Bedrock's Reading Test

Boost literacy outcomes in your school

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Transform reading assessment into a powerful tool for literacy improvement.

Reading assessments should seamlessly integrate into a holistic literacy strategy—not just serve as a budget-draining tick-box exercise. While accurate testing, as recommended by Ofsted, is an essential tool to identify areas for improvement, it’s only part of the solution.

Our rigorous, standardised and cost-effective reading test provides you with all the insight you need to develop your literacy strategy and improve outcomes in your school.

With our Reading Test you can:

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Identify learners needing additional support.

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Monitor the progress and impact of interventions.

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Provide all teachers with reliable, actionable data on reading ability.

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Understand which subskills learners are struggling with.

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Internally and externally benchmark your learners to better understand their progress.

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Save money and effectively manage your testing budget.

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Save time on reading test administration and facilitation.

A new approach to reading assessment!

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A variety of question types

A variety of question types increases learner engagement, generating a more accurate and comprehensive assessment designed to test specific subskills.

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A selection of text types and genres

A selection of text types and genres, including poetry, classic literature, biographies and articles, provide a holistic assessment of reading skills aligned with age-related National Curriculum expectations.

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Set up tests for your whole school in just a few minutes

Save time on testing set up and reduce the number of staff needed to facilitate tests.

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Navigate interruptions and save money

Navigate interruptions, minimise token wastage and save money with our host of flexible features which allow you to pause & play, reschedule or void a test without incurring additional costs.

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Developed with Professors Jessie Ricketts and Kate Nation

Developed in collaboration with Professors Jessie Ricketts, Kate Nation and the University of Cambridge Psychometrics Centre. Our test is fully adaptive and standardised on over 11,283 pupils with national benchmarks and reporting across a range of metrics including subskill, Reading Age and Standard Age Score.

Watch our introduction to Bedrock's Reading Test

Find out more about our reporting and data insights

Not sure which Reading Test is right for you?

View our reading test comparison guide to find the right test for your school.

Find out more about how we developed Bedrock's Reading Test

Accurate reading assessments which deliver actionable data insights are critical to supporting literacy development in your school. Find out how we have developed the Bedrock Reading Test to ensure you have the data you need to develop and implement your literacy strategy.

Created by experts in reading and assessment

The ultimate goal of reading is for comprehension, so that we can read for enjoyment and to learn. Reading comprehension needs will present a barrier to learning so it is crucial that we use robust assessment approaches that allow us to identify reading comprehension needs.

Jessie Ricketts

Professor, Royal Holloway University of London, Reading & Language Development

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