1. Assessment to improve outcomes

2. Improving Outcomes Gives a baseline e.g. language, listening
Shows progress in skills not assessed by school e.g. language skills
Gives professionals knowledge of how to differentiate the delivery of the curriculum e.g. written and oral

3. Choosing an assessment!
Diagnostic
Baseline
Gives age equivalent
Shows progress across key stages using standardised scores
Identifies difficulties in accessing the curriculum and strategies to put in place e.g. discrimination skills

4. Assessment – Early Years
Development Journal/Monitoring Protocol
Reynell – receptive and expressive language
Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamental (CELF – Pre school)
Renfrew Word Finding
Renfrew Bus Story
Renfrew Action Picture

5. Assessment – Early Years
Boehm
STASS – South Tyneside Assessment of Syntactic Structures
STAP – South Tyneside Assessment of Phonetics
BSL Expressive and Receptive Vocabulary
Video – Tait Analysis
Derbyshire Language Scheme

6. Assessment – Primary
Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamental (CELF)
British Picture Vocabulary Scale
Reynell
TROG – Test of Reception of Grammar
ACE – Assessment of Comprehension and Expression
STASS
STAP
British Sign Language Expressive and Receptive Vocabulary
Edinburgh Reading Test

7. Assessment – Secondary
Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamental (CELF)
British Picture Vocabulary Scale
TROG – Test of Reception of Grammar
ACE – Assessment of Comprehension and Expression
STASS
STAP
British Sign Language Expressive and Receptive Vocabulary
Edinburgh Reading Test

8. Assessments - Other Listening Skills
Discrimination skills e.g. Manchester Junior Word Lists
Pragmatics profile
Child’s Voice
Inclusion questionnaires
Strengths and Difficulties questionnaires
Target tracking e.g. % targets met

9. Exercise
Assessment Policies