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Access Arrangements

Assessment Materials for Access Arrangements

Suitable and Approved Tests for JCQ (GCSE/”A” Level) and C.I.E. (IGCSE) Access Arrangements
Form 8 Section C :

This section details the tests which may be used for determining a need for candidate access arrangements. If you are still unsure or have a specialist query you may contact our clinical assessment consultants for advice by using this link.

Reading Accuracy, Speed and/or Comprehension (Standard Scores below 85 or 16th Centile)
Wide Range Achievement Test - WRAT 5 or Hodder Oral Reading Test - HORT or Academic Achievement Battery - AAB or Diagnostic Reading Analysis - DRA
Writing Skills (Spelling Standard Score below 85 or 16th Centile)
Wide Range Achievement Test - WRAT 5 or Academic Achievement Battery - AAB or Graded Word Spelling Test - GWST
Evidence for Extra Time (Processing Speed)
Academic Achievement Battery - AAB or Diagnostic Reading Analysis - DRA

Suitable Tests for Key Stage 2 access arrangements

A1. Additional Time (Standard Score below 85 – Centile 16)
Academic Achievement Battery - AAB or Hodder Oral Reading Test - HORT or Diagnostic Reading Analysis - DRA
A2. Reading Speed
Academic Achievement Battery - AAB or Hodder Oral Reading Test - HORT or Diagnostic Reading Analysis - DRA
A5. Significant Discrepancy between cognitive/literacy scores as in A1 or A2
Wide Range Intelligence Test - WRIT or Slosson Full Range Intelligence Test -S-FRIT or Test of Non Verbal Intelligence - TONI-4
Eligibility for Reader (Reading Age below 9 years)
Academic Achievement Battery - AAB or Hodder Oral Reading Test - HORT or Diagnostic Reading Analysis - DRA
Eligibility for Transcript/Word Processor or Amanuensis (Scribe)
Academic Achievement Battery - AAB or Wide Range Achievement Test - WRAT 5 or Graded Word Spelling Test - GWST