Press ReleasesOur recent press releases are available below.
June 2009 GL Assessment responds to Sir Jim Rose's Review into Dyslexia 25 June 2009 – GL Assessment welcomes Sir Jim Rose’s review into dyslexia and the Government’s commitment to £10 million to fund specialist teaching and support for children with dyslexia and literacy difficulties.
April 2009 GL Assessment launches new test series to check spelling is on track 23 April 2009 – GL Assessment has today published a new edition of its well- established spelling test series, the British Spelling Test Series 2 (BSTS2) for 6 to 13 year olds. The new edition is designed to play an important role in checking that spelling attainment is on track, supporting teachers in their own assessment of their pupils’ attainment and highlighting where additional support is needed for those pupils for whom spelling is especially difficult.
March 2009 GL Assessment personalises literacy with Metametrics' Lexile Framework for Reading 30 March 2009 – GL Assessment, in partnership with MetaMetrics®, Inc., is bringing The Lexile Framework® for Reading to the UK with the enhancement to its Progress in English (PIE) assessment for seven to 11 year olds. Highly successful in the US for boosting children’s achievement in literacy, the Lexile Framework allows for more detailed grading of text than a reading age or key stage level indicators that are widely used by schools and publishers today. The 400,000 UK children who currently take PIE tests each year will be able to benefit from the Lexile Framework straight away.
New test launched to boost primary reading and comprehension: The York Asssessment of Reading for Comprehension 5 March 2009 - GL Assessment has unveiled a new suite of standardised, paper-based reading assessments for use in primary schools. The York Assessment of Reading for Comprehension (YARC) is designed to support schools in monitoring children’s development of key literacy skills from ages four to 11. Developed in partnership with experts in reading at the University of York, the assessments enable teachers to assess young readers’ phonic and alphabetic skills and track the progress of children’s reading and reading comprehension across the primary years.
January 2009 Secondary heads free to share responsibility for school improvement 13 January 2009 - The Skills Factory will unveil a new version of its highly successful online school self-evaluation system, schoolcentre.net, on stand C50 at BETT 2009. The new edition contains the Departmental SEF feature, a tool that enables individual departments of a school to complete Part A (the Evaluation questions) of the Ofsted Self Evaluation Form (SEF) relating to their specific department.
Let's Think! Handbook supports thinking in primary schools 8 January 2009 - GL Assessment has today unveiled the Let’s Think! Handbook - a comprehensive guide for headteachers, local authority advisors and professional development providers looking to implement thinking programmes in primary schools.
December 2008 GL Assessment's Dyslexia Portfolio is a must for teachers and SENCOs 01 December 2008 - GL Assessment has today unveiled the Dyslexia Portfolio, a series of short diagnostic and attainment tests that is set to transform the way children with dyslexia are assessed and then supported in the classroom. Authored by Martin Turner, the Dyslexia Portfolio provides a comprehensive profile of a pupil who is experiencing difficulties in literacy learning or is giving cause for concern that he or she may be dyslexic. It is the third publication in GL Assessment’s popular dyslexia series, after the Dyslexia Screener and Dyslexia Guidance.
September 2008 GL Assessment breaks US market with major new partnership 29 September 2008 - GL Assessment, the UK’s leading independent provider of tests and assessment services for education, has announced that its Progress in English Digital and Progress in Maths Digital assessments are to be used in schools across the United States in a major partnership between themselves, The American Education Corporation (AEC) and MetaMetrics™, Inc.
July 2008 Sherston, BlackCat and SEMERC acquired by BLI 28 July 2008 - Sherston Publishing Group, BlackCat Software and SEMERC have been sold by a Granada Learning associate business to the BLI Group, which also owns TAG Learning and Economatics Education.
April 2008 GL Assessment announces partnership with Usborne to boost children's literacy 14 April 2008 - GL Assessment has announced a partnership with leading children's publisher, Usborne. The agreement will see a wide range of popular Usborne books published with a new type of classification, called a Lexile measure, clearly visible on the cover. The Lexile Framework for Reading™ is set to become a new benchmark for assessing children's books as it allows for a more detailed grading of text difficulty than the standard reading age or Key Stage levels that are widely used by schools and publishers today.
March 2008 SEMERC’S A Busy Day wins Education Resources Award 1 March 2008 - SEMERC’s A Busy Day has won the award for the Best Special Education Resource Involving ICT at the Education Resources Awards (ERA) 2008. The win was announced at a gala dinner held in Birmingham on 29 February.
February 2008 GL Assessment strengthens pupils' thinking skills to improve literacy 28 February 2008 - GL Assessment has unveiled Let’s Think Through Literacy! on stand R11 at The Education Show, a programme designed to support nine to 11-year-olds in the development of key thinking skills that will help boost their achievement in literacy.
GL Assessment simplifies pupil testing in maths and science 28 February 2008 - GL Assessment is unveiling Measuring Success, a series of quick and easy assessments for five to 11-year-olds, on stand R11 at The Education Show. Launching in maths and science, Measuring Success will make it simpler for teachers to check their pupils’ progress in these key subjects throughout the year so that lessons can be personalised to support every child in achieving to the best of their ability.
January 2008 Granada Learning agrees sale of ASE to PreVisor 10 January 2008 - Granada Learning has announced the sale of ASE, its specialist provider of psychometric tests and business psychology consultancy solutions, to PreVisor.
GL Assessment transforms reading assessment with The Lexile Framework for Reading 9 January 2008 - Today at BETT 2008, GL Assessment announced a partnership with U.S.-based educational measurement company MetaMetrics™ Inc. to transform the way schools measure and monitor children’s reading abilities.
A new departure
for Assessment’s biggest name - nferNelson becomes 2 January 2008 - nferNelson, the UK’s biggest independent provider of educational assessment, is announcing at BETT 2008 that it has changed its name to GL Assessment.
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