quick guide - GL Assessment - GL Education

A complete approach to assessment…
Often, an assessment solution needs to involve a number of
assessments that together address a specific purpose or a particular
need. With this in mind, it does not make sense that we create
assessments that only work as single, separate resources. A more
joined up approach is required: one that focuses on assessments that
are able to gel together to satisfy a broad range of requirements.
GL Assessment strives to provide teachers and SENCOs with
assessments that can be used together effectively at different levels and
for particular purposes to suit their individual requirements. Throughout
this catalogue we have provided guidance on how our assessments can
be used together.
Focusing on the pupil as a whole…
In a continually changing educational landscape, it is clear that placing
the pupil at the centre of the learning process will be an enduring theme.
Personalised learning and concentrating on the pupil ‘as a whole’ will
continue.
Assessment must therefore do more than just focus on a pupil’s
academic ability alone. Our comprehensive portfolio reflects this by
providing assessments that:
• measure knowledge, understanding and progress
• measure ability and how children think in different situations and
contexts
• help diagnose and monitor special educational needs
• help identify and develop the social, cognitive and emotional skills
that are essential to a child’s personal and social development
• contribute to the understanding of children’s mental health
• focus on child development
• aid early identification and intervention of speech, language and
communication difficulties.
Assessment Services…
At GL Assessment, we understand that assessment is not just about
taking a test; it is about continually using assessment data to respond
quickly to the needs of every child at every stage of his/her learning and
development. We therefore take a very joined-up approach; one that
provides our customers with a comprehensive range of services that
ensures they can receive, interpret and use the assessment data to its
full potential.
Encompassing scoring, reporting, interpretation and analysis and
customised testing, our assessment services complement and extend
our portfolio of published tests and meet a wide variety of assessment
needs. They are available to single schools an academies as well as
local authorities, clusters, federations and other consortia of schools.
You will find further information on these assessment services
throughout the catalogue, demonstrating how they can help schools,
teachers and pupils alike.
Online Testing…
INTRODUCTION
Alongside government policy, technology is recognised as a main driver
for educational change. GL Assessment has pioneered a powerful
online testing system ‘Testwise’, which is used today by over half a
million children each year in the UK and over 100 countries worldwide.
Online testing removes the burden of test administration, whilst
delivering instant results and diagnostic reports at the touch of a button.
As a result, our digital assessment portfolio has grown accordingly with
many of our paper assessments available online, including our top five.
You will find further information on all of our digital assessments and the
benefits of online testing throughout the catalogue.
Our digital assessments portfolio encompasses:
• Cognitive Abilities Test Digital • Dyscalculia Screener Digital
• Dyslexia Screener Digital • New Group Reading Test Digital
• Progress in Maths Digital • Progress in English Digital
• Single Word Spelling Test Digital • Non-Verbal Reasoning Digital
• Suffolk Reading Scale Digital • Verbal Reasoning Digital.
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