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Welcome to the SASC website. SASC is a standard-setting group which promotes good practice and monitors standards for SpLD assessors and practitioners.
SASC guidance relating to the assessment of specific learning difficulties (SpLD).
Approved continuing professional development which is suitable for qualified SpLD practitioners.
A publicly accessible list of professionally qualified specialist teacher assessors.
SpLD training courses which lead to accredited practitioner status.
STEC has published guidance for the Basic Number Screening Test 5th Edition (BNST5). 21 May 2026
Following further consultation, STEC have updated their guidance on WJ V. This guidance (May 2026) replaces that of March 2026.14 May 2026
STEC has approved the Oral Passage Understanding Scale (OPUS) for inclusion on the test list.11 May 2026
Following some queries concerning the age range of the tests of the IDS-2, STEC confirms that the age range is 5:00 - 20:11 for all tests except the following subtests which have the age range of 5:00 - 10:11:Expressive LanguageReceptive LanguagePhonological Awareness9 March 2026
SASC have created a new page on our website which lists questions and answers from the Monthly Enquiries meetings.05 February 2026
STEC has approved the Test of Retrieval Efficiency (TORE) for inclusion on the test list.22 January 2026
