The standardized "Early Literacy Diagnostic Test" has been designed for individual use with pre-school and infant children. The test highlights children's areas of aptitude and weakness in the skills of reading, and allows potential difficulties to be detected at an early age. The test profiles three aspects of early literacy, which are known to be reliable indicators of future reading attainment: book and story concepts; word recognition; and sounds and letters. This accompanying teacher's handbook provides comprehensive information on interpreting the results and how to use the findings to adopt "targeted" teaching activities which match each child's needs.