Subjects Assessment

Bringing together 40 years of assessment expertise

RS Assessment from Hodder Education is the assessment provider with a reassuring history. We bring together expertise and resources from Rising Stars (leading provder of assessments for over 11,000 primary schools) and Hodder Education (provider of rigorous assessment for over 40 years). We know that all schools are different, so we've worked with the very best assessment experts and teachers across the country to create reliable assessments to suit a range of needs, including:

Cost-effective light-touch tools to check gaps in learning

Print and interactive standardised tests to measure progress against national averages

SATs-style tests to prepare children for national test success

Evidence-based SEN tools to identify and address the needs of all children

Our assessments are always evaluated independently, written by expert authors and designed to reduce teacher workload as far as possible.

We know that an assessment is only as valuable as the outcomes and insights it provides. That's why we're continually improving the free reports we offer on MARK (My Assessment and Reporting Kit) to help teachers make reliable judgements about learning and adapt future teaching. We've already helped teachers to analyse over 2 million tests on MARK, and look forward to helping teachers to analyse many more!

Find out more about our range of primary assessments below.
For secondary resources, visit the Hodder Education website.

Learn more about our digital assessments and online resources here.

All Series

MARK (My Assessment and Reporting Kit)

MARK (My Assessment and Reporting Kit) is the powerful online platform that helps teachers to get more from their assessments.

Question Bank

A simple online test builder for Years 1 to 6 with all new curriculum questions - 30-day free trial available.

NTS Assessments

Termly, standardised, SATs-style progress tests, designed to benchmark maths and reading progress and attainment against national averages, whilst reliably measuring progress of pupils in Years 1 to 6.

New PiRA

Termly standardised reading tests to benchmark performance against national averages and accurately measure and predict progress.

New PUMA

Termly standardised maths tests to benchmark performance against national averages and accurately measure and predict progress.

GAPS

Termly standardised GPS tests to benchmark performance against national averages and accurately measure and predict progress.

Optional Tests

Three sets of reliable SATs-style tests for Years 1 to 6 in GPS, reading and maths to assess against national expectations.

Progress Tests (New Second Edition)

Half-termly tests in GPS, reading, maths and science to identify gaps in learning.

Salford Sentence Reading Test

Provides three parallel forms, gives standardised scores as well as reading ages, includes an optional new measure of reading comprehension, and extends the test ‘ceiling’ for less able readers to 13+.

SNAP (Special Needs Assessment Profile)

Online tool to profile specific learning difficulties and behavioural difficulties.

Diagnostic Reading Analysis

Basic Number Screening Test

A quick, reliable assessment, focusing on children’s understanding of number and number operations.

Computing Assessment Tasks

Flexible tasks to embed and assess the computing curriculum.

Wellbeing and Attitudes to Learning: Survey and Strategies

Identify barriers to learning and improve pupils’ positivity, motivation and resilience at school

Writing Assessment Tasks

Engaging tasks to assess and moderate writing with confidence.

Rising Stars 'I can' Statements

Child-friendly progression statements to support self-evaluation and formative assessment.

Rising Stars Progression Frameworks

Whole school frameworks which break down the curriculum into individual statements with "what to look for" guidance.

ART (Access Reading Tests)

Wide-ranging assessment to identify strengths and weaknesses in key reading skills.

AMT (Access Reading Tests)

Wide-ranging assessment to identify strengths and weaknesses in key maths skills.

PUMA KS3

Termly standardised maths tests to benchmark performance for KS3 against national averages and accurately measure and predict progress.

PiRA KS3

Termly standardised reading tests to benchmark performance for KS3 against national averages and accurately measure and predict progress.

MaLT (Mathematics Assessment for Learning and Teaching)

A standardised maths assessment for ages 5–14, used for screening, monitoring and tracking progress, as well as for individual diagnostic profiling.

MARK Plus

Gain a deeper insight into your pupil and whole-school performance data and compare against similar schools nationally.

Shine: Targeted Interventions for Primary

Deliver tailored individual, small group and whole class intervention activities for the areas of weakness demonstrated in your pupils’ diagnostic test results from New PiRA, New PUMA and NTS Assessments.

Save time with the FREE easy-to-use reports included with our tests

Many of our assessments come with FREE online reports made available through our online reporting tool, MARK (My Assessment and Reporting Kit).

Easily enter paper test scores into the online marksheets
Quickly analyse gaps in learning to inform targeted teaching
Generate reports for classes, groups and schools to show pupil progress and attainment

Expert advice and updates on primary assessment

Visit our assessment community website for a wealth of free information and advice from our team of new curriculum assessment experts. Choose 'Assessment' as an interest area in your My Rising Stars account to never miss an assessment announcement.

Download FREE assessment resources

Head to our free resources area to view samples of many of our assessment resources. You can also download our free Progression Frameworks for English, mathematics, science, computing, history and geography.