Zat Phonics Test is designed to support the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check, but is also a great tool to support children with their Phonics decoding when reading. Use phonics audio to check if you are sounding each word out. Zat Phonics has a range of different phonics tests:
Free Phonics Content:
Introduction Test (5) = Mixed real and alien words (22 in set).
Purchasable Phonics Content pack includes:
Level 1 Test (10) = mixed constant digraphs and simple words (50 in set)
Level 2 Test (10) = mixed complex words,frequent vowel and additional constant digraphs (50 in set)
Level 3 Test (10) = mixed trigraphs, less frequent and split digraph words (50 in set)
Alien Test (10) = mixed only alien (non-sense) words (50 in set)
Mini Test (10) = mixed real and alien words (85+ in set)
Full Test (40) = mixed real and alien words (190+ in set)
Why is there a UK phonics screening check?
The phonics screening check is an assessment to confirm whether children have learnt phonic decoding to an appropriate standard.
This test is undertaken in all UK state schools in Year 1 and for children in year 2 who did not meet the year 1 standard.
The phonics screening check is a short and simple assessment of phonic decoding. It consists of a list of 40 words, half real words and half alien (non-words), which children read.
Alien words (made up words) are included because they will be new to all children, so there won’t be a bias to those with a good vocabulary knowledge or visual memory of words. Children who can read non-words should have the skills to decode almost any unfamiliar word. The pass mark has remained the same over the past years: 32 words out of 40 (80%).