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.

"We found the test process very clear and accessible to use and the information received at the end of the tests was extremely valuable."

Literacy Coordinator, Coopers School

“I've just scheduled tests for my entire Year 7 cohort. It's taken me four minutes. That's amazing and so much quicker than we'd ever be able to sort it with our previous assessment software."

Assistant Head, Kings Langley School

An introduction to our Reading Test

Watch our short video to learn more about how Bedrock's Reading Test can support literacy outcomes in your school or trust.

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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Granular data insights

Easily identify learners’ areas of strength and weakness, empowering you to implement targeted interventions, track progress, and align strategies for enhanced reading outcomes.

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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.

Data and Reporting

Explore how our data and reporting provides you with all the insights you need to improve reading comprehension and literacy outcomes in your school or trust.

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Detailed perfomance insights

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Pinpoint learners’ strengths and weaknesses with a full breakdown of subskill performance. Track individual learners, classes, or year groups' progress over time, helping you evaluate the effectiveness of your literacy strategy.

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Easily accessible data

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All teachers with a Bedrock account can access the test data, enabling them to tailor their teaching approaches based on identified needs and performance trends; data is easily exportable in CSV format for your analysis.

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Reporting features

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Reporting covers the three key subskills: - Direct Meaning - Whole-Text Understanding - Indirect Meaning Data is fully customisable by micropopulation and includes metrics such as Standard Age Score, Reading Age, and more.

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Exportable data

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Tailor reporting to the needs of your school or trust with exportable data available via CSV. Data includes: - Stanine Scores - National Percentile Rank - Standard Age Score - SAS Confidence Bands - Reading Age - Reading Age Confidence Bands - Micropopulation Information - Subskill Ability - Micropopulation

An introduction to our data and reporting

Watch this short video to learn more about our Reading Test's data and reporting functionality.

Not sure which test is right for you? View our reading test comparison guide to find the right test for your school.

Learn how we developed our 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

Reading Test Subscription Options

We want you to have more money in your budget to spend on actually improving literacy, not just testing it. If you are an existing Bedrock customer, you will be eligible for 50% off our standard Reading Test prices.

Existing Customers - £2 per test, or £5 per learner for uncapped testing.

Reading Test Only - £4 per test, or £10 per learner for uncapped testing.

Not an existing Bedrock customer? Book a conversation with one of our team to discuss the best option for your school.

I'd like to buy Bedrock's Reading Test!

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