Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD) assessment tools
SASC is a standard-setting group that promotes good practice and monitors standards for SpLD assessors and practitioners.
The SpLD Assessment Standards Committee (SASC) aims to support and advance standards in SpLD assessment, training, and practice and encourage improvements in best practices in the assessment of specific learning difficulties
STEC is a sub-committee of the SPLD Assessment Standards Committee (SASC). Its purpose is to provide guidance on assessment materials to SASC.
The list of suitable tests for the assessment of specific learning difficulties (SpLD) in Higher Education is a key part of the National Assessment Framework for Applications for Disabled Students' Allowances. The purpose of the list is to promote quality and consistency in the Disabled Students' Allowances (DSA) process.
We’ve curated a list of all the assessment tools available to purchase through Pearson. For the full list of SpLD Test Evaluation Committee Suitable Tests for the Assessment of Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLDs), please see:
SASC List of Suitable Tests for the Assessment of SpLDs (Updated June 2024)