[senco-forum] Assessing processing speed for extra time

Hi,

I use CTOPP for speed of processing for extra time, although mainly for
SATs. You can also pick out of a choice of four sub tests - no need to do
the whole battery. 

It should be possible to use it for GCSE (I can't think of a reason why
not!) although generally speaking by the time students arrive at GCSE they
already have a documented history of having extra time.

I think you will find that Communicate-Ed do suggest it - they certainly did
on the courses that I attended.

Laurie
Specialist Teacher
Hertswood School

-----Original Message-----
From: senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk
[mailto:senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of Janet Barlow
Sent: 22 January 2007 15:30
To: Barbara Horsfall Turner; senco-forum
Subject: Re: [senco-forum] Assessing processing speed for extra time

Dear Barbara,
      A bugbear of mine too I'm afraid. I don't think there really is
anything available to non-EPs. I have been on a number of Communicate-ed
courses and the nearest they've come to this is to suggest using the picture
naming and digit naming parts of the PHAB . I don't really like doing this
as I think it's a bit 'thin' but I do use it to go along with another proved
area of slowness e.g. writing speed or silent reading speed - to make a
better case for extra time. I wouldn't feel that I could allow extra time
solely based on this if all the other areas were within the 'average' range.

  I am still looking...

Barbara Horsfall Turner <barbht at saqnet.co.uk> wrote:
  We have been using Alcock timed writing to do this and altho it seems to
be
acceptable we're not really happy with it

Since the real reason for extra time has to be slow reading or slow
processing ( never mind what it says in the guidelines these are actually
the justifications) and since GCSE is aimed at the average pupil the
reading/processing has to be slower than average 

I've been asked to see if I can find out what others use as a measure of
processing speed ( no doubt I should have followed all the correspondance on
this topic so I apologise but please can you let me know! )

Barbara ht