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Spelling assessment system (prior to August 2025)

Learn more about TTRS's previous spelling assessment system

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Written by Harry Alexandre
Updated over 2 weeks ago

Please note, in August 2025 TTRS introduced a new Level Assessment system comprised of a words preview (pretest) and words review (posttest) module which appear at the start and end of Levels 2-24. These test are comprised of 12 curated words that reflect the phonics and spelling patterns taught in the level and include image and context hints. To learn more about switching to the new assessment system, view this article.


Using the older assessment system

From an Admin or Teacher account

If you are an adult student or are using an Admin account, select a level from the dropdown list and then select Spelling Assessment to start.

From a Student account

From a student account, select the TTRS Course, choose an unlocked level, and then select the Spelling Assessment button at the top right of the screen. 

Note: If a student needs to access a spelling assessment for later levels, by default, the admin or teacher will need to unlock these. Learn more about this here


During the assessment:

  • Your student will be presented with a blank screen and will hear the first word play

  • They should type the word and press enter on the keyboard to submit their response

  • They can press number 2 on the keyboard to repeat the word

  • They will not see the on-screen keyboard and cannot preview a word during a test 

  • There will also be no red letters showing a mistake, unlike in a normal module

At the end of the test, they will be presented with a score and a list of words. Any mistakes will be shown alongside the correctly spelled word.


The test can be repeated as many times as required. When they repeat a test, the same words will be tested – and the score will show a comparison with the previous test. 

To view previous test results, select the back button as shown below.


If the test is repeated at a later date, 20 random words will be generated again. Note, these may be different words than the first assessment and they may include any word parts, articles or words beginning with a capital letter that appear in the level.

The list of all tests taken can be found under the My stats tab for the students, under Tests.

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