligence and 5:0 – 20:11 Hogrefe For SASC Guidance click
Development (Tests of 2021 here.
Scales Second Phonological
Edition (IDS-2) Awareness,
Psychologists Only and
UK Norms Psychomotor
Skills are
only
standardised
up to 10:11)
Raven’s 2 4:0 – 69.11 Pearson Non-verbal test of general
Progressive Assessment cognitive ability.
Matrices 2018 Is available in digital form, but
See FAQ 7 re cannot be administered
Qualification Levels remotely.
Pan European
Norms
Snijders-Oomen 6:0 – 40:11 Hogrefe Ltd Visual subtests which explore
Non-Verbal 2011 reasoning through analogies,
Intelligence Test categorisation, recreating
(SON-R 6-40) mosaics and completing
See FAQ 7 re interrupted patterns.
Qualification Levels
European Norms
Test of Nonverbal 6:0- PRO-ED, Inc Entirely language free test of
Intelligence: 89:11 2010 intelligence, aptitude, abstract
Fourth Edition reasoning, and problem
(TONI-4) solving using visual stimuli. 2
See FAQ 7 re parallel forms.
Qualification Levels
US Norms

Wechsler 6:0 – 16:11 Pearson 4 scales: Verbal

Intelligence Scale Assessment Comprehension (Similarities,

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for Children: Fifth 2014 Vocabulary, Information,

UK Edition Comprehension); Visual
(WISC-VUK) Spatial (Block Design, Visual
Psychologists Only Puzzles) Fluid Reasoning
UK Norms (Matrices reasoning, Picture
Concepts, Figure Weights,
Arithmetic); Working Memory
(Digit Span, Picture Span,
Letter-Number Sequencing);
Processing Speed (Symbol
Search, Coding,
Cancellation).
Wechsler 6:0 – 90:11 Pearson Test of verbal and visual
Abbreviated Scale Assessment abilities with 4 subtests:
of Intelligence: 2011 Vocabulary, Similarities, Block
Second Edition Design, and Matrix
(WASI-II) Reasoning.
Psychologists Only
US Norms
Wechsler 4:0 – 21:11 Pearson Designed to be used with
Nonverbal Scale Assessment individuals who are not English-
of Ability 2006 language proficient or have other
(WNV) language considerations. 6
subtests: Matrices, Object
Psychologists Only
Assembly, Coding, Recognition,
US Norms Spatial Span, Picture
Arrangement.
Wide Range 4:0 -85:11 Pearson Verbal Ability (Verbal
Intelligence Test Assessment Analogies, Vocabulary) and
(WRIT) 2000 Visual Ability (Matrices,
See FAQ 7 re Diamonds).
Qualification Levels
US Norms
Woodcock- 2 - 90+ Riverside For SASC Guidance click here.
Johnson IV Tests Insights
of Cognitive 2014
Abilities (WJ IV
COG)
See FAQ 7 re
Qualification Levels
US Norms

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COGNITIVE PROFILE: MEMORY

For information on the range and type of tests to include in each section of an
assessment, please see the Pre-16 Report Format updated-May 22 (click here).

TEST AGE RANGE PUBLISHER COMMENTS

British Ability 3:0 – 17:11 GL Measures visual and verbal

Scales: Third Assessment working memory.
Edition (BAS3) 2011
Psychologists Only
UK Norms
Intelligence and 5:0 – 20:11 Hogrefe Ltd For SASC Guidance click here.
Development (Tests of 2021
Scales Second Phonological
Edition (IDS-2) Awareness,
Psychologists and
Only Psychomotor
UK Norms Skills are
only
standardised
up to 10:11)
TAPS-4: A 5:0 – 21:11 Academic For SASC Guidance click here.
Language Therapy
Processing Skills Publications
Assessment 2018
See FAQ 7 re
Qualification Levels
US Norms
Test of 5:0 – 80:0 Academic Measures instant and delayed
Information and older Therapy recall of sequential and non-
Processing Skills Publications sequential information
(TIPS) 2009 presented visually and aurally,
See FAQ 7 re and with interference from other
Qualification Levels tasks.
US Norms
Test of Memory 5:0 – 59:11 Pearson 16 subtests measuring visual
and Learning: Assessment memory and verbal memory. 3
Second Edition 2007 Core Indexes - Verbal Memory,
(TOMAL-2) Nonverbal Memory &
See FAQ 7 re Composite Memory; 6
Qualification Levels Supplementary Indexes - Verbal
US Norms Delayed Recall;
Attention/Concentration;
Sequential Recall; Free Recall;
Associative Recall; Learning.
Wechsler 6:0 – 16:11 Pearson Working Memory (Digit Span,
Intelligence Assessment Picture Span, Letter-Number
Scale for 2014 Sequencing):
Children: Fifth

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UK Edition
(WISC-VUK)
Psychologists Only
US Norms
Wide Range 5:0 – 90:11 Pearson 6 core subtests measuring
Assessment of Assessment Verbal Memory, Visual Memory
Memory & 2003 and Attention/Concentration; 2
Learning: optional delay recall subtests; 4
Second Edition optional recognition subtests; 3
(WRAML2) optional memory subtests.
See FAQ 7 re
Qualification Levels
US Norms
Woodcock- 2 - 90+ Riverside For SASC Guidance click here.
Johnson IV Tests Insights
of Cognitive 2014
Abilities (WJ IV
COG)
See FAQ 7 re
Qualification Levels
US Norms

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COGNITIVE PROFILE: PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS,

PHONOLOGICAL MEMORY, RAPID NAMING*

For information on the range and type of tests to include in each section of an
assessment, please see the Pre-16 Report Format updated-May 22 (click here).
*Rapid Naming also overlaps with processing speed

TEST AGE PUBLISHER COMMENTS

RANGE

Feifer Assessment 4:0 – PAR, Inc Includes some appropriate

of Reading (FAR) 21:11 2015 phonological subtests.
See FAQ 7 re
Qualification Levels For SASC Guidance click here.
US Norms
Comprehensive 4:0 – Pearson Phonological Awareness ((Elision,
Test of 24:11 Assessment Blending Words, and Sound
Phonological 2013 Matching for 4-6:11 and Elision,
Processing: Second Blending Words, Phoneme
Isolation for 7:0-24:11);
Edition (CTOPP-2)
Phonological Memory (Memory for
See FAQ 7 re
Digits, Nonword Repetition for 4:0-
Qualification Levels
24:11); Rapid Symbolic Naming
US Norms (Rapid Digit Naming, Rapid Letter
Naming for 7:0-24:11); Rapid Non-
Symbolic Naming Composite
Score (Rapid Color Naming, Rapid
Object Naming for 4:0-6:11);
Alternate Phonological Awareness
(Blending Nonwords, Segmenting
Nonwords for 7:0 -24:11).
Intelligence and 5:0 – Hogrefe Ltd For SASC Guidance click here.
Development 20:11 2021
Scales Second (Tests of
Edition (IDS-2) Phonolog
Psychologists Only ical
UK Norms Awarene
ss, and
Psychom
otor Skills
are only
standardi
sed up to
10:11)
Kaufman Test of 4:0 – Pearson Includes some appropriate
Educational 25:11 Assessment phonological subtests.
Achievement: Third 2014
Edition (KTEA-3) For SASC Guidance click here
See FAQ 7 re
Qualification Levels

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US Norms

Phonological 5:0 – 11 GL Phonological Awareness

Assessment Battery Assessment (Alliteration, Rhyme, Blending,
(PHAB2) Primary 2014 Spoonerisms, Non-Word Reading,
See FAQ 7 re Phoneme Segmentation,
Qualification Levels Phoneme Deletion) Phonological
UK Norms Memory (Phonological Working
Memory) Rapid Naming and Word
Retrieval (Picture Naming, Digit
Naming, Fluency –retrieval of
phonological information from
long-term memory.
Rapid Automatized 5:0 – PRO-ED, Timed naming of letters,
Naming and Rapid 18:11 Inc numbers, objects, colours, and
Alternating 2005 of alternating stimuli (e.g. letters
Stimulus Test and numbers, or letters,
(RAN/RAS) numbers and colours).
See FAQ 7 re
Qualification Levels US
Norms
TAPS-4: A 5:0 – Academic For SASC Guidance click here.
Language 21:11 Therapy
Processing Skills Publications
Assessment 2018
See FAQ 7 re
Qualification Levels US
Norms
Test of Information 5:0- American Verbal and written generation of
Processing Skills 80:00 Therapy word lists to test semantic
(TIPS) and older Publications fluency.
See FAQ 7 re 2009
Qualification Levels
US Norms
Woodcock-Johnson 2 - 90+ Riverside For SASC Guidance click here.
IV Tests of Insights
Cognitive 2014
Abilities (WJ IV
COG)
See FAQ 7 re
Qualification Levels
US Norms

COGNITIVE PROFILE: PROCESSING SPEED

For information on the range and type of tests to include in each section of an
assessment, please see the Pre-16 Report Format updated-May 22 (click here).

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TEST AGE PUBLISHER COMMENTS

RANGE

Intelligence and 5:0 – Hogrefe Ltd For SASC Guidance click here.
Development Scales 20:11 2021
Second Edition (IDS-2) (Tests
Psychologists Only of
UK Norms Phonolo
gical
Awaren
ess, and
Psycho
motor
Skills
are only
standar
dised up
to
10:11)
Symbol Digit 8:0 - Western For SASC Guidance click here.
Modalities Test 78:11 Psychological
(SDMT) Services
See FAQ 7 re 1973
Qualification Levels
Wechsler Intelligence 6:0 – Pearson Processing Speed (Symbol
Scale for Children: 16:11 Assessment Search, Coding,
Fifth UK Edition 2014 Cancellation).
(WISC-VUK)
Psychologists Only
UK Norms
Woodcock-Johnson IV 2 - 90+ Riverside For SASC Guidance click here.
Tests of Cognitive Insights
Abilities (WJ IV COG) 2014
See FAQ 7 re Qualification
Levels
US Norms

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TESTS FOR EXPLORING MOTOR COORDINATION

For information on the range and type of tests to use for assessing motor
coordination, please see SASC Guidance on the assessment and identification of
Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) / Dyspraxia March 2020 (click here).

TEST AGE PUBLISHER COMMENTS

RANGE
Beery-Buktenica 2:0-100:11 Pearson Updated norms
Developmental Test of Visual- Assessment for 2-18 years.
Motor Integration: Sixth 2010 Norms for 19 -
Edition (Beery VMI) 100 years have
See FAQ 7 re Qualification not been updated
Levels in the Sixth
US Norms Edition.
Detailed Assessment of 9:0 – 16:0 Pearson Graphic Speed
Speed of Handwriting (DASH) Assessment test and
See FAQ 7 re Qualification 2007 Copywriting tests
Levels (Copy Best and
UK Norms Copy Fast).

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Developmental Test of Visual 11:0 – 79:11 PRO-ED, Inc The previous

Perception Adolescent and 2021 edition
Adult (DTVP-A:2) (Developmental
Test of Visual
See FAQ 7 re Qualification
Perception -
Levels
Adolescent and
US Norms
Adult DTVP-A)
can be used in
assessments until
the end of
December 2023.

For SASC
Guidance click
here.
Developmental Test of Visual 4:0-12:11 PRO-ED, Inc For SASC
Perception, Third Edition 2013 Guidance click
(DTVP-3) here.
See FAQ 7 re Qualification
Levels
US Norms
Intelligence and Development 5:0 – 20:11 Hogrefe Ltd For SASC
Scales Second Edition (IDS-2) (Tests of 2021 Guidance click
Phonological here.
Psychologists Only
Awareness,
UK Norms
and
Psychomotor
Skills are
only
standardised
up to 10:11)

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ATTAINMENT: READING

For information on the range and type of tests to include in each section of an
assessment, please see the Pre-16 Report Format updated-May 22 (click here).

TEST AGE PUBLISHER COMMENTS

RANGE

Academic 4:0 – PAR, Inc For SASC Guidance click

Achievement Battery 85:11 2014 here.
(AAB)
See FAQ 7 re Qualification
Levels US Norms
Feifer Assessment of 4:0 – PAR, Inc For SASC Guidance click
Reading (FAR) 21:11 2015 here.
See FAQ 7 re Qualification
Levels US Norms
Gray Oral Reading 6:0 – PRO-ED, Oral reading of a series of
Tests: Fifth Edition 23:11 Inc short passages. Measures
(GORT5) 2012 Rate, Accuracy, Fluency
See FAQ 7 re Qualification and Comprehension.
Levels
US Norms
Gray Silent Reading 7:0 – PRO-ED, Silent reading of a series of
Tests (GSRT) 25:11 Inc short passages. Measures
See FAQ 7 re Qualification 2000 Comprehension.
Levels
US Norms
Kaufman Test of 4:0 – Pearson For SASC Guidance click
Educational 25:11 Assessment here.
Achievement: Third 2014
Edition (KTEA-3)
See FAQ 7 re Qualification
Levels
US Norms
Single Word Reading 6:00 – GL Sold to schools. Also to
Test (SWRT) 16:11 Assessment independent assessors as
See FAQ 7 re Qualification 2007 part of YARC Primary /
Levels Secondary (2007).
UK Norms
Test of Silent Word 6:3 – PRO-ED, Inc Students are presented with
Reading Fluency: 24:11 2014 rows of words with no
Second Edition spaces appear between the
(TOSWRF2) word. Students are given 3
See FAQ 7 re Qualification minutes to draw a line
Levels between the boundaries of
US Norms as many words as possible.
4 parallel forms.

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Test of Word Reading 6:0 – PRO-ED, Inc Timed measures of fluency

Efficiency: Second 24:11 2011 in reading real and
Edition (TOWRE-2) nonsense words. 4 parallel
See FAQ 7 re Qualification forms.
Levels
US Norms
Wechsler Individual 4:0 – Pearson For SASC Guidance *and
Achievement Test: 25:11 Assessment further information on age
Third Edition (UK 2017 range and norms for this test
(WIAT-IIIUK) Norms)* click here.
The qualification level
for this battery has
changed to B
UK Norms*

Wechsler Individual 4:00 – Pearson For SASC Guidance click

Achievement Test: 25:11 Assessment here.
Third Edition UK for 2018
Teachers
(WIAT-IIIUK-T)
See FAQ 7 re
Qualification Levels
UK Norms
Wide Range 5:0 – 85+ Pearson For SASC Guidance click
Achievement Test: Assessment here.
Fifth Edition (WRAT5) 2017
See FAQ 7 re Qualification
Levels
US Norms
Woodcock Reading 4:6 – Pearson Measures Accuracy, Oral
Mastery Tests: Third 79:11 Assessment Reading Fluency, Word
Edition 2011 Attack, Word
(WRMT-III) Comprehension and
See FAQ 7 re Qualification Passage Comprehension.
Levels Two parallel forms.
US Norms
Woodcock-Johnson IV 2:0-90+ Riverside For SASC Guidance click
Tests of Achievement: Insights here.
UK & Ireland Edition (WJ 2014
IV ACH)
See FAQ 7 re
Qualification Levels
US Norms but content
adapted for UK
York Assessment of 4:0-7:11 GL Letter/sound knowledge,
Reading for (Early Assessment Word recognition, Phoneme
Comprehension (Early years) 2009 awareness, Decoding
Years and Primary) 5:0-11:11 (reading accuracy), Fluency
(YARC) (Primary) (reading rate), Text
See FAQ 7 re comprehension (literal and
Qualification Levels inferential)

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UK Norms
York Assessment of 11:0- GL Decoding (reading
Reading for 16:11 Assessment accuracy), Fluency (reading
Comprehension 2009 rate), Text (passage
(Secondary) (YARC) reading) comprehension
See FAQ 7 re (literal and inferential).
Qualification Levels
UK Norms

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ATTAINMENT: SPELLING
For information on the range and type of tests to include in each section of an
assessment, please see the Pre-16 Report Format updated-May 22 (click here).

TEST AGE PUBLISHER COMMENTS

RANGE

Academic 4:0 – PAR, Inc For SASC Guidance click here.

Achievement Battery 85:11 2014
(AAB)
See FAQ 7 re Qualification
Levels
US Norms
Feifer Assessment of 4-22 PAR Inc
Writing (FAW) 2020 For SASC Guidance click here.
See FAQ 7 re
Qualification Levels
US Norms
Kaufman Test of 4:0 – Pearson For SASC Guidance click here.
Educational 25:11 Assessment2
Achievement: Third 014
Edition
(KTEA-3)
See FAQ 7 re Qualification
Levels
US Norms
Helen Arkell Spelling 5:0 - Helen Arkell Accuracy in single word
Test: Version 2 Adult Dyslexia spelling. Two parallel forms.
(HAST-2) Centre
See FAQ 7 re Qualification 2012
Levels
UK Norms
Wechsler Individual 4:0 – Pearson For SASC Guidance *and
Achievement Test: 25:11 Assessment further information on age
Third Edition (UK 2017 range and norms for this test
(WIAT-IIIUK) Norms)* click here.
The qualification level
for this battery has
changed to B
UK Norms*

Wechsler Individual 4:0 – Pearson For SASC Guidance click here.

Achievement Test: 25:11 Assessment2
Third Edition UK for 018
Teachers
(WIAT-IIIUK-T)
See FAQ 7 re Qualification
Levels
UK Norms

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Wide Range 5:0 – Pearson For SASC Guidance click here.

Achievement Test: 85:11 Assessment2
Fifth Edition 017
(WRAT5)
See FAQ 7 re Qualification
Levels
US Norms
Woodcock-Johnson IV 2:0 - Riverside For SASC Guidance click here.
Tests of Achievement: 90:11 Insights
UK & Ireland Edition (WJ 2014
IV ACH)
See FAQ 7 re
Qualification Levels
US Norms but content
adapted for UK

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ATTAINMENT: WRITING
For information on the range and type of tests to include in each section of an
assessment, please see the Pre-16 Report Format updated-May 22 (click here).

TEST AGE PUBLISHER COMMENTS

RANGE

Academic 4:0 – PAR, Inc For SASC Guidance click here.

Achievement Battery 85:11 2014
(AAB)
See FAQ 7 re Qualification
Levels
US Norms
Detailed Assessment 9:0 – Pearson The subtests examine fine
of Speed of 16:0 Assessment motor and precision skills
Handwriting 2007 (Graphic Speed), the speed of
(DASH) producing well known symbolic
See FAQ 7 re Qualification material (Alphabet), the ability
Levels to alter speed of performance
on two tasks with identical
UK Norms
content (Copy Best and Copy
Fast) and free writing
competency (10-minute Free
Writing). 
Feifer Assessment of 4-22 PAR Inc
Writing (FAW) 2020 For SASC Guidance click here.
See FAQ 7 re
Qualification Levels
US Norms
Kaufman Test of 4:0 – Pearson For SASC Guidance click here.
Educational 25:11 Assessment
Achievement: Third 2014
Edition (KTEA-3)
See FAQ 7 re Qualification
Levels
US Norms
Test of Written 9:0 - PRO-ED, Inc 7 subtests. Vocabulary
Language: Fourth 17:11 2007 (writing sentences that
Edition (TOWL4) incorporate given words,)
See FAQ 7 re Qualification Spelling (writing sentences
Levels from dictation), Punctuation
US Norms (writing sentences from
dictation), Logical Sentences
(editing illogical sentences
so they make sense),
Sentence Combining
(integrating the meaning of
short sentences into a single
sentence), Contextual
Conventions (writing a story–

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evaluated for orthography

and grammar), and Story
Composition (writing a story
– evaluated for vocabulary,
plot, prose, character
development and interest)
Woodcock-Johnson IV 2:0 - Riverside For SASC Guidance click here.
Tests of Achievement UK 90+ Insights
& Ireland Edition (WJ IV 2014
ACH)
See FAQ 7 re
Qualification Levels
US Norms but content
adapted for UK

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ATTAINMENT: MATHEMATICS
For information on the range and type of tests to use for assessing mathematics
difficulties, please see SASC Guidance on Assessment of Dyscalculia and Maths
Difficulties (click here).

TEST AGE PUBLISHER COMMENTS

RANGE

Academic 4:0 – PAR Inc 2014 For SASC Guidance click here.
Achievement Battery 85:11
(AAB)
See FAQ 7 re Qualification
Levels
US Norms
Feifer Assessment of 4:0 – PAR, Inc For SASC Guidance click here.
Mathematics 21:11 2016
(FAM)
See FAQ 7 re Qualification
Levels
US Norms
Feifer Assessment of 4:0 – PAR, Inc For SASC Guidance click here.
Mathematics 21:11 2016
(FAM) Screening Form
See FAQ 7 re Qualification
Levels
US Norms
Kaufman Test of 4:0 – Pearson For SASC Guidance click here.
Educational 25:11 Assessment
Achievement: Third 2014
Edition (KTEA-3)
See FAQ 7 re Qualification
Levels
US Norms

Key Maths3UK 6:0 - Pearson Includes a numeracy

See FAQ 7 re 16:11 Assessment subtest that uses dot arrays,
Qualification Levels UK pictures, counting, and
UK Norms numbers to explore
subitising, symbolic and non
symbolic magnitude
comparisons, and ordering
and basic addition.

Test of Basic 7:05- Oxford For SASC Guidance click here.

Arithmetic and 11:05 University
Numeracy Skills Press
(TOBANS) 2012
See FAQ 7 re

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Qualification Levels
UK Norms
Wechsler Individual 4:0 – Pearson UK norms go up to 25.11
Achievement Test:Third 25:11 Assessment For SASC Guidance *and
Edition UK (WIAT-IIIUK) (UK 2017 further information on age
The qualification level Norms*) range and norms for this test
for this battery has click here.
changed to B
UK Norms*
Wide Range 5:0 – Pearson For SASC Guidance click here.
Achievement Test: 85:0 + Assessment
Fifth Edition 2017
(WRAT5)
See FAQ 7 re Qualification
Levels
US Norms
Woodcock-Johnson IV 2:0 - Riverside For SASC Guidance click here.
Tests of Achievement: 90:11 Insights
UK & Ireland Edition (WJ 2014
IV ACH)
See FAQ 7 re
Qualification Levels
US Norms but content
adapted for UK

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TESTS/SCREENERS FOR EXPLORING SENSE OF

NUMBER
This is not a list of tests to be used to measure maths attainment. It is a list which
can be used in addition to attainment tests (listed in Attainment: Mathematics above)
to explore sense of number. It is essential that the SASC Guidance on Assessment
of Dyscalculia and Maths Difficulties (click here) is read to understand when and why
the tests below should be used for exploring sense of number.

TEST AGE PUBLISHER COMMENTS

RANGE

Basic Number 6:0-12:11 Hodder For Comparison of Tests of

Screening Test: Education Sense of Number click here.
Fourth Edition 2017
See FAQ 7 re
Qualification Levels
UK Norms
Dynamo Maths 6:0-15:11 Jelly James For Comparison of Tests of
Developmental years Publishing Sense of Number click here.
Dyscalculia Ltd
Assessment 2015
See FAQ 7 re
Qualification Levels
UK Norms
Dyscalculia Screener 6:0-14:11 GL For Comparison of Tests of
See FAQ 7 re Assessment Sense of Number click here.
Qualification Levels
UK
Developed in UK
Feifer Assessment of 4:0 – end PAR, Inc For Comparison of Tests of
Mathematics (FAM) of 21st year 2016 Sense of Number click here.
See FAQ 7 re
Qualification Levels
US Norms
KeyMaths3UK 6:0-16:11 Pearson For Comparison of Tests of
See FAQ 7 re Assessment Sense of Number click here.
Qualification Levels 2014
UK
Developed in UK
Test of Basic 7:05- Oxford For SASC Guidance click here.
Arithmetic and 11:05 University
Numeracy Skills Press
(TOBANS) 2012
See FAQ 7 re
Qualification Levels
UK Norms

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The Learning 2:0-10:11 Sage For Comparison of Tests of

Framework in Publications Sense of Number click here.
Number (LFIN). Ltd
Pedagogical Tools 2018
for Assessment and
Instruction / Maths
Recovery Interview
Schedules
See FAQ 7 re
Qualification Levels
Developed in Australia
More Trouble with 7:0- 59:11 Routledge For Comparison of Tests of
Maths: A Compete 2017 Sense of Number click here.
Manual to Identify
and Diagnose
Mathematical
Difficulties: Second
Edition)
See FAQ 7 re
Qualification Levels
UK Norms
More Trouble with 7:0- 59:11 Routledge For Comparison of Tests of
Maths: A Compete 2020 Sense of Number click here.
Manual to Identify
and Diagnose
Mathematical
Difficulties: Third
Edition)
See FAQ 7 re
Qualification Levels
UK Norms
Numeracy Screener Grades 1- Numerical For Comparison of Tests of
See FAQ 7 re 3 (UK Cognition Sense of Number click here.
Qualification Levels equivalent Laboratory
Canadian Norms Upper 2013
Year 1 –
Year 4)

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SUPPLMENTARY TESTS THAT MEET STANDARDISATION

CRITERIA
These tests may be used at the discretion of the assessor to provide additional
information relevant to the candidate’s profile.

TEST AGE PUBLISHER COMMENTS

RANGE

British Picture 3:00 – GL Test of receptive vocabulary

Vocabulary Scale: 16:11 Assessment
Third Edition 2009
(BPVS3)
See FAQ 6 re
Qualification Levels
UK Norms
Expressive 2:6-90+ Pearson Test of expressive
Vocabulary Test: Third Assessment2 vocabulary and word retrieval
Edition (EVT-3) 019 based on words in Standard
American English. 
For SASC Guidance click here.
Test of 12:0 - PRO-ED, Inc Single-word expressive
Adolescent/Adult 80:11 2015 language tests to assess
Word Finding: Second word finding problems in
Edition (TAWF-2) adolescents and adults
See FAQ 7 re Qualification
Levels
US Norms

Wordchains 7:0-18+ GL Two subtests: Letterchains and

See FAQ 7 re Assessment Wordchains. Students are
Qualification Levels 1999 presented with chains of letters
UK Norms or words, with no spaces
between the letters or words.
Students are given 90 seconds
to draw a line between as many
groups of similar letters as
possible. Then 3 minutes to
draw a line between as many
words as possible. Useful
where there are visual
processing speed issues.

Wordchains is no longer
being published. It will be
withdrawn from this list at the
end of December 2024.

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