Progress in Reading Assessment Digital - PiRA Digital Basic CD-ROM

Summary:

The easy way to process all your PiRA assessment data and generate performance predictions from the PiRA pencil-and-paper tests - plus you can upgrade online to PiRA Digital Interactive to let some or all pupils take the tests fully onscreen!

PiRA Digital is available in two versions - Basic (supplied on CD-ROM) and Interactive (activated online after you have installed the Basic version).

Both versions are networkable and use the same core functionality and the same database. PiRA Digital Basic is for use in conjunction with the pencil-and-paper tests - to generate instant, accurate test score conversions and immediate reports, while also holding all of your PiRA performance data from term to term. The PiRA Digital Basic CD-ROM is a one-off purchase to use for as long, and with as many pupils, as you wish.

PiRA Digital Interactive does all this, and more! Crucially, it allows all of the PiRA tests to be taken independently on-screen, fully automating the scoring and diagnostic profiling. Having first purchased and installed PiRA Digital Basic, the Interactive upgrade is activated online, with pricing linked to school size (total number of pupils on roll) and discounts for smaller schools. Note: Interactive pricing is per two-year site licence.

IMPORTANT: In Basic mode, there is no licence period or limitation to the number of pupils you can assess - use it for as long, and with as many pupils, as you wish.

• The whole-school solution for use with all 20 PiRA tests - helps you get the most out of your PiRA assessment data: automatically calculates age/score conversions, generates individual and group reports, and keeps track of pupils' progress as they move through the primary school.

• Lets you predict pupils likely future progress, based on current performance.

• Keeps all your PiRA data in one place and lets you mix 'n' match: YOU chose whether to use the pencil-and-paper tests or whether to upgrade to PiRA Digital Interactive and let some or all pupils take the tests onscreen.

• Fully networkable and highly cost- and time-effective!

• The easy online upgrade to PiRA Digital Interactive automatically prices by school size (number of pupils on roll).

About the Author(s):

Colin McCarty is an experienced test developer and assessment consultant, and Kate Ruttle is Deputy Head, SENCO and Literacy Coordinator at a First school in Suffolk and an established children's reading book author/editor. As well as the Progress in Reading Assessment (PiRA) series, providing termly tests for use from Reception to Year 6, they co-wrote Assessing P Scale and Level 1-2 Performance and the Phonics and Early Reading Assessment (PERA) tests for use in Reception and Year 1.

Readership:
Primary schools