English
EDI has now introduced its new interactive English assessments that cover all National Curriculum levels from level 1 to level 7, and level W working towards level 1. The higher levels are particularly useful for identifying pupils' strengths and weaknesses around the C/D boundary.
The assessments cover the skill areas of the English Curriculum with questions on the following topics:
- Word Recognition
- Word Structure
- Spelling
- Understanding and Interpreting Text
- Engage and Respond to Text
- Create and Shape Text
- Text Structure
- Sentence Structure
- Punctuation
- Presentation
Assessments are available that cover either two (20 questions) or three (30 questions) national curriculum levels. The assessments have been written against the new primary framework and the new KS3 framework. We provide reports that identify pupils’ strengths and weaknesses in the skills area of the national curriculum enabling teachers to focus on the creative side of the English curriculum. Individual reports provide 'can do' and 'target' statements. It has been shown that our assessments engage pupils, support the learning process and provide comprehensive monitoring of pupils’ progress.
English assessments are available to help teachers:
- Identify pupils’ strengths and weaknesses
- monitor progress throughout the year
- check understanding
- establish a baseline for target setting
In addition, marking is done automatically with the results presented in easy to read reports available in a matter of minutes.
There are two types of English assessment: National Curriculum progress assessments (NCPAs) and Focus assessments.
NCPAs allow teachers to assess their pupils against National Curriculum levels at Key Stages 1, 2 and 3. They have the optional facility of screening questions to determine the level of assessment for each individual pupil. Alternatively, fixed level assessments can be selected instead.
Skill area assessments check pupil understanding of specific topics such as punctuation at Key Stages 1 and 2 and text at Key Stage 3.
After an assessment is automatically marked, reports can be viewed and printed off for individual pupils and whole classes, reducing teacher workload and enabling full monitoring of pupils’ progress.
Assessment Builder
Teachers can custom make assessments from our extensive question banks choosing question by level, curriculum area and strands.
Sample Assessments
View a sample assessment for a Primary School
View a sample assessment for a Secondary School
