Reading Age .... help please

[samanthar]

when we were at school this was constantly being assessed ...are they still assessed like this and, if not, does anyone know if there is a website where you can get an idea? No flaming please as I know they all develop at own pace etc etc but with twins I am fascinated to see whether my perception that they are about two and half years apart (rather than two and a half mins) on this is correct. Many thanks

Several assessments here including reading age:

www.aowm73.dsl.pipex.com/dyslexics/resources_and_further_2.htm

You could try the Burt reading test (1974)revised.

thank you

Those tests would be OK for comparison purposes, but be aware that they are very old and written/standardised before the literacy hour was introduced - more recent tests tend to score quite differently because apparently the literacy hour has really boosted early literacy skills [dubious-but-simply-reporting-the-facts-emoticon]