What does it mean by ‘Refer to the matching grids in the Assessment guidance’ on the Assessment tracker?

If a child is not reading at the required level for the assessment you are carrying out, the next book will not be allocated by the tracker. If the assessment before the one you have just done was the placement assessment, it will refer you back to that to ensure that gaps are closed.

However, this is where your own Assessment for Learning should come into play. For example, you may have a child who was secure in Phase 3 Set 1 in your placement assessment. You are now teaching Phase 4 but the summative assessment you have carried out shows that the child is not secure enough in Phase 4 to move to those books. If you know that the child has made progress move them to Phase 3 Set 2 (first checking they can read the first spread of the Set 2 book).

In three weeks’ time reassess the child and if they are reading fluently move them to Phase 4 then, making sure you add it to the Assessment tracker.