A light touch screener to identify strengths and challenges related to potential dyslexia for ages 4–15.
Quickly screen students using three short tests, which take a total of 15 minutes to complete.
The tests use an engaging game format to measure: phonological processing, working memory, and either visual-verbal integration memory (for children aged 4-7 years) or phonic decoding skills (for children aged 8 and over).
Administer the tests easily on our GL Ready online platform, with results available immediately in a simple, printable report.
Test manuals provide appropriate follow up support. Use CoPS (for ages 4–7 years) or LASS 8-11 (for ages 8–11) for more detailed assessment where needed.
Results from Rapid are automatically incorporated into CoPS and LASS follow-up assessments.
Many of the sub-tests in Rapid are adaptive, which means that their difficulty automatically adjusts to a child’s ability making assessment more accessible whilst ensuring accurate results.
Produced in accordance with the highest international test development standards, Rapid was standardised in 2019 on a sample of 1,107 children aged from 4 years to 15 years 11 months, drawn from 59 schools across the UK, and selected to give a nationally representative spread of school types, levels of achievement and socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
The results of Rapid automatically integrate into our more detailed cognitive profiling assessments, CoPS 4–7 and LASS 8–11, which can be used for in-depth understanding of those children you identify as requiring further investigation. You can also plan appropriate support and referrals guided by the test manuals.
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For children whose Rapid screening results report a high or moderate probability indicator, we recommend using either CoPS or LASS, depending on the child’s age. Both are designed to give a more detailed cognitive profile. Any results from Rapid will be automatically incorporated into these follow-up assessments.
Rapid’s probability scale is derived from standardised national norms, which means that the assessments compare the performance of children with that of others of the same age. If the children being screened have low general ability, there will be an increased likelihood of false positive results because Rapid does not take general ability into account.
In this case, we would recommend using CoPS or LASS, depending on the child’s age, which have more tests to provide more detailed information. LASS also includes a test of non-verbal reasoning that provides a comparison between a child’s actual performance and the performance that would be expected based on their intelligence.
We don’t generally recommend this.
Re-testing is highly likely to produce results that have been influenced in some way, making them less likely to be valid or reliable. However, exceptional situations may arise when you feel the need to re-administer one or more of the sub-tests in Rapid – this would typically be after at least six months to avoid the practice effect.
Yes, due to its visual format and minimal spoken instructions, Rapid is suitable for use with EAL children.
To answer the Races and Mobile phone sub-tests of auditory sequential memory, 4–7-year-olds will need to know the spoken form of English animal names, and 8–15-year-olds will need to know the digits 1–9 in spoken and written form.
Where there is uncertainty, a teacher or assistant who speaks the student’s first language can help to explain instructions.