[senco-forum] Testing reading

Dear Janice,
     We test reading comprehension and spelling for all children in years 7, 8, & 9 and reading comprehension using WRAT E in yr 10 - here I am looking to see who can't complete WRAT E in the set time to screen for any potential extra timers who may have slipped through the net.
  Janet

WrayJanice Wray <jwwray14 at hotmail.com> wrote:
  I'm just wondering really. We test reading using NFER Comprehension tests at the start and end of Years 7 and 8. 
Now, the children in the top sets for English don't really vary a great deal - up and down a little bit but nothing massive. I a,m just wondering whether it's actually worth testing these children again in Year 8 and whether to concentrate on testing the lower ability children and carry it on into Year 9 as well.
We're talking about it at HoFs on Wednesday night but I wondered what other schools did - do you test absolutely everybody or are you selective once the initial screening is done ?JaniceJanice Wray Secondary SENCO, Herts
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