Initial assessments available

There are a range of initial and diagnostic assessments available. The one most commonly used in FE colleges is BKSB owned by North Notts College. This is available as an e-assessment and is a format that I have got used to over the years, even though the data print out isn't necessarily immediately decipherable in its raw data format, but I am now working for an organisation that doesn't have access to it so I am using other assessments.
- Observation. I am now in the situation where students fill in their enrolment forms in my class so I can see how much support they need.
- Discussion. Learners have a very good idea of what their immediate needs are. The ILP (individual learning plan) is a negotiated document so discussion is as good a starting point for learner centred learning.
- Fast track. The old Basic Skills Agency (now available on NIACE) assessment. There is a cost associated with this assessment but it is quick and straight forward to administer to gauge the level at which that learners need further diagnostic assessment.
- Free writing activities.
- The freely available initial and diagnostic assessment on talent.ac.uk. The only down side is that if you use the whole thing then learners need access to audio devices and the initial assessment runs to twenty pages. It doesn't need to be administered in one chunk, it can take place over a number of weeks.  Though the problem may be that while you are saying 'assessment', learners are thinking 'test'.
-Initial Assessment Toolkit published by the Learning for Work Initiative. It has some useful sorting activities that can be adapted to different situations and learner groups. The advantage of a card sort activity is that it doesn't look like a test, it's active learning and the cards can be used for discussion.  It is also ipsative.  The positive of this is that its learner centred.  On the downside people tend to judge themselves more harshly than they should do when they self-assess.  It's a good starting point and has made an effective ice breaker

And as I am now doing much of my own printing, I have suddenly become printing averse as printer ink is apparently more expensive than champagne.  I am also working in locations where there are no computers readily available.  Where a range of assessments are being used it can be useful to have a check list of the skills you want to assess so that you can choose the right level for further diagnostic or specialist assessment.

Are there any other initial assessments out there that are free to use and don't involve huge amounts of paper or technology?