Progress in Reading Assessment (PiRA)
A major NEW series of reading tests mapped to APP and enabling term by- term progress assessment from Reception to Year 6!
‘I did all the testing and marking, so I have a thorough, independent and reliable picture of all the children in my small primary from term to term. Invaluable!’
Kathryn McMurtary, Tuddenham St Mary CE Primary School
‘It’s great to have the suite of tests to select from, and the table showing the spread of demand of each test, so I can pick what’s best for my G&T pupils.’
Debbie Brown, Hambridge Community Primary School, Somerset
‘Is it like last term, miss? Oh, good! - The stories were interesting. We liked doing them.’
Year 5 pupil
Progress in Reading Assessment (PiRA) is a standardised, curriculum-linked suite of tests designed for whole-class use and for pupils of all abilities. Uniquely, the series offers three tests for each primary school year, to monitor pupils’ progress term by term, and provides reliable, predictive and diagnostic information. Or, if you prefer, pick the test(s) you want, to give you maximum flexibility to assess just at the beginning or end of each year.
- Simple and quick to administer and mark – taking just 30 to 40 minutes to assess a whole class
- Standardised scores, NC levels and reading ages, plus a diagnostic profile which supports
- Assessing Pupil’s Progress (APP), will give you a wealth of information and make you more effective in managing learning in your classroom
- Attractively presented, to engage the children – the Key Stage One tests are produced in full colour.
- A decimalised PiRA scale score, based on the termly performance data of over 10,000 pupils nationally, lets you monitor small increments of progress and gives a reliable basis for predicting pupil progress and setting realistic targets
- A separate test is available for autumn, spring and summer terms for Years 1–6, and for the spring and summer terms in Reception
PiRA Digital CD-ROM
Unlock even more diagnostic information! If you are using the pencil-and-paper tests, this digital resource lets you analyse group performance (eg by class and/or gender), track pupil performance through the school and generate individual progress predictions. And if you want some or all of your pupil year groups to take the tests on-screen, in full c olour and with instant marking, with PiRA Digital you can unlock that fully interactive option too.
PiRA Digital provides a networkable scoring, profiling and analysis facility – for all twenty PiRA tests – which is not
time-limited: use it in conjunction with the pencil-and paper tests, with all of your pupils, for as long as you wish!
PiRA e-Inspection Specimen Sets
Click below to access e-Inspection copies of the PiRA Specimen Sets
For full information about the PiRA series, including PiRA DIGITAL, visit www.hoddertests.co.uk
