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Advancing Primary Reading Assessments
Accurately measure understanding and monitor attainment with print and digital reading assessments for learners aged 5–11. Aligned with the Cambridge Primary English Curriculum.
Written by assessment experts and reviewed by teachers, curriculum experts and ESL specialists from across the globe, Advancing Primary Reading Assessments are aligned with the Cambridge Primary Reading Curriculum. Test up to three times in each academic year to accurately monitor attainment in reading and respond to learning needs in real time.
Target your teaching
Target your teaching
Identify strengths and areas for improvement at question level and by strand, for individual learners, a class group or your whole school. Generate instant reports in Boost Insights with Advancing Primary Reading assessment results:
- Individual Learner Reports provide an overview of each learner, as well as their performance at a strand level.
- Question-level Analysis Reports allow you to pinpoint areas of strengths and weaknesses among groups, classes and whole years.
Assessment Sample Pages
Take a look at some sample pages from Advancing Primary Reading Assessments.
This sample includes reading texts and corresponding questions from the following assessment extracts:
- Year 2, Traditional Tale: Flamingo and Zebra
- Year 4, Imagery Poem: Grandad
- Year 6, Fiction with a flashback: The Attic Run
What do teachers like about APR?
Interesting and engaging non-fiction text and [learners] liked the fiction text also. Prompts such as 'Look at the paragraph...' is helpful and the students liked that.
The Heritage Private School, Limassol, Cyprus Renata Bland, Class Teacher & KS2 English Co-ordinatorThe range of questions tests the various strands, checking not just explicit ability but also implicit
Ghana International School, Accra, Ghana Alice Schreyer, Curriculum Coordinator & Year 6 TeacherAge appropriate content keeping the students engaged. Shows students level of understanding.
Excelsior Academic College, Gauteng, South Africa Christable Conradie, Foundation Phase TeacherIt looks very familiar with what we are used to already... [I like] the font and font size.
Grange School, Lagos, Nigeria Adepeju Dinyo, Head of Learning and Teaching[I like] the variation in questioning and the visual representation.
Ghana International School, Accra, Ghana Selorm Yaw Fiakofi, Teacher
Align your whole-school teaching with Cambridge Primary English
Thanks to our partnership of more than 30 years, Hachette Learning continues to publish leading resources for Cambridge schools worldwide.
With Learner's Books, Teacher Guides and Workbooks, we recommend using our Cambridge Primary English print and digital teaching resources alongside your APR assessments.
Advancing Primary Mathematics
The perfect partner for your APR Assessments.
Learn more about Advancing Primary Mathematics, the print and digital assessment for ages 5-11.
Tailored to the Cambridge Primary Mathematics Curriculum.
About the Authors
Siobhan Skeffington
Siobhan has extensive experience in primary English as a classroom teacher, working with children of all age ranges over the past 28 years. She is also an author and an educational consultant and works on the KS1 and KS2 pre-tests, leading a team in KS1 and KS2 test development and attending Expert Review panels for English, maths and science. Siobhan writes, edits and reviews a variety of materials for the new curriculum. She has been a KS2 SATs marker and team leader for reading for 10 years.
Marie Lallaway
Marie teaches in a middle school and has extensive experience as a curriculum leader for English across KS2–KS4. As well as contributing to the development of materials for national tests, she has created assessment materials for reading, writing and grammar across KS1–KS3 and has led marking and reporting processes for SATs-style tests across KS2.
In addition, Advancing Primary Reading Assessments have been reviewed by an international panel of classroom teachers and ESL experts.
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