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LITERACY<br />
Why use YARC Secondary?<br />
• YARC Secondary assesses the essential components of reading,<br />
providing valuable diagnostic insight into a student’s ability<br />
• It has been developed by the Centre for Reading and Language at the<br />
University of York, one of the UK’s leading centres for research into the<br />
nature and causes of reading and language difficulties<br />
• It is an appropriate assessment post- and pre- intervention offering an<br />
independent, objective assessment of effectiveness<br />
• YARC Secondary is an ideal tool for assessing reading (decoding) and<br />
comprehension skills in students with English as an Additional<br />
Language (EAL)<br />
• Separate scores are provided for summarisation and comprehension<br />
enabling you to examine profiles of strengths and weaknesses<br />
• It is ideal for Access Arrangements for GCSE and other national<br />
examinations<br />
a complete approach<br />
YARC Secondary in our portfolio<br />
YARC Secondary is an ideal follow-up assessment to the New<br />
Group Reading Test (NGRT) (pages 24–27). Whilst NGRT screens<br />
and monitors the reading ability of students on a group level to identify<br />
those with potential difficulties, YARC Secondary will enable you to<br />
carry out an in-depth, individual assessment of a student’s reading<br />
accuracy, fluency and comprehension skills across the secondary<br />
phase. The wealth of valuable diagnostic information provided by<br />
YARC Secondary can be used to inform timely and appropriate<br />
intervention strategies.<br />
Access Arrangements refer to the accommodations made by<br />
examination boards for students with special <strong>educational</strong> needs<br />
(SEN) and disabilities. Specific arrangements depend upon the nature<br />
and severity of the student’s difficulties. YARC Secondary is an ideal<br />
tool for assessing Access Arrangements for GCSE examinations at<br />
Key Stage 4. It provides a number of measures for this purpose:<br />
reading accuracy (Single Word Reading Test), reading rate (Passage<br />
Reading) and reading fluency (Reading Fluency).<br />
Like YARC Primary, YARC Secondary sits particularly well with our<br />
Dyslexia Portfolio (page 54) to identify pupils who are showing<br />
signs of dyslexia.<br />
Example passages, summarisation<br />
sheet and SWRT from YARC<br />
Secondary<br />
Contents: YARC Secondary Complete Set contains: Passage Reading test material,<br />
Passage Reading manual and Passage Reading Record Forms (15)<br />
Prices<br />
*+VAT<br />
YARC Passage Reading Secondary<br />
Complete Set 978 07087 20288/GLA500 £195.00*<br />
YARC Passage Reading Forms<br />
Secondary (Pack of 10) 978 07087 19626/GLA500 £21.70*<br />
YARC Secondary Overview GLA206 F.O.C<br />
Find your Area Consultant on pages 4– Tel: 084 602 1937 www.gl-assessment.co.uk 31